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As of April 17, 2014, Humongous has started rolling their old point-and-click games out onto {{Steam}} with the help of Night Dive Studios, most famous for re-introducing PC games like ''VideoGame/SystemShock2'' and ''VideoGame/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream''. A list of the games currently available can be found [[http://store.steampowered.com/search/?publisher=Humongous%20Entertainment here.]] However, the company currently being owned by dubious Tommo Inc[[note]]The creator of the NeoGeo X, which got some InternetBackdraft and even got {{SNK}} Playmore so incensed that they wanted to retract the license, which Tommo defied and resulted in an ongoing lawsuit[[/note]] will not go well with some people.
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As of April 17, 2014, Humongous has started rolling their old point-and-click games out onto {{Steam}} with the help of Night Dive Studios, most famous for re-introducing PC games like ''VideoGame/SystemShock2'' and ''VideoGame/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream''. A list of the games currently available can be found [[http://store.steampowered.com/search/?publisher=Humongous%20Entertainment here.]] However, with the company currently being owned by dubious Tommo Inc[[note]]The creator of the NeoGeo X, which got some InternetBackdraft and even got {{SNK}} Playmore so incensed that they wanted to retract the license, which Tommo defied and resulted in an ongoing lawsuit[[/note]] will not go well with some people.
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'''Humongous Entertainment''' (now '''Humongous Inc.''') is a company for children's computer games, which is now owned by Tommo Inc. after Creator/{{Atari}} went bankrupt. Their five biggest franchises were ''[[VideoGame/PuttPutt Putt-Putt]]'', ''FreddiFish'', ''VideoGame/PajamaSam'', ''VideoGame/SPYFox'', and ''VideoGame/BackyardSports'', although they had plenty of other small franchises such as ''VideoGame/FattyBear'', ''VideoGame/BuzzyTheKnowledgeBug'', and ''VideoGame/BigThinkers!'' Humongous was founded by Creator/RonGilbert of LucasArts fame and Shelley Day, beginning with ''[[VideoGame/PuttPutt Putt-Putt]] Joins the Parade''. They became one of the most successful companies for children’s games, especially when their big hit, the ''VideoGame/BackyardSports'', came out, and actually became [[CashCowFranchise the only reason Humongous made a profit]]. They also made ''VideoGame/MoonBaseCommander'' and many ''WesternAnimation/BluesClues''' {{Licensed Game}}s, and their sub-division CavedogEntertainment made a few non-children's computer games including ''TotalAnnihilation'' and its follow-up ''TotalAnnihilationKingdoms''.
Eventually, Humongous filed for bankruptcy, and sold all the rights to {{Atari}}, who continued four of the series, but only went one game on three of those four and stopped. The other one, the ''VideoGame/BackyardSports'' series, lasted for several more years, but it too seems to have ended. Three of the games were also ported to the {{Wii}} by Majesco, but used [=ScummVM=] (a virtual machine made to run old Scumm-based games) without giving any credit to the developers whatsoever, so it now seems all series have been left abandoned and rotted. The fanbase is still strong, however, and continue to remember the games from their childhood. Many of the company's older games have been ported to mobile devices by Atari and Nimbus Games.
Eventually, Humongous filed for bankruptcy, and sold all the rights to {{Atari}}, who continued four of the series, but only went one game on three of those four and stopped. The other one, the ''VideoGame/BackyardSports'' series, lasted for several more years, but it too seems to have ended. Three of the games were also ported to the {{Wii}} by Majesco, but used [=ScummVM=] (a virtual machine made to run old Scumm-based games) without giving any credit to the developers whatsoever, so it now seems all series have been left abandoned and rotted. The fanbase is still strong, however, and continue to remember the games from their childhood. Many of the company's older games have been ported to mobile devices by Atari and Nimbus Games.
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'''Humongous Entertainment''' (now '''Humongous Inc.''') is a company for children's computer games, which is now owned by Tommo Inc. after Creator/{{Atari}} went bankrupt. Their five biggest franchises were ''[[VideoGame/PuttPutt Putt-Putt]]'', ''FreddiFish'', ''VideoGame/PajamaSam'', ''VideoGame/SPYFox'', and ''VideoGame/BackyardSports'', although they had plenty of other small franchises such as ''VideoGame/FattyBear'', ''VideoGame/BuzzyTheKnowledgeBug'', and ''VideoGame/BigThinkers!'' Humongous was founded by Creator/RonGilbert of LucasArts fame and Shelley Day, beginning with ''[[VideoGame/PuttPutt Putt-Putt]] Joins the Parade''. They became one of the most successful companies for children’s games, especially when their big hit, the ''VideoGame/BackyardSports'', came out, and actually became [[CashCowFranchise the only reason Humongous made a profit]]. They also made ''VideoGame/MoonBaseCommander'' and many ''WesternAnimation/BluesClues''' {{Licensed Game}}s, and their sub-division CavedogEntertainment Creator/CavedogEntertainment made a few non-children's computer games including ''TotalAnnihilation'' ''Videogame/TotalAnnihilation'' and its follow-up ''TotalAnnihilationKingdoms''.
''Videogame/TotalAnnihilationKingdoms''.
Eventually, Humongous filed for bankruptcy, and sold all the rights to {{Atari}}, who continued four of the series, but only went one game on three of those four and stopped. The other one, the ''VideoGame/BackyardSports'' series, lasted for several more years, but it too seems to have ended. Three of the games were also ported to the{{Wii}} UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} by Majesco, but used [=ScummVM=] (a virtual machine made to run old Scumm-based games) without giving any credit to the developers whatsoever, so it now seems all series have been left abandoned and rotted. The fanbase is still strong, however, and continue to remember the games from their childhood. Many of the company's older games have been ported to mobile devices by Atari and Nimbus Games.
