Sam & Max Hit the Road
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| Developers | |
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| LucasArts | |
| Engines | |
| Original | SCUMM |
| Digital re-release | ScummVM |
| Release dates | |
| DOS | November 1993 |
| Mac OS (Classic) | 1993[1] |
| Windows | 2002 |
| Windows (ScummVM) | October 28, 2014[2] |
| macOS (OS X) (ScummVM) | October 28, 2014[2] |
| Linux (ScummVM) | October 28, 2014[2] |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Controls | Point and select |
| Genres | Adventure |
| Art styles | Cartoon |
| Themes | Comedy, Contemporary, Detective/mystery, North America |
| Series | Sam & Max |
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| Sam & Max | |
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| Sam & Max Hit the Road | 1993 |
| Sam & Max (The Telltale Series) (series) | |
| Sam & Max: This Time It's Virtual! | 2021 |
Sam & Max Hit the Road is a singleplayer adventure game in the Sam & Max series.
Key points
- Can be run under ScummVM.
General information
- Sam & Max Wiki
- The International House of Mojo - In-depth article including developer interviews and game trivia
- Sam & Max - Comprehensive fan site for the series
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Floppy release with manual-based copy protection and CD-ROM "talkie" version. CD version includes 4 bonus tracks from the soundtrack in studio-quality as Redbook audio. |
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Comes pre-configured with ScummVM. | |
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| Steam | |
Comes pre-configured with ScummVM. | |
- A demo is available from archive.org and ScummVM.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| DOS | C:\SAMNMAX.CD\SETMUSE.INI |
| Windows | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\LucasArts\Sam & Max Hit the Road\ <path-to-game>\samnmax.ini[Note 1] |
| Mac OS (Classic) | |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Linux | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/355170/pfx/[Note 2] |
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| DOS | C:\SAMNMAX.CD\SAVEGAME.* |
| Windows | %APPDATA%\LucasArts\Sam & Max Hit the Road\ <path-to-game>\samnmax.s**[Note 1] |
| Mac OS (Classic) | |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Linux | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/355170/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| GOG Galaxy | ||
| Steam Cloud |
- ScummVM 2.1+ supports cloud saves on third-party cloud storage services. See the ScummVM documentation for details.
Video
SCUMM video settings (Windows re-release).
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | Toggle with Alt+↵ Enter when using DOSBox, ScummVM, or the Windows re-release. | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | ||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
- Toggle between colour and black & white with B
- To access video settings in Windows re-release (not digital re-release), switch to windowed mode with Alt+↵ Enter and right-click the title bar.[3]
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | |
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | For DOSBox set in the DOSBox configuration file. | |
| Mouse input in menus | Toggle mouse support with Ctrl+M. | |
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | Toggle with Ctrl+J. | |
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | |
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Additional information | ||
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| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
- Toggle display of verb names under the cursor with V.
Audio
Audio settings (CD-ROM release).
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | Adjust Music with ; and '. Adjust SFX with [ and ]. Press Ctrl+F5 for ScummVM. |
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| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | Toggle with Ctrl+T. Speed of text can be adjusted with - and +. Use individual game options for ScummVM. |
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| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file. |
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| Royalty free audio | ||
| Red Book CD audio | CD music tracks are present, but do not play in-game. See below for track list. | |
| General MIDI audio |
- This game supports General MIDI & MT-32 for music.
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Polish | Fan translation , download. | |||
| Russian | Unofficial translation by 7Wolf. | |||
| Spanish |
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| DirectDraw | 6 | Windows re-release. |
| DOS video modes | VGA |
| Executable | PPC | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
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| Audio | iMUSE |
Redbook CD audio track list
- The CD releases of the game come on a Mixed Mode CD, with the game data on the first track, and bonus tracks containing a sample of the soundtrack in studio-quality Red Book audio.
| Track number | Contents |
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| Track 01 | Data Track (DO NOT PLAY IN CD PLAYER) |
| Track 02 | A Pleasantly Understated Credit Sequence |
| Track 03 | Doug, the Moleman (Extended) |
| Track 04 | King of the Creatures (Stereo Mix) |
| Track 05 | Bigfoot Shuffle |
System requirements
| DOS | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 3.1 | 6.22 |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel 286 | Intel 386 33 MHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 2 MB | 4 MB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
| Video card (GPU) | VGA | |
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | 95 OSR2 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 133 MHz | |
| System memory (RAM) | 32 MB (9x/ME) 64 MB (2000/XP) |
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| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 5 MB | |
| Video card (GPU) | 2 MB of VRAM DirectX 6 compatible |
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| macOS (OS X) | ||
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| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | 10.7 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz | |
| System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
| Video card (GPU) | 64 MB of VRAM | |
| Linux | ||
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| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | Ubuntu 14.04, Linux Mint 17 | |
| Processor (CPU) | 2.0 GHz | |
| System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
| Video card (GPU) | 256 MB of VRAM | |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%,%PROGRAMDATA%, or%WINDIR%might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/355170/in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (355170) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
- ↑ Sam & Max Hit the Road for Macintosh - The LucasArts Museum
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Release: Sam & Max Hit the Road - GOG.com
- ↑ Windows SCUMM tips - AaronGiles.com - last accessed on May 2023