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[[Humongous Entertainment]] (now [[Humongous Inc]]) was a company for children's computer games, which is now owned by [[Atari]]. Their five biggest franchises were ''[[Putt-Putt]]'', ''[[Freddi Fish]]'', ''[[Pajama Sam]]'', ''[[Spy Fox]]'', and ''[[Backyard Sports]]'', although they had plenty of other small franchises such as ''[[Fatty Bear]]'', ''[[Buzzy the Knowledge Bug]]'', and ''[[Big Thinkers|Big Thinkers!]]'' Humongous was founded by Ron Gilbert of [[LucasArts]] fame and Shelley Day, beginning with ''[[Putt-Putt]] Joins the Parade''. They became one of the most successful companies for children’s games, especially when their big hit, the ''[[Backyard Sports]]'', came out, and actually became [[Cash Cow Franchise|the only reason Humongous made a profit]]. They also made ''[[Moon Base Commander|MoonBase Commander]]'' and many ''[[Blue's Clues]]''' [[Licensed Game|Licensed Games]], and their sub-division [[Cavedog Entertainment]] made a few non-children's computer games including ''[[Total Annihilation]]'' and its follow-up ''[[Total Annihilation Kingdoms]]''.
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 ''[[Backyard Sports]]'' 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
Notably, most of their [[Adventure Game|Adventure Games]] change the locations of the respective [[Plot Coupon|Plot Coupons]] each playthough.
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** Save icons were almost always floppy disks.
* [[Vaporware]]:
** ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20140201120159/http://www.spektakle.com/portfolio/he_conjure/he_conjure.html Conjure!]'' and ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20120404201844/http://scottbrothers.carbonmade.com/projects/2777262#12 Future Dog: Dog] [https://web.archive.org/web/20120404201844/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 [https://web.archive.org/web/20140201104004/http://www.spektakle.com/portfolio/he_gaspocket/he_gaspocket.html Gaspocket Adventures], as a whole.
* [[Wiki Rule]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20140115113052/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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