Eventually, Humongous filed for bankruptcy, and sold all the rights to {{Atari}}, who continued four of the series, but only went one game on three of those four and stopped. The other one, the ''VideoGame/BackyardSports'' series, lasted for several more years, but it too seems to have ended. Three of the games were also ported to the
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As of April 17, 2014, Humongous has started rolling their old point-and-click games out onto {{Steam}} with the help of Night Dive Studios, most famous for re-introducing PC games like ''VideoGame/SystemShock2'' and ''VideoGame/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream''. A list of the games currently available can be found [[http://store.steampowered.com/search/?publisher=Humongous%20Entertainment here.]] However, the company currently being owned by dubious Tommo Corp[[note]]The Inc[[note]]The creator of the NeoGeo X, which got some InternetBackdraft and even got {{SNK}} Playmore so incensed that they wanted to retract the license, which Tommo defied[[/note]] defied and resulted in an ongoing lawsuit[[/note]] will not go well with some people.
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As of April 17, 2014, Humongous has started rolling their old point-and-click games out onto {{Steam}} with the help of Night Dive Studios, most famous for re-introducing PC games like ''VideoGame/SystemShock2'' and ''VideoGame/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream''. A list of the games currently available can be found [[http://store.steampowered.com/search/?publisher=Humongous%20Entertainment here.]]
]] However, the company currently being owned by dubious Tommo Corp[[note]]The creator of the NeoGeo X, which got some InternetBackdraft and even got {{SNK}} so incensed that they wanted to retract the license, which Tommo defied[[/note]] will not go well with some people.
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'''Humongous Entertainment''' (now Humongous Inc.) is a company for children's computer games, which is now owned by Tommo Inc. after Creator/{{Atari}} went bankrupt. Their five biggest franchises were ''[[VideoGame/PuttPutt Putt-Putt]]'', ''FreddiFish'', ''VideoGame/PajamaSam'', ''VideoGame/SPYFox'', and ''VideoGame/BackyardSports'', although they had plenty of other small franchises such as ''VideoGame/FattyBear'', ''VideoGame/BuzzyTheKnowledgeBug'', and ''VideoGame/BigThinkers!'' Humongous was founded by Creator/RonGilbert of LucasArts fame and Shelley Day, beginning with ''[[VideoGame/PuttPutt Putt-Putt]] Joins the Parade''. They became one of the most successful companies for children’s games, especially when their big hit, the ''VideoGame/BackyardSports'', came out, and actually became [[CashCowFranchise the only reason Humongous made a profit]]. They also made ''VideoGame/MoonBaseCommander'' and many ''WesternAnimation/BluesClues''' {{Licensed Game}}s, and their sub-division CavedogEntertainment made a few non-children's computer games including ''TotalAnnihilation'' and its follow-up ''TotalAnnihilationKingdoms''.
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'''Humongous Entertainment''' (now Humongous '''Humongous Inc.) ''') is a company for children's computer games, which is now owned by Tommo Inc. after Creator/{{Atari}} went bankrupt. Their five biggest franchises were ''[[VideoGame/PuttPutt Putt-Putt]]'', ''FreddiFish'', ''VideoGame/PajamaSam'', ''VideoGame/SPYFox'', and ''VideoGame/BackyardSports'', although they had plenty of other small franchises such as ''VideoGame/FattyBear'', ''VideoGame/BuzzyTheKnowledgeBug'', and ''VideoGame/BigThinkers!'' Humongous was founded by Creator/RonGilbert of LucasArts fame and Shelley Day, beginning with ''[[VideoGame/PuttPutt Putt-Putt]] Joins the Parade''. They became one of the most successful companies for children’s games, especially when their big hit, the ''VideoGame/BackyardSports'', came out, and actually became [[CashCowFranchise the only reason Humongous made a profit]]. They also made ''VideoGame/MoonBaseCommander'' and many ''WesternAnimation/BluesClues''' {{Licensed Game}}s, and their sub-division CavedogEntertainment made a few non-children's computer games including ''TotalAnnihilation'' and its follow-up ''TotalAnnihilationKingdoms''.
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HumongousEntertainment (now HumongousInc) is a company for children's computer games, which is now owned by Tommo Inc. after Creator/{{Atari}} went bankrupt. Their five biggest franchises were ''[[VideoGame/PuttPutt Putt-Putt]]'', ''FreddiFish'', ''VideoGame/PajamaSam'', ''VideoGame/SPYFox'', and ''VideoGame/BackyardSports'', although they had plenty of other small franchises such as ''VideoGame/FattyBear'', ''VideoGame/BuzzyTheKnowledgeBug'', and ''VideoGame/BigThinkers!'' Humongous was founded by Creator/RonGilbert of LucasArts fame and Shelley Day, beginning with ''[[VideoGame/PuttPutt Putt-Putt]] Joins the Parade''. They became one of the most successful companies for children’s games, especially when their big hit, the ''VideoGame/BackyardSports'', came out, and actually became [[CashCowFranchise the only reason Humongous made a profit]]. They also made ''VideoGame/MoonBaseCommander'' and many ''WesternAnimation/BluesClues''' {{Licensed Game}}s, and their sub-division CavedogEntertainment made a few non-children's computer games including ''TotalAnnihilation'' and its follow-up ''TotalAnnihilationKingdoms''.
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For the YMMV page, go [[YMMV/HumongousEntertainment here.]]
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HumongousEntertainment (now HumongousInc) was a company for children's computer games, which is now owned by Tommo Inc. after Creator/{{Atari}} went bankrupt. Their five biggest franchises were ''[[VideoGame/PuttPutt Putt-Putt]]'', ''FreddiFish'', ''VideoGame/PajamaSam'', ''VideoGame/SPYFox'', and ''VideoGame/BackyardSports'', although they had plenty of other small franchises such as ''VideoGame/FattyBear'', ''VideoGame/BuzzyTheKnowledgeBug'', and ''VideoGame/BigThinkers!'' Humongous was founded by Creator/RonGilbert of LucasArts fame and Shelley Day, beginning with ''[[VideoGame/PuttPutt Putt-Putt]] Joins the Parade''. They became one of the most successful companies for children’s games, especially when their big hit, the ''VideoGame/BackyardSports'', came out, and actually became [[CashCowFranchise the only reason Humongous made a profit]]. They also made ''VideoGame/MoonBaseCommander'' and many ''WesternAnimation/BluesClues''' {{Licensed Game}}s, and their sub-division CavedogEntertainment made a few non-children's computer games including ''TotalAnnihilation'' and its follow-up ''TotalAnnihilationKingdoms''.
