| Hugo's House of Horrors | |
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| Developer(s) | Gray Design Associates |
| Publisher(s) | Gray Design Associates |
| Designer(s) | David P. Gray |
| Platform(s) | DOS, Microsoft Windows |
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| Genre(s) | Adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Hugo's House of Horrors (titled Hugo's Horrific Adventure in the Microsoft Windows version) is a parser-based adventure game designed by independent software developer David P. Gray and published as shareware in 1990. The game follows the character Hugo as he searches for his girlfriend Penelope in a haunted house. To progress through the game, the player uses items and interacts with the environment to solve puzzles and access more rooms in the house. The gameplay was inspired by Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards. Hugo's House of Horrors was praised for its environment and atmosphere, but was criticized for its plot and visual design. It was followed by two sequels: Hugo II, Whodunit? and Hugo III, Jungle of Doom!, and a spin-off first-person shooter game, Nitemare 3D.