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Ep.279 – Hugo’s House of Horrors: How One Dev Haunted Early PC Gaming

Ep.279 – Hugo’s House of Horrors: How One Dev Haunted Early PC Gaming

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What do you get when one programmer, a parser, and a haunted house come together? Hugo’s House of Horrors, of course. Released on January 1, 1990, this quirky shareware adventure was the work of David P. Gray, who left his day job in air-traffic-control software to build a spooky, puzzle-filled parody of B-movies. Players typed their way past skeletons, vampires, and infamous pumpkins in a game that felt equal parts creepy and comedic. Distributed through BBSes, floppy swaps, and mail-order catalogs, it became a cult hit and proved that grassroots shareware could rival bigger studios. We’ll trace its journey, explore its sequels (Hugo II and Hugo III), and even peek at the unlikely FPS spin-off, Nitemare-3D. From parser quirks to ScummVM preservation, Hugo’s story is a reminder that sometimes the smallest projects cast the biggest shadows. Join us as we unlock the mansion on this week’s trip down Memory Card Lane.

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