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HumongousEntertainment (now HumongousInc) was is a company for children's computer games, which is now owned by Tommo Inc. after Creator/{{Atari}} went bankrupt. Their five biggest franchises were ''[[VideoGame/PuttPutt Putt-Putt]]'', ''FreddiFish'', ''VideoGame/PajamaSam'', ''VideoGame/SPYFox'', and ''VideoGame/BackyardSports'', although they had plenty of other small franchises such as ''VideoGame/FattyBear'', ''VideoGame/BuzzyTheKnowledgeBug'', and ''VideoGame/BigThinkers!'' Humongous was founded by Creator/RonGilbert of LucasArts fame and Shelley Day, beginning with ''[[VideoGame/PuttPutt Putt-Putt]] Joins the Parade''. They became one of the most successful companies for children’s games, especially when their big hit, the ''VideoGame/BackyardSports'', came out, and actually became [[CashCowFranchise the only reason Humongous made a profit]]. They also made ''VideoGame/MoonBaseCommander'' and many ''WesternAnimation/BluesClues''' {{Licensed Game}}s, and their sub-division CavedogEntertainment made a few non-children's computer games including ''TotalAnnihilation'' and its follow-up ''TotalAnnihilationKingdoms''.
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HumongousEntertainment (now HumongousInc) was a company for children's computer games, which is now owned by {{Atari}}. Their five biggest franchises were ''[[VideoGame/PuttPutt Putt-Putt]]'', ''FreddiFish'', ''VideoGame/PajamaSam'', ''VideoGame/SPYFox'', and ''VideoGame/BackyardSports'', although they had plenty of other small franchises such as ''VideoGame/FattyBear'', ''VideoGame/BuzzyTheKnowledgeBug'', and ''VideoGame/BigThinkers!'' Humongous was founded by Creator/RonGilbert of LucasArts fame and Shelley Day, beginning with ''[[VideoGame/PuttPutt Putt-Putt]] Joins the Parade''. They became one of the most successful companies for children’s games, especially when their big hit, the ''VideoGame/BackyardSports'', came out, and actually became [[CashCowFranchise the only reason Humongous made a profit]]. They also made ''VideoGame/MoonBaseCommander'' and many ''WesternAnimation/BluesClues''' {{Licensed Game}}s, and their sub-division CavedogEntertainment made a few non-children's computer games including ''TotalAnnihilation'' and its follow-up ''TotalAnnihilationKingdoms''.
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HumongousEntertainment (now HumongousInc) was a company for children's computer games, which is now owned by {{Atari}}.Tommo Inc. after Creator/{{Atari}} went bankrupt. Their five biggest franchises were ''[[VideoGame/PuttPutt Putt-Putt]]'', ''FreddiFish'', ''VideoGame/PajamaSam'', ''VideoGame/SPYFox'', and ''VideoGame/BackyardSports'', although they had plenty of other small franchises such as ''VideoGame/FattyBear'', ''VideoGame/BuzzyTheKnowledgeBug'', and ''VideoGame/BigThinkers!'' Humongous was founded by Creator/RonGilbert of LucasArts fame and Shelley Day, beginning with ''[[VideoGame/PuttPutt Putt-Putt]] Joins the Parade''. They became one of the most successful companies for children’s games, especially when their big hit, the ''VideoGame/BackyardSports'', came out, and actually became [[CashCowFranchise the only reason Humongous made a profit]]. They also made ''VideoGame/MoonBaseCommander'' and many ''WesternAnimation/BluesClues''' {{Licensed Game}}s, and their sub-division CavedogEntertainment made a few non-children's computer games including ''TotalAnnihilation'' and its follow-up ''TotalAnnihilationKingdoms''.
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As of April 17th, 2014, Humongous has started rolling their old point-and-click games out onto {{Steam}} with the help of Night Dive Studios, most famous for re-introducing PC games like ''VideoGame/SystemShock2'' and ''VideoGame/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream''. A list of the games currently available can be found [[http://store.steampowered.com/search/?publisher=Humongous%20Entertainment here.]]
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Eventually, Humongous filed for bankruptcy, and sold all the rights to {{Atari}}, who continued four of the series, but only went one game on three of those four and stopped. The other one, the ''VideoGame/BackyardSports'' series, lasted for several more years, but it too seems to have ended. Three of the games were also ported to the {{Wii}} by Majesco, but used [=ScummVM=] (a virtual machine made to run old Scumm-based games) without giving any credit to the developers whatsoever, so it now seems all series have been left abandoned and rotted. The fanbase is still strong, however, and continue to remember the games from their childhood.
I seems, however, that Humongous is not quite dead, as many of their games have just been released for iOS and Android!
I seems, however, that Humongous is not quite dead, as many of their games have just been released for iOS and Android!
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Eventually, Humongous filed for bankruptcy, and sold all the rights to {{Atari}}, who continued four of the series, but only went one game on three of those four and stopped. The other one, the ''VideoGame/BackyardSports'' series, lasted for several more years, but it too seems to have ended. Three of the games were also ported to the {{Wii}} by Majesco, but used [=ScummVM=] (a virtual machine made to run old Scumm-based games) without giving any credit to the developers whatsoever, so it now seems all series have been left abandoned and rotted. The fanbase is still strong, however, and continue to remember the games from their childhood.
I seems, however, that Humongous is not quite dead, as manychildhood. Many of their the company's older games have just been released for iOS ported to mobile devices by Atari and Android!
Nimbus Games.
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For the YMMV page, go [[YMMV/HumongousEntertainment here.]]
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* OffModel: The early hand-drawn games dipped into this fairly often. While the faraway shots looked fine for the most part, the close up shots tended to look awkward and jagged, and were even out of proportion at times. ''SPY Fox in Dry Cereal'' seems to be the point where they finally got the hang of it.
