Hugo (game show)
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The Danish [[demoscene]] group Budbrain, consisting of programmer Kim Frederiksen ("Pyscho") and graphics artist and composer René Bidstrup ("Diablo"), released ''Budbrain Megademo II'' on 26 December 1990. The demo features a storyline in which Nikki Finn from ''[[Who's That Girl (1987 film)|Who's That Girl]]'' (here referred to as her actress, "[[Madonna]]") is stabbed to death in a parody of ''[[Psycho (1960 film)|Psycho]]'', and the killer, revealed to be Hugo, is sentenced to death by hanging while the theme song from ''[[Twin Peaks]]'' plays. This was due to Budbrain's rivalry with Crionics, another demoscene group who mocked them out of annoyance that their ''Megademo (2)'' (also featuring Nikki and crediting a graphics artist named "Madonna Freak") came in second place in the Amiga Conference 1990 after the former's ''Budbrain Megademo'', and Frederiksen and Bidstrup becoming fed up with Hugo and feeling jealous that they were not working for ITE at the time. According to Frederiksen, he and Bidstrup decided to "take the piss" but at the same time utilize Hugo's hanging as a way to show off their work. Bidstrup drew Hugo from scratch himself instead of stealing graphics from the game show. Because of this, the two of them got to work for ITE, working on the [[MS-DOS]] version of the [[Hugo (video game)|video game]] as programmer and graphics artist, respectively.{{cite web|title=Budbrain Productions|url=https://everything2.com/title/Budbrain+Productions|publisher=[[Everything2]]|access-date=15 July 2024}}{{cite web|title=Amiga Megademos and Parties with Psycho/Budbrain - The Retro Hour EP65|date=7 April 2017 |url=https://theretrohour.com/amiga-megademos-and-parties-with-psycho-budbrain-the-retro-hour-ep65/|publisher=The Retro Hour|access-date=15 July 2024}}{{cite web|title=Interview with Kim Frederiksen - AKA Psycho from Budbrain|url=https://www.dtkdesign.co.uk/interview-with-kim-frederiksen-aka-psycho-from-budbrain/|publisher=dtkdesign|access-date=15 July 2024}}{{cite web|title=Megademo (2) by Crionics|url=https://demozoo.org/productions/104336/|publisher=Demozoo|access-date=15 July 2024}}{{cite web|title=Hugo credits (DOS, 1996)|url=https://www.mobygames.com/game/75374/hugo/credits/dos/?autoplatform=true|publisher=MobyGames|access-date=15 July 2024}} |
The Danish [[demoscene]] group Budbrain, consisting of programmer Kim Frederiksen ("Pyscho") and graphics artist and composer René Bidstrup ("Diablo"), released ''Budbrain Megademo II'' on 26 December 1990. The demo features a storyline in which Nikki Finn from ''[[Who's That Girl (1987 film)|Who's That Girl]]'' (here referred to as her actress, "[[Madonna]]") is stabbed to death in a parody of ''[[Psycho (1960 film)|Psycho]]'', and the killer, revealed to be Hugo, is sentenced to death by hanging while the theme song from ''[[Twin Peaks]]'' plays. This was due to Budbrain's rivalry with Crionics, another demoscene group who mocked them out of annoyance that their ''Megademo (2)'' (also featuring Nikki and crediting a graphics artist named "Madonna Freak") came in second place in the Amiga Conference 1990 after the former's ''Budbrain Megademo'', and Frederiksen and Bidstrup becoming fed up with Hugo and feeling jealous that they were not working for ITE at the time. According to Frederiksen, he and Bidstrup decided to "take the piss" but at the same time utilize Hugo's hanging as a way to show off their work. Bidstrup drew Hugo from scratch himself instead of stealing graphics from the game show. Because of this, the two of them got to work for ITE, working on the [[MS-DOS]] version of the [[Hugo (video game)|video game]] as programmer and graphics artist, respectively.{{cite web|title=Budbrain Productions|url=https://everything2.com/title/Budbrain+Productions|publisher=[[Everything2]]|access-date=15 July 2024}}{{cite web|title=Amiga Megademos and Parties with Psycho/Budbrain - The Retro Hour EP65|date=7 April 2017 |url=https://theretrohour.com/amiga-megademos-and-parties-with-psycho-budbrain-the-retro-hour-ep65/|publisher=The Retro Hour|access-date=15 July 2024}}{{cite web|title=Interview with Kim Frederiksen - AKA Psycho from Budbrain|url=https://www.dtkdesign.co.uk/interview-with-kim-frederiksen-aka-psycho-from-budbrain/|publisher=dtkdesign|access-date=15 July 2024}}{{cite web|title=Megademo (2) by Crionics|url=https://demozoo.org/productions/104336/|publisher=Demozoo|access-date=15 July 2024}}{{cite web|title=Hugo credits (DOS, 1996)|url=https://www.mobygames.com/game/75374/hugo/credits/dos/?autoplatform=true|publisher=MobyGames|access-date=15 July 2024}} |
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Until the channel's closure on 31 May 1998, the Hugo character made regular appearances on [[Nickelodeon (German TV channel)|Nickelodeon Germany]] as part of "Nick Live Club"; the character was an integral part of the show and would interact with the human in-vision presenters.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= |
Until the channel's closure on 31 May 1998, the Hugo character made regular appearances on [[Nickelodeon (German TV channel)|Nickelodeon Germany]] as part of "Nick Live Club"; the character was an integral part of the show and would interact with the human in-vision presenters.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6obzNCIOVgU|title=Nickelodeon Deutschland Final Sign Off (May 31 1998) (Fully Translated) (Recreation) |date=2025-02-26 |type=Video |language=de |publisher=Rare Finder Collector |access-date=2026-04-19 |via=YouTube}} |
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