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Sam & Max Hit the Road

Trivia

Sam & Max Hit the Road was named #95 overall among the “150 Best Games of All Time” by Computer Gaming World Magazine (15th Anniversary Issue--November 1996).

Contributed by PCGamer77 (3025) on May 02, 2008.

In 2006, CD-ROM version of the game was updated to work in Microsoft Windows 95(b) OSR2, 98, 98SE, Millennium Edition (ME), 2000 and XP.

When asked what he's reading, Lee-Harvey replies, "Dialenics, by Elrod Hubbel, It's changing my life." This is a reference to L. Rod Hubbard, who started a religion based on a novel he wrote.

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.

Sam & Max Hit the Road was ranked # 45 in the 50 Best Games of All Time list published by PC Gamer Magazine in its April 2005 issue.

Contributed by PCGamer77 (3025) on Mar 19, 2005.

A sequel to Sam & Max Hit the Road, Sam & Max Freelance Police, was developed, but canceled on March 3rd, 2004 because LucasArts thought it was "not the appropriate time to release a graphic adventure game on the PC." Despite many petitions and negative feedback about the cancellation, it is unlikely it will be put back into production.

for all the Sam & Max computer game lovers the dubbing in the TV Series may sound strange since the game was dubbed by Bill Farmer (Sam) & Nick Jameson (Max) while in the TV series Harvey Atkin dubbed Sam & Robert Tinkler dubbed Max.....

Actually, creator Steve Purcell did a lot more than that -he was important in the shaping the design and look&feel of the first two Monkey Island titles and has contributed to a lot (if not most) of the Lucasarts adventures. He also worked for an Industrial Lights & Magic subsidairy in character- and toy-design.

Purcell also made brilliant one-page Sam & Max spoofs of Lucasarts games for The Adventurer, a periodical newspaper for Lucasarts employees.

Sam & Max also spawned a short-lived animated series (awarded with the 1998 Gemini Award for Best Animated Series).

Steve Purcell who originally invented and drew Sam and Max in the comic also worked at Lucas Arts drawing manuals and front covers.

When you go to Snuckey's, the man serving you is Bernard Bernoulli, a character from Day of the Tentacle.

The music that plays at the World of Fish locale sounds an awful lot like the song "Fishing Blues", which was originally written by blues musician Taj Majal. Need proof? Search for the song on Napster and just listen to the opening bars of the song.

With the exception of Monkey Island 1, only Max appears in those other games.

If you look hard enough, you can find that loveable bunny in every game published after Sam and Max.

This includes their consol games, like Shadows of the Empire.

The CDROM contains four Redbook audio tracks that have the "Sam & Max Theme", "Moleman Music", "King of the Creatures", and "Bigfoot Shuffle" music from the game.

Sam and Max are the two children of MobyGames co-founder Jim Leonard. They were not, however, explicitly named after this game. :-)

Contributed by Trixter (8865) on Jan 13, 2000.

Sam and Max make cameos in many other Lucasarts games, including Monkey Island 1, 2, and 3, Day of The Tentacle, Rebel Assault II, Jedi Knight, and Full Throttle.

There is a Sam & Max Cartoon on FOX Kids. The Game itself was spunoff from the Sam & Max comic drawn by Steve Purcell.