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Hugo: Wild River

Hugo: Wild River, also known as Hugo 6, is a video game developed and published by ITE for the PC in 1998. As with other classic Hugo games, it was based on the newest scenarios from the TV game shows.

1 April 1998

Hugo: Wild River is an arcade developed by ITE, released 1 April 1998 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Hugo: Wild River is

Hugo: Wild River is an arcade game developed by ITE and released in 1998. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The game's plot is a typical for the classic Hugo games story, with the evil witch Scylla once again kidnapping Hugo's family to her cave. As usual, Hugo is coming to their rescue, braving various traps set up for him by Scylla on the way to reach and defeat her.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are comedy, fantasy and kids. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Hugo series

Hugo: Wild River is the sixth of 45 entries we hold in the Hugo series. The next entry was Hugo: The Magic Oak in 1998.

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When did Hugo: Wild River come out?
Hugo: Wild River was released on 1 April 1998 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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