Hugo: Black Diamond Fever

***Hugo: Black Diamond Fever***, also known as ***Hugo 3D 2***, is a 3D platform video game developed and published by ITE Media for the PlayStation and PC Windows in 2001. It was released as ***Diamantenfieber*** in Germany, ***Musta timanttikuume*** in Finland, ***Gorączka czarnych diamentów*** in Poland, and ***Кузя: Алмазная лихорадка*** in Russia. It was also later published in the 2D versions for the Game Boy Color and mobile phones.

## Plot

Scylla is back and this time has the formula for the infinite evil power. But she needs very rare black diamonds, which only exist on the jungle island where the Kikurians live, and so with Don Croco's help she captures all of them and forces them to work day and night for her.

The poor Kikus are now kept all over the jungle island as Scylla's slaves. Her plan is to make them work digging the black diamonds in the mine and then process them into the dangerous black diamond elixir in factory to summon a great demon, making Scylla the most feared witch of all time. Kiku elder sends Fernando the toucan to get Hugo and free the Kikus from Scylla and Don Croco. But Hugo has to beware of all the dangers on the jungle island. Don Croco has stationed his soldiers all over the island to secure the Kikus' slavery. And Scylla has used all her magical powers to protect the production of the evil potion. Will Hugo be able to help the Kikus and stop Scylla before it's too late?

Hugo begins his adventure after landing on a beach, before proceeding through an old Kiku path into the diamond mine, an old oil rig, and finally into the factory, which he sabotages and escapes, freeing the Kikus and the elder along the way, and foiling Scylla from getting any drop of her potion. The overloaded factory explodes, destroying Scylla's entire base, she gets off her anger on Don Croco before flying away, and the Kikurians celebrate with their savior into the night.

## Gameplay

You must guide Hugo through 12 levels filled with enemies, traps, diamonds and Kikurians, whom you will liberate on your way. Enemies can Hugo use his Indiana Jones-style whip on enemies, jumping over holes and traps, and climbing.

The game's angle and control resemble the early *Crash Bandicoot* games as Hugo can move up and down as well as back and forth. The camera turns from time to time when Hugo reaches a new part of the track. There are three difficulty levels.

## Credits

### PlayStation

* Head of Production & Development: Lars Rikart Jensen
* Executive Producer: Jacob Buck
* Project Management: Philip Mundt, Marit Abrahamsen (as Marit Max Abrahamsen), Thomas Andersen
* Lead Concept and Design: Kim Krogh
* Creative Coordinator: René Bidstrup
* Story & Dialogue: Kim Krogh, Johnny Overgaard Haarup, Elsa Søby, Lotte Krag
* Lead Programmer: Jesper Olsen, Christian Cordes, Simon C. Mogensen
* Lead Research and Development: Thomas Andersen, Christian Cordes
* Programmers: Nicolai Mourizen (as Nicolai Mouritzen), Erik Johnsbråten, Tim B. Laursen, Gitte Andreasen, Simon C. Mogensen, Djuro Gluvajic, Martin Storm Møller, Morten Fugl, Odin Jensen, Jesper Olsen
* Research and Development: Thomas Andersen, Christian Cordes, Tobias Grundtvig, Djuro Gluvajic, Martin Storm Møller, Simon C. Mogensen
* Technical Lead Artist: Claus Friese
* Art Director: Johnny Overgaard Haarup
* Lead Level Artist: Peter Eide Paulsen (as Peter Eide Paulsen)
* Level Artists: Peter Eide Paulsen (as Peter Eide Paulsen), Jesper Rønne, Kian Eilertsen, Martin Ciborowski, Alessandro Canossa
* Lead Cutscene Animator: Rasmus Andreasen
* Cutscene Animators: Rasmus Andreasen, Søren Lumholtz, Thomas Peter Theede Neubert (as Thomas Peter Theede), Thomas Clausen (as Thomas Hawk Clausen)
* Storyboard: Rasmus Andreasen, Søren Lumholtz, Thomas Clausen (as Thomas Hawk Clausen)
* Cutscene Special Effects: Søren Cornelius Larsen, Allan Christensen
* 3D Artists: Stephen Møller, Søren Cornelius Larsen, Chadi Freigeh
* Additional Art: Pele Madsen, Thomas Ciborowski, Ulla Gram, Oskar Lundqvist
* Lead Sound Designer: Thomas Bendt
* Music and Sound: Thomas Bendt, David Filskov, Christian Steen Jensen, Asbjørn Andersen
* Video Editing: Martin Wehding

## External links

* *Hugo: Black Diamond Fever* at English Wikipedia
* *Hugo: Black Diamond Fever* at MobyGames
* *Hugo Diamantenfieber* at Hugo-Troll.de (German)
* *Hugo: Black Diamond Fever* at Square Faction (Russian)