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GAME PROFILE /// 1993

Sam & Max Hit the Road

1993

Developer
LucasArts
Publisher
Disney Interactive Studios, Activision, LucasArts, Softgold Computerspiele GmbH, Activision Deutchland, Activision Asia-Pacific, Activision UK, Activision Italia
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Screenshots

Sam & Max Hit the Road screenshot 1 Sam & Max Hit the Road screenshot 2 Sam & Max Hit the Road screenshot 3
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About the game

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.
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Game information

Release date
1993-11-01
Genres
Puzzle, Point-and-click, Adventure
Platforms
PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Linux, DOS
Developer
LucasArts
Publisher
Disney Interactive Studios, Activision, LucasArts, Softgold Computerspiele GmbH, Activision Deutchland, Activision Asia-Pacific, Activision UK, Activision Italia