Sam & Max Hit the Road

1993 · Point-and-Click Adventure · PC/DOS

Overview

Sam & Max Hit the Road (1993) is LucasArts' adventure based on Steve Purcell's comics, in which the duo chase a stolen frozen Bigfoot across America's tourist traps.

Deep Dive

Sam and Max investigate the theft of Bruno, a frozen Bigfoot, from a carnival. The case takes them across the United States from one roadside tourist attraction to the next, and up against the villain Conroy Bumpus. The game adapts Purcell's 1989 comic On The Road, and its jazz-style score was written by Clint Bajakian, Peter McConnell and Michael Land.

Developer Story

Sean Clark and Mike Stemmle directed the game, with Steve Purcell and Collette Michaud among the designers. It was the ninth game on the SCUMM engine and used iMUSE for its music. It was released for MS-DOS in November 1993, with Bill Farmer voicing Sam and Nick Jameson voicing Max. Two planned sequels were cancelled before the series moved to Telltale Games.

Did You Know?

PC Gamer called it "still the best graphic adventure for the PC, hands down" in 1998.
Snuckey's parodies the Stuckey's roadside chain, and Frog Rock was based on a real attraction.
It was the first LucasArts game to use storyboarding.