Sam & Max Hit the Road

This classic adventure is one of the best loved games from LucasArts. You play Sam (a Canine Shamus) and Max (a hyperkinetic rabbity thing), the freelance police. Travel all over the US on the trail of a sasquatch named Bruno kidnapped from his place at the Hall of Oddities, and on the way visit locations like The World's Largest Ball of Twine, The World of Fish, and The Mount Rushmore Dinosaur Tarpit. The puzzles involve some of the most twisted humor in a LucasArts adventure game, and the dialogue including a non-sequitur option goes way over the top. Beside puzzles, there are also some action sequences, like Wak-A-Rat. Sam and Max Hit the Road has our heroes setting out on a bizarre manhunt, spanning the entire caricatured US of A. They encounter strange locations, entirely unhelpful clues, a cast of suspicious (possibly dim) characters, and a number of plot twists (one is a number, right?) that complicate their mission. Like previous LucasArts adventures, Hit the Road was based on the SCUMM story system. However, this game had a few notable new features. It was the first LucasArts adventure to feature an cycling verb point-and-click interface, that is, where the player right-clicks to select a different action icon, like "use" or "look at", rather than picking from a list of verbs at the bottom of the screen. Additionally, there were several 3D models integrated into the 2D environment at various spots throughout the game to create some sort of effect, a first for LucasArts. It was released simultaneously on floppy disk and CD-ROM; the CD version had a full voiceover soundtrack.

Cebion # 2019-11-21 11:38:50

Another of LucasArts' comedic adventure games. This one stars the two heroes from Steve Purcell's underground comic 'Sam & Max: Freelance Police.' Sam, a fairly level-headed dog, and Max, a hyperactive naked rabbit, are freelance police officers, and in this game they undertake a cross-country road trip in an effort to find a missing Bigfoot. Very weird but not unsuccessful humor results. The CD-ROM edition also includes voices and some added scenes. Max is cool enough that LucasArts stuck Max cameos in unlikely places throughout their games for the next several years. I've heard that they can't do that anymore due to 'licensing concerns,' which pains me greatly. :(

# 2006

Can be run on modern systems using ScummVM.

(cjlee001) - # 2006

software: Lutris, SCUMM,

hardware: 386DX CPU, Mouse, General MIDI,

display: raster

has influenced
Sam & Max: Season One (Windows)
The Wardrobe (Linux)