Hugo is a franchise created in Denmark in 1990 for the purpose of interactive television for children. Hugo "live one-player multi platform interactive game show" has aired in more than 40 countries[1] and spawned numerous video games.
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Hugo show
Hugo is a little troll, who lived happily with his family (wife Hugolina, sons Trollerit and Trollerat, and daughter Trollerut) until the evil witch named Scylla (other names in various countries) kidnapped his three children and his wife Hugolina (Hugoline in the Danish release). The television show featured a video game that was played by the audience via telephone: the person would call the show's production, then be prompted by a human host to control Hugo in several scenarios by pressing the number keys on the phone, assorted to the character controls. In the end of a gaming level, the player would have to choose one out of three ropes to pull and rescue Hugo's family, awarding prizes.
Hugo games
There are also various Amiga, Commodore 64, PC, PlayStation, Game Boy and mobile game versions and spin-offs, usually putting Hugo against various evil spells of Scylla, her servant Don Croco and her other minions. In some of them also the children or even enemies of Hugo are the playable characters. Most of the tiles are the platform games or minigame compilations, but there are also some quiz-type educational games. There were also various re-editions and compilations of the previous titles.
List of games
The games include:
- Original games and their compilations
- Agent Hugo
- Agent Hugo RoboRumble
- Hugo Bukkazoom!
- Hugo Saves Christmas
- Hugo Smakkaball
- Hugo: Black Diamond Fever
- Hugo: Jungle Island 1 & 2
- Hugo: The Forces of Nature
- Hugo: Wintergames I - III
- Hugo in Space
- Hugo in the Hut
- Scylla's Revenge
List of games (in German).
Characters
Scylla
Scylla is the evil witch prominently featured in the Hugo franchise. Scylla is also known as Hexana or Skulla in the German-speaking countries and the Scandinavia, Afskylia in the Danish release, Maldiva in Portugal, Grizzelda in Israel and Mordana in Croatia. Scylla is the main enemy in most of the Hugo titles, often kidnapping members of his family, or plotting to gain control of the rare "Black Diamonds" containing powerful evil magic. She has a deep-hearted wish for the ultimate power and eternal beauty, and despises children, but most of all she hates Hugo, who keeps foiling her plots. In some of games she uses only traps and spells against Hugo, in others her servant Don Croco and his army of humanoid crocodile, known as the El Kroko, and/or other minions. She is also a playable character in several games, including and . In Germany there was a 1996-1997 children TV show called Hexana[2] (also known as Hexana-Schloss, or "Hexana's Castle"[3]). The show was a spin-off of the main Hugo show, starring German actress Julia Haacke (best known from the role of Rei Hino in the German version of Sailor Moon).
