Description
Sam & Max, Canine Shamus and hyperkinetic rabbity thing, are the freelance police. Private investigators who receive missions from and are answerable to "The Commissioner". Upon the completion of a rescue mission from the clutches of a mad scientist, Sam & Max drive through the opening credits and immediately receive a new assignment: Bruno the Bigfoot is missing from the circus and seems to have kidnapped Trixie, the Giraffe-Neck Girl. Sam & max are on the case and will follow the mystery all across the United States, even if it takes them to such locations as The World's Largest Ball of Twine and The Mount Rushmore Dinosaur Tarpit.
Sam & Max Hit the Road is a side-scrolling point-and-click adventure game from
Lucasarts. It bears many similarities to other Lucasarts adventure games including
Day of the Tentacle and
The Secret of Monkey Island. The player directly controls Sam, though Max will usually follow closely behind and is even available to use directly as an item in the inventory. Sam is able to be directed anywhere on the screen, Look at objects, try to use objects, try to speak to objects and use items from his inventory on objects. Sam & Max must unravel the mystery piece by piece in order to unlock new locations on their map. They can travel between these locations at any time by using the car keys on their police car. During conversation, the player is able to make Sam can ask questions of persons, speak non-sequitur exclamations and ask about specific objects, people and locations (which are also unlocked as clues are discovered).
Sam & Max Hit the Road also features a variety of minigames, which can be accessed at any time once found. These include Highway-Sufring: a game where the player must jump over exit signs on the interstate, Car Bomb: A variant on
Battleship, A Sam & Max coloring book and a Sam & Max dress-up game and Wak-A-Rat.
Alternate Titles
- "萨姆和马克斯" -- Chinese Title (Simplified)
- "妙探闖通關" -- Chinese title (Traditional)
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The Press Says
| High Score |
Jan, 1994 |
5 out of 5 |
100 |
| Electronic Entertainment |
Mar, 1994 |
10 out of 10 |
100 |
| Adventure Classic Gaming |
Aug 15, 2006 |
5 out of 5 |
100 |
| Just Games Retro |
Nov 04, 2006 |
95 out of 100 |
95 |
| Absolute Games (AG.ru) |
Jan 16, 2002 |
95 out of 100 |
95 |
| Quandary |
Jan, 2003 |
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90 |
| Kingdom of Desire |
Jul 01, 2006 |
9 out of 10 |
90 |
| The Good Old Days |
Jul 26, 2008 |
5 out of 6 |
83 |
| JeuxVideoPC.com |
Jun 27, 2004 |
14 out of 20 |
70 |
| Svenska Hemdatornytt |
Feb, 1994 |
 |
67 |
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Trivia
There are multiple references to LucasFilm movies in the game. When Shuv-Oohl karmically links with the Yetis, he says "It's, like, several voices screaming out in terror... and then suddenly silenced.", a reference to a classic Star Wars quote. Using the droid manual on the security droid in Bumpusville results in the droid projecting a hologram of Princess Leia, like R2D2 did. Finally, using the Conroy Bumpus eggplant on the toupee in his bedroom results in a parody of a classic scene from Raiders of the Lost Ark.
