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Hugo: The Secrets of The Forest

This Hugo franchise game is an edutainment game - its theme is about biology. Its gameplay is varied between stages. In one stage, you might be guiding a near-sighted swallow to eat some insects, while on…

25 July 2000

Hugo: The Secrets of The Forest is an adventure developed by ITE Media, released 25 July 2000 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Hugo: The Secrets of The Forest is

Hugo: The Secrets of The Forest is an adventure game developed by ITE Media and released in 2000. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

This Hugo franchise game is an edutainment game - its theme is about biology. Its gameplay is varied between stages. In one stage, you might be guiding a near-sighted swallow to eat some insects, while on another stage you'll be tasked to memorize all the shown animals in a correct order. Essentially, the stages are minigames with puzzle or puzzle-like elements included. The stages are presented in a non-linear format, so you can enter in these stages anyway you like. There are 3 difficulty settings to choose from when beginning a new game.
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How it plays

It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are educational and kids. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Hugo series

Hugo: The Secrets of The Forest is the 16th of 45 entries we hold in the Hugo series. The next entry was Hugo: The Quest for the Sunstones in 2000.

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What it launched against

Hugo: The Secrets of The Forest launched on 25 July 2000, within three weeks of Final Fantasy IX, Paper Mario, Grandia II and Kiss: Psycho Circus - The Nightmare Child.

Released around the same time: Final Fantasy IX, Paper Mario, Grandia II, Kiss: Psycho Circus - The Nightmare Child.

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When did Hugo: The Secrets of The Forest come out?
Hugo: The Secrets of The Forest was released on 25 July 2000 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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