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* ''Great White Hunter''
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* ''Great White Hunter''Hunter'' (vaporware)
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* HilariousinHindsight: Humongous is [[{{Pixar}} not the last company]] that would create beloved entertainment about [[{{Cars}} cars, spies]], [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory toys]], [[TheIncredibles superheros]], or [[WesternAnimation/FindingNemo fish]].
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* HilariousinHindsight: Humongous is [[{{Pixar}} not the last company]] that would create beloved entertainment about [[{{Cars}} [[WesternAnimation/{{Cars}} cars, spies]], [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory toys]], [[TheIncredibles superheros]], or [[WesternAnimation/FindingNemo fish]].
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** The five games that use the YAGA engine[[hottip:*:''Backyard Basketball 2004'', ''Backyard Football 2004'', ''Backyard Hockey'', ''Pajama Sam: Life Is Rough When You Lose Your Stuff'', and ''Putt-Putt: Pep's Birthday Surprise'']] are especially easy to mod, since the files can easily be extracted with 7-Zip.
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** The five games that use the YAGA engine[[hottip:*:''Backyard engine[[note]]''[[VideoGame/BackyardSports Backyard Basketball 2004'', ''Backyard 2004]]'', ''[[VideoGame/BackyardSports Backyard Football 2004'', ''Backyard Hockey'', ''Pajama 2004]]'', ''[[VideoGame/BackyardSports Backyard Hockey]]'', ''[[VideoGame/PajamaSam Pajama Sam: Life Is Rough When You Lose Your Stuff'', Stuff]]'', and ''Putt-Putt: ''[[VideoGame/PuttPutt Putt-Putt: Pep's Birthday Surprise'']] Surprise]]''[[/note]] are especially easy to mod, since the files can easily be extracted with 7-Zip.
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The links seem to mess up the hot tip for no reason at all. Weird.
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** The five games that use the YAGA engine[[hottip:*:''[[VideoGame/BackyardSports Backyard Basketball 2004]]'', ''[[VideoGame/BackyardSports Backyard Football 2004]]'', ''[[VideoGame/BackyardSports Backyard Hockey]]'', ''[[VideoGame/PajamaSam Pajama Sam: Life Is Rough When You Lose Your Stuff]]'', and ''[[VideoGame/PuttPutt Putt-Putt: Pep's Birthday Surprise]]'']] are especially easy to mod, since the files can easily be extracted with 7-Zip..
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** The five games that use the YAGA engine[[hottip:*:''[[VideoGame/BackyardSports Backyard engine[[hottip:*:''Backyard Basketball 2004]]'', ''[[VideoGame/BackyardSports Backyard 2004'', ''Backyard Football 2004]]'', ''[[VideoGame/BackyardSports Backyard Hockey]]'', ''[[VideoGame/PajamaSam Pajama 2004'', ''Backyard Hockey'', ''Pajama Sam: Life Is Rough When You Lose Your Stuff]]'', Stuff'', and ''[[VideoGame/PuttPutt Putt-Putt: ''Putt-Putt: Pep's Birthday Surprise]]'']] Surprise'']] are especially easy to mod, since the files can easily be extracted with 7-Zip..7-Zip.
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* ''Bobo and Fletcher Go Deep Into The Congo'' (vaporware)
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** ''[[http://www.spektakle.com/portfolio/he_conjure/he_conjure.html Conjure!]]'' and ''[[http://scottbrothers.carbonmade.com/projects/2777262#12 Future Dog: Dog]] [[http://scottbrothers.carbonmade.com/projects/2777262#11 of the Future]]''.
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** ''Bobo and Fletcher Go Deep Into The Congo'', ''[[http://www.spektakle.com/portfolio/he_conjure/he_conjure.html Conjure!]]'' and ''[[http://scottbrothers.carbonmade.com/projects/2777262#12 Future Dog: Dog]] [[http://scottbrothers.carbonmade.com/projects/2777262#11 of the Future]]''.
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* TheEnd: Most of the games from their early years ended on this.
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* DuelingDubs: Russia had at least 6 different companies translating the games into Russian, with only three of the six being official translations. One of the unofficial translation companies actually managed to dub more games than the three official dubbers did COMBINED.
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* DuelingDubs: Russia had at least 6 different companies translating the games into Russian, with only three of the six being bootleggers (Fargus Multimedia, 7Wolf, and Vector) and three being official translations. One of the unofficial translation companies (Akella, Russobit, and Boolat). Fargus Multimedia actually managed to dub more games than the three official dubbers did COMBINED.
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* HilariousinHindsight: Humongous is [[{{Pixar}} not the last company]] that would create beloved entertainment about [[{{Cars}} cars, spies]], [[ToyStory toys]], [[TheIncredibles superheros]], or [[WesternAnimation/FindingNemo fish]].
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* HilariousinHindsight: Humongous is [[{{Pixar}} not the last company]] that would create beloved entertainment about [[{{Cars}} cars, spies]], [[ToyStory [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory toys]], [[TheIncredibles superheros]], or [[WesternAnimation/FindingNemo fish]].
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* DuelingDubs: Russia had at least 6 different companies translating the games into Russian, with only three of the six being official translations. One of the unofficial translation companies actually managed to dub more games than the three official dubbers did COMBINED.
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HumongousEntertainment (now HumongousInc) was a company for children's computer games, which is now owned by {{Atari}}. Their five biggest franchises were ''[[VideoGame/PuttPutt Putt-Putt]]'', ''FreddiFish'', ''VideoGame/PajamaSam'', ''VideoGame/SPYFox'', and ''VideoGame/BackyardSports'', although they had plenty of other small franchises such as ''VideoGame/FattyBear'', ''VideoGame/BuzzyTheKnowledgeBug'', and ''VideoGame/BigThinkers!'' Humongous was founded by Creator/RonGilbert of LucasArts fame and Shelley Day, beginning with ''[[VideoGame/PuttPutt Putt-Putt]] Joins the Parade''. They became one of the most successful companies for children’s games, especially when their big hit, the ''VideoGame/BackyardSports'', came out, and actually became [[CashCowFranchise the only reason Humongous made a profit]]. They also made ''VideoGame/MoonBaseCommander'' and many ''BluesClues''' {{Licensed Game}}s, and their sub-division CavedogEntertainment made a few non-children's computer games including ''TotalAnnihilation'' and its follow-up ''TotalAnnihilationKingdoms''.
