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List of Hugo video games

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Genres
  
Various

Platform of origin
  
Interactive television

Developers
  
Silverrock Productions / ITE, Laguna Video Games, Kiloo ApS, Progressive Media, Hugo Games

Publishers
  
Silverrock Productions / ITE, Egmont Interactive, Electronic Arts, Namco, Kiloo ApS, Krea Medie

Creators
  
Ivan Sølvason and Niels Krogh Mortense

The media franchise Hugo includes numerous video games based on or inspired by an interactive television game show of the same title. The series of more than 30 games, including spin-offs, sold over 10 million copies for the Amiga, Commodore 64, PC, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Game Boy, and mobile game systems. Most of the titles are platform games or minigame sets, but there are also some educational games.

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Game Boy series

Hugo and Hugo 2 were released for the Game Boy by Laguna Video Games in 1995-1996 (or 1994-1997). Both of them are very different from the classic computer games, despite sharing the same title. In the first of these (which is actually a conversion of Mickey Mouse by Kemco), Hugo's wife Hugolina gets kidnapped by the Horned King, ruler of the castle Arbarus, after agreeing to his invitation; and Hugo has to free her and defeat the King. In the second, the goal is not to rescue the troll's family, but rather to help Hugo himself escape, as Scylla keeps him prisoner in her own magic castle.

Both games are side-scrolling platform games. In Hugo, Hugo escapes from a castle by walking upstairs, crawling through pipes and passing through dangerous traps. In Hugo 2, he escapes from a castle by collecting gold bags and avoiding pits.

Agent Hugo series

Agent Hugo is a series of 3D action games by ITE Media that was a reboot of the Hugo franchise. The original game was released in 2005, only in Europe. It was followed by Agent Hugo: Roborumble in 2006, Agent Hugo - Lemoon Twist in 2007, and Agent Hugo: Hula Holiday in 2008.

Skærmtrolden Hugo

The first Hugo game was originally developed by Thomas Villadsen and Uffe Jakobsen for SilverRock Productions (which was renamed Interactive Television Entertainment in 1992). Skærmtrolden Hugo was released for the Commodore 64 in 1991, and for the Amiga shortly afterwards. The game took place in a gold mine, which Hugo had to navigate to collect treasure. The game mechanics were simple and a complete game could take less than ten minutes.

Hugo: Wintergames

A series of three collectiond of Christmas themed minigames, produced between 1997 and 1999 by ITE Media for the PC. In each of them, Hugo must save Santa Claus from being imprisoned in Scylla's castle, foiling her plots to ruin Christmas for the children everywhere. Also known as Hugo: PC Calendar.

Scylla's Revenge

In this 1999 PC collection of minigames, the evil witch Scylla has frozen Santa Claus and all the elves in ice blocks. They are now in danger of freezing inside unless Hugo can save them.

Hugo in the Hut

A 2000 game for the PC.

Hugo: The Bewitched Rollercoaster

In this 2001 PC collection of minigames, Scylla destroys the electrical power source at the amusement park in an attempt to spoil Hugo's children's good time. Hugo's son Rat and the fly Buzzy embark on a quest through time and space (including the Ancient Egypt, the Wild West, the Stone Age, the Middle Ages, and the ancient Rome) to find the items that would enable them to repair the rollercoaster.

Hugo: The Magic Journey

In this 2001 PC educational game, Hugo's daughter goes on a journey to find a treasure lost by her ancestors when they were attacked by Scylla centuries ago.

Hugo: The Secrets of the Forest

In this 2002 PC educational game compilation of eight minigames, Scylla transforms a class of bunny children into stone while she searches the woods for a rare mushroom that she needs for her magic spells. Using a scroll that Scylla dropped, Hugo's daughter Ruth needs to collect ingredients to create an antidote to the evil enchantment.

Hugo: The Forces of Nature

An educational game published by ITE Media in for the PC. In this game, Scylla left her lair for the witches' sabbath, leaving Don Croco alone with her book of spells. As a result, an outbreak of magic caused natural disasters to struck the island where the Kikurians live. It is up to Hugo to stand up against the forces of nature and, in the end to battle the returning Scylla as well.

Hugo: Heroes of the Savannah

A 2002 educational game for the PC.

Hugo and the Animals of the Ocean

A 2002 educational game for the PC.

Hugo in Space

In this 2002 educational PC game, Scylla and her minions travel to space in search of an asteroid located on the other side of Pluto. Its core of which is composed entirely of the rare black diamonds that would make her infinitely more powerful and turn all the creatures of troll forest into her slaves. Hugo, who is also vacationing with his family in space at the time, once again sets out to thwart her plan, for which he needs to complete five missions across the Solar System.

Hugo Frog Fighter

A 2002 game for the PlayStation, similar to an advanced version of Frogger.

Hugo: Smakkaball

Released for the PC in 2003. Together with his family, his friends, and even his sworn enemies, Hugo takes part in a Smakkaball sport tournament.

Hugo: Bukkazoom!

Developed by ITE Media and published by Namco on October 31, 2003, for the Game Boy Advance. In this game, Hugo and his family and friends, and their enemies as well, take part in a race.

Hugo: Penguin Battle

Developed and published by ITE Media in 2005 for the PC. In this game, Scylla forms an army of evil penguins and freezes the entire land. It is up to Hugo in his "hugocopter" to melt the ice and restore it, and to stop the witch once again.

Hugo: Magic in the Troll Woods

A platform game released in 2009 for the PS2, Wii and NDS.

Hugo World

A social management game. The game is set in a traditional Hugo universe and characters such as Hugo's wife Hugolina and their children return along with Scylla and her companion Don Croco.

Hugo Troll Wars

A free-to-play online real-time strategy / tower defense hybrid for a variety of platforms, including Kindle, Android, iOS, Windows and Facebook. The game is set in alternate Hugo universe, where the players take role of a commander for either Hugo, the King of Trolls, or his mortal enemy Scylla, the evil Queen of Witches in the eternal conflict between the two sides. There is also a PvP multiplayer mode and social game elements.

Ronaldo & Hugo: Superstar Skaters

A free-to-play endless runner mobile game for Android and iOS, featuring the football star Cristiano Ronaldo.

Hugo Flower Flush

A mobile game soft-launched in 2015.

Hugo Troll Race 2

A follow-up to the original Hugo Troll Race released in 2016 for Android and iOS.

Hugo Mystery Island

An upcoming game.

References

List of Hugo video games Wikipedia