Sam & Max Hit the Road

Sam & Max Hit the Road
First release	1993
Also known as	Sam and Max, Hit the Road, Sam & Max, SNM
Developed by	LucasArts
Published by	LucasArts
Distributed by	(unknown)
Platforms	DOS, Macintosh
Resolution	(unknown)
Engine	SCUMM
Support	Since ScummVM 0.2.0
Available for Purchase	No

Sam & Max Hit the Road was the ninth game to use the SCUMM scripting language. The game first follows the crime fighting duo, a dog named Sam and a lagomorph named Max, as they recover a bigfoot who was stolen from a carnival. Later, the game follows the characters as they uncover an ancient spell to restore the Earth to it's original state.

Game Varients

The CD versions were so-called "talkie versions" and included speech for each of the lines of text said by the characters in the game.

Data Files

All of the files required for Sam & Max Hit the Road to run

Macintosh CD

• Sam & Max Data

Macintosh Demo

• Sam & Max Demo Data

PC CD and Floppy

• MONSTER.SOU
• TENTACLE.000
• TENTACLE.001

PC Demo

• samdemo.000
• samdemo.001

Datafile Compression

The monster.sou file can be compressed with the utility compress_scumm_sou which is found in the [ScummVM tools package]

The utility is used in the following manner:

compress_scumm_sou monster.sou

Platform Compatibility

List of platforms where Sam & Max Hit the Road is known to work / not to work

Legend:

Completable

Not Completable

Doesn't Work

Sam & Max Hit the Road Compatibility by Platform

Platform	Game Version	Status
Windows	PC Floppy	Completable
Windows	PC CD-ROM	Completable
Windows	Macintosh	Completable
Linux	PC Floppy	Completable
Linux	PC CD-ROM	Completable
Linux	Macintosh	Completable
Dreamcast	PC Floppy	Completable
Dreamcast	PC CD-ROM	Completable

Miscellaneous

A list of boot params is available for this game.

External links

• Wikipedia article on Sam & Max Hit the Road
• Screenshots