Sam & Max Hit the Road

Sam & Max Hit the Road

1993 · LucasArts

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About

Sam & Max Hit the Road is a graphic adventure video game released by LucasArts during the company's adventure games era. The game was originally released for MS-DOS in 1993 and for Mac OS in 1995. A 2002 re-release included compatibility with Windows. The game is based on the comic characters of Sam and Max, the "Freelance Police", an anthropomorphic dog and "hyperkinetic rabbity thing". The characters, created by Steve Purcell, originally debuted in a 1987 comic book series. Based on the 1989 Sam & Max comic On the Road, the duo take the case of a missing bigfoot from a nearby carnival, traveling to many Americana tourist sites to solve the mystery.

Release date
November 1, 1993
Developer
LucasArts
Publisher
LucasArts, Softgold Computerspiele GmbH, Disney Interactive Studios, Activision Deutchland, Activision Asia-Pacific, Activision UK, Activision, Activision Italia
Genres
Point & clickPuzzleAdventure
Themes
Science fictionComedy
Age rating
PEGI 12ESRB TUSK 12

Media

Platforms

Linux
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Mac
DOS

Release dates

DOSFull release
North America · Nov 1, 1993
DOSFull release
Europe · Dec 31, 1993
DOSFull release
Brazil · Dec 31, 1993

Engines

SCUMM

Languages

LanguagesAudioSubtitlesInterface
German
Italian
French
Spanish (Spain)
English (US)