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HumongousEntertainment (now HumongousInc) was a company for children's computer games, which is now owned by {{Atari}}. Their five biggest franchises were ''[[VideoGame/PuttPutt Putt-Putt]]'', ''FreddiFish'', ''VideoGame/PajamaSam'', ''VideoGame/SPYFox'', and ''VideoGame/BackyardSports'', although they had plenty of other small franchises such as ''VideoGame/FattyBear'', ''VideoGame/BuzzyTheKnowledgeBug'', and ''VideoGame/BigThinkers!'' Humongous was founded by Creator/RonGilbert of LucasArts fame and Shelley Day, beginning with ''[[VideoGame/PuttPutt Putt-Putt]] Joins the Parade''. They became one of the most successful companies for children’s games, especially when their big hit, the ''VideoGame/BackyardSports'', came out, and actually became [[CashCowFranchise the only reason Humongous made a profit]]. They also made ''VideoGame/MoonBaseCommander'' and many ''BluesClues''' ''WesternAnimation/BluesClues''' {{Licensed Game}}s, and their sub-division CavedogEntertainment made a few non-children's computer games including ''TotalAnnihilation'' and its follow-up ''TotalAnnihilationKingdoms''.
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HumongousEntertainment (now HumongousInc) was a company for children's computer games, which is now owned by {{Atari}}. Their five biggest franchises were ''[[VideoGame/PuttPutt Putt-Putt]]'', ''FreddiFish'', ''VideoGame/PajamaSam'', ''VideoGame/SPYFox'', and ''VideoGame/BackyardSports'', although they had plenty of other small franchises such as ''VideoGame/FattyBear'', ''VideoGame/BuzzyTheKnowledgeBug'', and ''VideoGame/BigThinkers!'' Humongous was founded by Ron Gilbert of LucasArts fame and Shelley Day, beginning with ''[[VideoGame/PuttPutt Putt-Putt]] Joins the Parade''. They became one of the most successful companies for children’s games, especially when their big hit, the ''VideoGame/BackyardSports'', came out, and actually became [[CashCowFranchise the only reason Humongous made a profit]]. They also made ''VideoGame/MoonBaseCommander'' and many ''BluesClues''' {{Licensed Game}}s, and their sub-division CavedogEntertainment made a few non-children's computer games including ''TotalAnnihilation'' and its follow-up ''TotalAnnihilationKingdoms''.
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HumongousEntertainment (now HumongousInc) was a company for children's computer games, which is now owned by {{Atari}}. Their five biggest franchises were ''[[VideoGame/PuttPutt Putt-Putt]]'', ''FreddiFish'', ''VideoGame/PajamaSam'', ''VideoGame/SPYFox'', and ''VideoGame/BackyardSports'', although they had plenty of other small franchises such as ''VideoGame/FattyBear'', ''VideoGame/BuzzyTheKnowledgeBug'', and ''VideoGame/BigThinkers!'' Humongous was founded by Ron Gilbert Creator/RonGilbert of LucasArts fame and Shelley Day, beginning with ''[[VideoGame/PuttPutt Putt-Putt]] Joins the Parade''. They became one of the most successful companies for children’s games, especially when their big hit, the ''VideoGame/BackyardSports'', came out, and actually became [[CashCowFranchise the only reason Humongous made a profit]]. They also made ''VideoGame/MoonBaseCommander'' and many ''BluesClues''' {{Licensed Game}}s, and their sub-division CavedogEntertainment made a few non-children's computer games including ''TotalAnnihilation'' and its follow-up ''TotalAnnihilationKingdoms''.
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HumongousEntertainment (now HumongousInc) was a company for children's computer games, which is now owned by {{Atari}}. Their five biggest franchises were ''[[VideoGame/PuttPutt Putt-Putt]]'', ''FreddiFish'', ''VideoGame/PajamaSam'', ''VideoGame/SPYFox'', and ''VideoGame/BackyardSports'', although they had plenty of other small franchises such as ''VideoGame/FattyBear'', ''VideoGame/BuzzyTheKnowledgeBug'', and ''[[VideoGame/BigThinkers Big Thinkers!]]'' Humongous was founded by Ron Gilbert of LucasArts fame and Shelley Day, beginning with ''[[VideoGame/PuttPutt Putt-Putt]] Joins the Parade''. They became one of the most successful companies for children’s games, especially when their big hit, the ''VideoGame/BackyardSports'', came out, and actually became [[CashCowFranchise the only reason Humongous made a profit]]. They also made ''[[VideoGame/MoonBaseCommander MoonBase Commander]]'' and many ''BluesClues''' {{Licensed Game}}s, and their sub-division CavedogEntertainment made a few non-children's computer games including ''TotalAnnihilation'' and its follow-up ''TotalAnnihilationKingdoms''.
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HumongousEntertainment (now HumongousInc) was a company for children's computer games, which is now owned by {{Atari}}. Their five biggest franchises were ''[[VideoGame/PuttPutt Putt-Putt]]'', ''FreddiFish'', ''VideoGame/PajamaSam'', ''VideoGame/SPYFox'', and ''VideoGame/BackyardSports'', although they had plenty of other small franchises such as ''VideoGame/FattyBear'', ''VideoGame/BuzzyTheKnowledgeBug'', and ''[[VideoGame/BigThinkers Big Thinkers!]]'' ''VideoGame/BigThinkers!'' Humongous was founded by Ron Gilbert of LucasArts fame and Shelley Day, beginning with ''[[VideoGame/PuttPutt Putt-Putt]] Joins the Parade''. They became one of the most successful companies for children’s games, especially when their big hit, the ''VideoGame/BackyardSports'', came out, and actually became [[CashCowFranchise the only reason Humongous made a profit]]. They also made ''[[VideoGame/MoonBaseCommander MoonBase Commander]]'' ''VideoGame/MoonBaseCommander'' and many ''BluesClues''' {{Licensed Game}}s, and their sub-division CavedogEntertainment made a few non-children's computer games including ''TotalAnnihilation'' and its follow-up ''TotalAnnihilationKingdoms''.
