Sam & Max Hit the Road

Posted by David Olgarsson.
First posted on 15 August 2006. Last updated on 25 August 2010.
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Lucasfilm Games has long been considered as among the elite developers of adventure games, a title it has secured since the early 1990s with game series like Monkey Island, Maniac Mansion, and Indiana Jones. In 1993 the company publishes a title that undoubtedly has become its most critically acclaimed adventure game of all time—Sam & Max Hit the Road. Based on Steve Purcell's surreal cult comic…

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Excellent

If there was ever a video game that inspired me to head down my career path as an artist, it was Sam & Max. And mom always said they'd rot my brain.

What I mean, really, is that Sam & Max is so brimming with character in every aspect that it oozes its own id out its fluffy ears. It instantly made me want to become a cartoonist. What I found the most charming were the Sam & Max comic strips that came inside the 'hint book' and game manual of the CD-ROM version. Throwing hammers at fruit to see which the most resilient? Brilliant.

As for the game itself, it encouraged you to think outside the box - around which various puddles of slime, figgy pudding, and chicken feathers were placed, lathered with rubber cement - forcing you to think ridiculously. Indeed, you had to have an absurdist sense of humor to solve the puzzles, and it encouraged one's imagination. A beautiful mechanic.

I want more Twinklies!

United States By Mike Mann • On 04 April 2008 • From Manchester, NH, USA

Excellent

After more than 10 years, I started playing this game again. It started off beautifully, like a pink flamingo gracing the front lawn of a southern Californian house. This game is made of untold amounts of win and joy. The only downside is the occasionally clunky interface behaviour when trying to select objects close to Max. Apart from that, this game is so good I nearly cried tears of happiness.

Norway By Quakeulf • On 10 February 2007 • From Oslo, Norway

Excellent

Great humor and fun mini-games!

Korea (South) By Seong Park • On 11 October 2006 • From Kyungju, South Korea

Excellent

When I played this game I was still an idiot, and i simply didn't have the patience to figure out the puzzles all by myself. No, as I said, I was a moron and in every not-able-to-figure-it-out-situation, I simply looked it up in the net. Yhyy, I lost much!
And I'll never get it back...
Spoilers should be shut down...
So don't be a moron, this game is one of the too rare games which has absolutely no dead-end-situations! You can't go wrong, so don't use a spoiler, pleeeezzz.
Sam&Max; is the Greatest!!!

Finland By Franzz • On 20 August 2006 • From Somewhere