4 June 2007

By: Alexandru Stanescu, Editor, Gaming Reviews (Consoles)
Sam & Max Hit the Road Cheats and Easter Eggs (PC)
The funniest cartoonish duo is back
Sam & Max Hit the Road is a graphical adventure game, originally developed and released by LucasArts in 1993 for DOS and in 1995 for Macintosh computers. It is the ninth game to use the SCUMM adventure game engine. Based on Sam & Max: Freelance Police comic book characters created by Steve Purcell, it follows the detective duo (Sam, a 6 foot dog, and Max, a 3 foot "hyperkinetic rabbity thing") in search of an escaped Sasquatch. The game introduced a slightly modified SCUMM interface - instead of the inventory and a panel with the control verbs appearing at the bottom of the screen, a right-click of the mouse cycles through a set of icons representing different control verbs, with the inventory as a separate screen. Alternatively, ScummVM (or DOSBox) can be used to run this and many other LucasArts adventure games on a number of originally unsupported platforms while also having a number of optional filter settings for improved image quality. Though still available in stores, usually as a budget release, a major problem found by users of modern PCs is that no music can be heard. This problem is easily solved by one of two methods. Firstly an updated executable file can be obtained from the Unofficial Sam & Max Website, which also includes basic anti-aliasing code to improve the visuals of the game. Cheats Blow up the creditsDuring the ending credits click on any of the text or figures and either Sam or Max will shoot at them. Easter EggsBreak Sam's spiritAttempt to pick up an object that can't be picked up and try to pick it up multiple times. Each time, Sam will say a different "I can't pick that up" line, until he breaks down and starts crying. Max will yell at you for breaking Sam's "Care-free spirit".Here's a video from the game showing the two heroes doing their job and saving a young lady in distress:
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