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* HilariousinHindsight: Humongous is [[{{Pixar}} not the last company]] that would create beloved entertainment about [[{{Cars}} cars, spies]], [[ToyStory toys]], [[TheIncredibles superheros]], or [[FindingNemo fish]].
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* HilariousinHindsight: Humongous is [[{{Pixar}} not the last company]] that would create beloved entertainment about [[{{Cars}} cars, spies]], [[ToyStory toys]], [[TheIncredibles superheros]], or [[FindingNemo [[WesternAnimation/FindingNemo fish]].
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** From Humongous's sub-division Cavedog Entertainment, ''Amen: The Awakening'', ''Butter'' ({{working title}}), (WorkingTitle), ''Elysium'', ''Glider Wars'', and ''Good & Evil''.
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HumongousEntertainment (now HumongousInc) was a company for children's computer games, which is now owned by {{Atari}}. Their five biggest franchises were ''[[VideoGame/PuttPutt Putt-Putt]]'', ''FreddiFish'', ''VideoGame/PajamaSam'', ''VideoGame/SPYFox'', and ''VideoGame/BackyardSports'', although they had plenty of other small franchises such as ''VideoGame/FattyBear'', ''VideoGame/BuzzyTheKnowledgeBug'', and ''[[VideoGame/BigThinkers Big Thinkers!]]'' Humongous was founded by Ron Gilbert of LucasArts fame and Shelley Day, beginning with ''[[VideoGame/PuttPutt Putt-Putt]] Joins the Parade''. They became one of the most successful companies for children’s games, especially when their big hit, the ''VideoGame/BackyardSports'', came out, and actually became [[CashCowFranchise the only reason Humongous made a profit]]. They also made ''[[VideoGame/MoonBaseCommander MoonBase Commander]]'' and many ''BluesClues''' {{Licensed Game}}s, and their sub-division CavedogEntertainment made a few non-children's computer games including ''TotalAnnihilation'' and its follow-up ''TotalAnnihilationKingdoms''.
Eventually, Humongous filed for bankruptcy, and sold all the rights to {{Atari}}, who continued four of the series, but only went one game on three of those four and stopped. The other one, the ''VideoGame/BackyardSports'' series, lasted for several more years, but it too seems to have ended. Three of the games were also ported to the {{Wii}} by Majesco, but used [=ScummVM=] (a virtual machine made to run old Scumm-based games) without giving any credit to the developers whatsoever, so it now seems all series have been left abandoned and rotted. The fanbase is still strong, however, and continue to remember the games from their childhood.
Notably, most of their {{Adventure Game}}s change the locations of the respective {{Plot Coupon}}s each playthough.
All demo download links are listed on their pages, since finding them is a bit of a GuideDangIt.
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!Series by Humongous:
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* ''VideoGame/BackyardSports''
* ''[[VideoGame/BigThinkers Big Thinkers!]]''
* ''BluesClues'' (many of the licensed games)
* ''VideoGame/BuzzyTheKnowledgeBug''
* ''Conjure!'' (vaporware)
* ''VideoGame/FattyBear''
* ''VideoGame/FreddiFish''
* ''Future Dog: Dog of the Future'' (vaporware)
* ''[[VideoGame/MoonBaseCommander MoonBase Commander]]''
* ''VideoGame/PajamaSam''
** ''Pajama Man'' (comic books; the game is vaporware)
* ''[[VideoGame/PuttPutt Putt-Putt]]''
* ''VideoGame/SPYFox''
[[/index]]
!Series by Humongous's sub-division Cavedog Entertainment:
[[index]]
* ''Amen: The Awakening'' (vaporware)
* ''Butter'' (vaporware; working title)
* ''Elysium'' (vaporware)
* ''Glider Wars'' (vaporware)
* ''Good & Evil'' (vaporware)
* ''Great White Hunter''
* ''TotalAnnihilation''
** ''TotalAnnihilationKingdoms''
[[/index]]
!Series by Humongous's sub-division Gaspocket Adventures:
[[index]]
[[/index]]
!!Tropes in Humongous games in general:
* AntiFrustrationFeatures:
** In some of the games (notably the ''VideoGame/FreddiFish'' series), if you fool around long enough, a character will give a hint.
** Most of the Junior Arcades had a "Junior Helper." which usually let you turn on unlimited lives and give you some other advantage.
* AprilFoolsDay: For April 1, 1999, Humongous's sub-division Cavedog Entertainment temporarily became [[http://www.frozenyak.com/ Frozen Yak Entertainment]].
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Most of the demos do this.
* CompilationRerelease: LOTS of them.
* ConspicuouslyLightPatch: Would very often give away item locations.
* CreativeClosingCredits: Humongous was quite fond of these. Usually they had objects flying up or going across the screen, and clicking on them gave you different reactions. Other things included [[PhotoMontage photo albums]], a room with many click points, screens that show many random events, and much more.
* CreatorInJoke: Their headquarters was located in Woodinville, Washington, so you're going to expect a lot of jokes referencing said city and Seattle.
* CreditsGag: Virtually all games since ''[[VideoGame/PuttPutt Putt-Putt]] Saves the Zoo'' feature at least one "joke credit" (the aforementioned game has "If you lived in Cartown, you'd be home now," and ''VideoGame/PajamaSam 1'' has "No animals were injured or cheese eaten in the making of this game. ... Mmm, cheese.")
* DebugRoom: Featured in all of the post-''[[VideoGame/PuttPutt Putt-Putt]] Saves the Zoo'' games.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The earliest games had DOS graphics and MIDI music, and animated using sprites instead of hand drawn cartoon animation. Then there's minor details, like the 3D cursors in ''VideoGame/FreddiFish 1'' being longer and thinner than the later ones (changed in the 1998 re-release), and being unable to skip movement phases. The early HE games also had a Windows 3.1 pause menu, a quit button instead of a menu button, and no lip-sync.
* {{Feelies}}: Included with just about every game at the time, though they have become more and more rare.
* GameMod: By editing the games' config files, you may find additional scenes, which are either extra jokes and/or GettingCrapPastTheRadar.
** The five games that use the YAGA engine[[hottip:*:''[[VideoGame/BackyardSports Backyard Basketball 2004]]'', ''[[VideoGame/BackyardSports Backyard Football 2004]]'', ''[[VideoGame/BackyardSports Backyard Hockey]]'', ''[[VideoGame/PajamaSam Pajama Sam: Life Is Rough When You Lose Your Stuff]]'', and ''[[VideoGame/PuttPutt Putt-Putt: Pep's Birthday Surprise]]'']] are especially easy to mod, since the files can easily be extracted with 7-Zip..
* HilariousinHindsight: Humongous is [[{{Pixar}} not the last company]] that would create beloved entertainment about [[{{Cars}} cars, spies]], [[ToyStory toys]], [[TheIncredibles superheros]], or [[FindingNemo fish]].
* KleptomaniacHero: Partially averted. Usually the characters will give an excuse for taking anything not nailed down by saying something like "This doesn't belong here, so I'd better find the place it should go." At the base of it, though, the heroes are still snatching anything that looks important.
* MadLibsDialogue: You could say it was abused in Humongous games. The ''VideoGame/BackyardSports'' were especially bad at this.
* PopUpVideoGames
* SameLanguageDub: Several of the games were released in the UK with tweaked scripts and re-recorded dialogue using British voice actors.
* ShoutOut: Hoo boy. Humongous did a LOT of self ProductPlacement. They would advertise another one of their games wherever they could, such as on bill boards and click points.
** One of the billboards on ''[[VideoGame/PuttPutt Putt-Putt]] Saves the Zoo'' says "Shameless Humongous Entertainment self-promotion to be placed HERE."
* SpiritualSuccessor: Hulabee Entertainment.
* TechnologyMarchesOn: Quite a few examples.
** On the old section for demo downloads on the site, it once said "Warning: These files are '''HUGE!''' (5 to 24 MB)"
** When the games were first released, 640 x 480 was considered high resolution and the games fell under GeniusProgramming. In hindsight, that doesn't say much due to how far they pushed the SCUMM engine to its limits.
** Save icons were almost always floppy disks.
* {{Vaporware}}:
** ''[[http://www.spektakle.com/portfolio/he_conjure/he_conjure.html Conjure!]]'' and ''[[http://scottbrothers.carbonmade.com/projects/2777262#12 Future Dog: Dog]] [[http://scottbrothers.carbonmade.com/projects/2777262#11 of the Future]]''.
** From Humongous's sub-division Cavedog Entertainment, ''Amen: The Awakening'', ''Butter'' ({{working title}}), ''Elysium'', ''Glider Wars'', and ''Good & Evil''.
** Humongous's sub-division [[http://www.spektakle.com/portfolio/he_gaspocket/he_gaspocket.html Gaspocket Adventures]], as a whole.
* WikiRule: [[http://humongous.wikia.com/wiki/Humongous_Entertainment_Wiki It has its own wiki, although it's currently a work-in-progress.]]
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[[caption-width-right:300:[[DrumRollPlease *drum roll crash*]] [[SignatureSoundEffect Ayahooyahooyahoohoohoo!]] ]]
HumongousEntertainment (now HumongousInc) was a company for children's computer games, which is now owned by {{Atari}}. Their five biggest franchises were ''[[VideoGame/PuttPutt Putt-Putt]]'', ''FreddiFish'', ''VideoGame/PajamaSam'', ''VideoGame/SPYFox'', and ''VideoGame/BackyardSports'', although they had plenty of other small franchises such as ''VideoGame/FattyBear'', ''VideoGame/BuzzyTheKnowledgeBug'', and ''[[VideoGame/BigThinkers Big Thinkers!]]'' Humongous was founded by Ron Gilbert of LucasArts fame and Shelley Day, beginning with ''[[VideoGame/PuttPutt Putt-Putt]] Joins the Parade''. They became one of the most successful companies for children’s games, especially when their big hit, the ''VideoGame/BackyardSports'', came out, and actually became [[CashCowFranchise the only reason Humongous made a profit]]. They also made ''[[VideoGame/MoonBaseCommander MoonBase Commander]]'' and many ''BluesClues''' {{Licensed Game}}s, and their sub-division CavedogEntertainment made a few non-children's computer games including ''TotalAnnihilation'' and its follow-up ''TotalAnnihilationKingdoms''.
Eventually, Humongous filed for bankruptcy, and sold all the rights to {{Atari}}, who continued four of the series, but only went one game on three of those four and stopped. The other one, the ''VideoGame/BackyardSports'' series, lasted for several more years, but it too seems to have ended. Three of the games were also ported to the {{Wii}} by Majesco, but used [=ScummVM=] (a virtual machine made to run old Scumm-based games) without giving any credit to the developers whatsoever, so it now seems all series have been left abandoned and rotted. The fanbase is still strong, however, and continue to remember the games from their childhood.
Notably, most of their {{Adventure Game}}s change the locations of the respective {{Plot Coupon}}s each playthough.
All demo download links are listed on their pages, since finding them is a bit of a GuideDangIt.
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!Series by Humongous:
[[index]]
* ''VideoGame/BackyardSports''
* ''[[VideoGame/BigThinkers Big Thinkers!]]''
* ''BluesClues'' (many of the licensed games)
* ''VideoGame/BuzzyTheKnowledgeBug''
* ''Conjure!'' (vaporware)
* ''VideoGame/FattyBear''
* ''VideoGame/FreddiFish''
* ''Future Dog: Dog of the Future'' (vaporware)
* ''[[VideoGame/MoonBaseCommander MoonBase Commander]]''
* ''VideoGame/PajamaSam''
** ''Pajama Man'' (comic books; the game is vaporware)
* ''[[VideoGame/PuttPutt Putt-Putt]]''
* ''VideoGame/SPYFox''
[[/index]]
!Series by Humongous's sub-division Cavedog Entertainment:
[[index]]
* ''Amen: The Awakening'' (vaporware)
* ''Butter'' (vaporware; working title)
* ''Elysium'' (vaporware)
* ''Glider Wars'' (vaporware)
* ''Good & Evil'' (vaporware)
* ''Great White Hunter''
* ''TotalAnnihilation''
** ''TotalAnnihilationKingdoms''
[[/index]]
!Series by Humongous's sub-division Gaspocket Adventures:
[[index]]
[[/index]]
!!Tropes in Humongous games in general:
* AntiFrustrationFeatures:
** In some of the games (notably the ''VideoGame/FreddiFish'' series), if you fool around long enough, a character will give a hint.
** Most of the Junior Arcades had a "Junior Helper." which usually let you turn on unlimited lives and give you some other advantage.
* AprilFoolsDay: For April 1, 1999, Humongous's sub-division Cavedog Entertainment temporarily became [[http://www.frozenyak.com/ Frozen Yak Entertainment]].
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Most of the demos do this.
* CompilationRerelease: LOTS of them.
* ConspicuouslyLightPatch: Would very often give away item locations.
* CreativeClosingCredits: Humongous was quite fond of these. Usually they had objects flying up or going across the screen, and clicking on them gave you different reactions. Other things included [[PhotoMontage photo albums]], a room with many click points, screens that show many random events, and much more.
* CreatorInJoke: Their headquarters was located in Woodinville, Washington, so you're going to expect a lot of jokes referencing said city and Seattle.
* CreditsGag: Virtually all games since ''[[VideoGame/PuttPutt Putt-Putt]] Saves the Zoo'' feature at least one "joke credit" (the aforementioned game has "If you lived in Cartown, you'd be home now," and ''VideoGame/PajamaSam 1'' has "No animals were injured or cheese eaten in the making of this game. ... Mmm, cheese.")
* DebugRoom: Featured in all of the post-''[[VideoGame/PuttPutt Putt-Putt]] Saves the Zoo'' games.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The earliest games had DOS graphics and MIDI music, and animated using sprites instead of hand drawn cartoon animation. Then there's minor details, like the 3D cursors in ''VideoGame/FreddiFish 1'' being longer and thinner than the later ones (changed in the 1998 re-release), and being unable to skip movement phases. The early HE games also had a Windows 3.1 pause menu, a quit button instead of a menu button, and no lip-sync.
* {{Feelies}}: Included with just about every game at the time, though they have become more and more rare.
* GameMod: By editing the games' config files, you may find additional scenes, which are either extra jokes and/or GettingCrapPastTheRadar.
** The five games that use the YAGA engine[[hottip:*:''[[VideoGame/BackyardSports Backyard Basketball 2004]]'', ''[[VideoGame/BackyardSports Backyard Football 2004]]'', ''[[VideoGame/BackyardSports Backyard Hockey]]'', ''[[VideoGame/PajamaSam Pajama Sam: Life Is Rough When You Lose Your Stuff]]'', and ''[[VideoGame/PuttPutt Putt-Putt: Pep's Birthday Surprise]]'']] are especially easy to mod, since the files can easily be extracted with 7-Zip..
* HilariousinHindsight: Humongous is [[{{Pixar}} not the last company]] that would create beloved entertainment about [[{{Cars}} cars, spies]], [[ToyStory toys]], [[TheIncredibles superheros]], or [[FindingNemo fish]].
* KleptomaniacHero: Partially averted. Usually the characters will give an excuse for taking anything not nailed down by saying something like "This doesn't belong here, so I'd better find the place it should go." At the base of it, though, the heroes are still snatching anything that looks important.
* MadLibsDialogue: You could say it was abused in Humongous games. The ''VideoGame/BackyardSports'' were especially bad at this.
* PopUpVideoGames
* SameLanguageDub: Several of the games were released in the UK with tweaked scripts and re-recorded dialogue using British voice actors.
* ShoutOut: Hoo boy. Humongous did a LOT of self ProductPlacement. They would advertise another one of their games wherever they could, such as on bill boards and click points.
** One of the billboards on ''[[VideoGame/PuttPutt Putt-Putt]] Saves the Zoo'' says "Shameless Humongous Entertainment self-promotion to be placed HERE."
* SpiritualSuccessor: Hulabee Entertainment.
* TechnologyMarchesOn: Quite a few examples.
** On the old section for demo downloads on the site, it once said "Warning: These files are '''HUGE!''' (5 to 24 MB)"
** When the games were first released, 640 x 480 was considered high resolution and the games fell under GeniusProgramming. In hindsight, that doesn't say much due to how far they pushed the SCUMM engine to its limits.
** Save icons were almost always floppy disks.
* {{Vaporware}}:
** ''[[http://www.spektakle.com/portfolio/he_conjure/he_conjure.html Conjure!]]'' and ''[[http://scottbrothers.carbonmade.com/projects/2777262#12 Future Dog: Dog]] [[http://scottbrothers.carbonmade.com/projects/2777262#11 of the Future]]''.
** From Humongous's sub-division Cavedog Entertainment, ''Amen: The Awakening'', ''Butter'' ({{working title}}), ''Elysium'', ''Glider Wars'', and ''Good & Evil''.
** Humongous's sub-division [[http://www.spektakle.com/portfolio/he_gaspocket/he_gaspocket.html Gaspocket Adventures]], as a whole.
* WikiRule: [[http://humongous.wikia.com/wiki/Humongous_Entertainment_Wiki It has its own wiki, although it's currently a work-in-progress.]]
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