Sam and Max Hit the Road - PC Game Review 

Steve Purcell did an amazing interview where he talked about the origins of Sam and Max. Basically, his brother invented Sam and Max and would draw them in little comic adventures. Purcell, being a jerk, would steal the comics and then draw sarcastic and mean-spirited word bubbles where Sam and Max would mock their surroundings as drawn by the brother. That little insight helped me to put a pin on exactly what the spirit of Sam and Max HIt The Road was. Sam and Max always seemed like they had crashed a normal adventure game and were making fun of it as they went along.

When developing the games and the spin off TV show, Steve Purcell advised the creative teams that one of the few golden rules of a Sam and Max story is that they must cause more chaos and damage through solving a case than the original perpetrators of the crime. So, yeah, trails of annihilation are pretty much de rigeur for them...

Sam was voiced by Bill Farmer, known for voicing Goofy for Disney. We may have got the Telltale games but it's a shame the LucasArts sequel Freelance Police was cancelled when it was 90% completed.

Fun Fact: In the German version, Max got the same voice actress who does Bart Simpson's German voice (Yep, it's a woman too) and sounds exactly like Bart. Very fitting choice.

"I can't think of anything more relaxing and enjoyable than being locked in a moving car with you for thirty-six hours discussing LucasArts graphic adventures, little buddy!" "That's really sweet, Sam! I may weep openly!"

"As dry as my grandma's..." *cringes* "...cupcakes"

"when are bunnys not cute?" RUN AWAAAAY RUN AWAAAAAAAAY!

The mini-rant at 1:12. Love it. Also Snucky... or THREE IDENTICAL BERNARD CLONES O :

when i was a kid, i unintentionally started to speedrun it every day after school for fun, i just couldn't get enough of it. then i got my first tattoos ever when i was 18, sam on my right and max on my left leg. i don't think i'll ever regret that.

Snucky guy is totes bernard from day of the tentacle.

This game's humor is probably the closet I've seen, read, or heard to being exactly my sense of humor. Usually I might find something funny, but there might be something that still just doesn't really click with me. Sam and Max Hit the Road on the other hand, as I said, is more or less exactly my sense of humor. I don't share my sense of humor with many people I know, and as such I don't often laugh very much at things they find funny. Which is tedious as they often think I have no sense of humor. Then I show them Sam and Max HtR and they're just like "wat" Also the game has my favorite line "Does it involve wanton destruction?" I always ask myself that when I get into any activity.

Man, I loved this game so much when it came out. I probably spent more time playing their in-game battleship clone than anything else. And I've been finding excuses to say "Not if you don't mind me clawing at the dash and shrieking like a cheerleader" whenever possible for 25 years now.

plus points for using the Grim Fandango soundtrack!

I REMEMBER MY CHILDHOOD IN BRIIIGHTOOON.

I've been hoping you'd review Sam and Max eventually! This is one of my favourite games of all time, and introduced me to the characters of Sam and Max, the comics and cartoon show and to Steve Purcell's other work, which is a big inspiration to my own art. Awesome review and awesome work as always Roses, I'm a big fan :)

Why thank you Roses, although I already intended to watch each and every vids you made (because they're really fun) this last statement encourages me even more to do so. How charming you are, you always find the right words to motivante your viewers. I love how you change your hair color.

Been waiting for you to do this game!

I prefer the more recent games in the series (especially The Devil's Playhouse), but this is still an awesome Sam and Max game

Your review..always so vibrant!I love it!

This was one of my favorite games as a kid! Came in a 3 pack with Day of the Tentacle and Fate of Atlantis, always stuck with me. Good stuff as always PUR

I like the poster on your wall. It is... Excellent!

It’s like you review most of my childhood. I’m sad I didn’t find your channel sooner.

Max tells you himself what he is. "I'm not a malefactor, I'm a lagomorph!"

4:26 "This game is as as dry as my grandmas c..." *gasp!* "upcakes" *phew*. Wow that could've gotten awkward.

"It was the day before today. I remember it like it was yesterday."

You're looking very hard boiled today.

Entertaining as always, keep up with the good work Roses ;)

My favourite Lucas game. 20 years on from my first play through i'm still in stitches over the Max's animation during the whack-a-mole game when he takes a stray hit! Also love the VR sword in the stone scene with Sam trying to wrench Max's head off, still makes me crease up!!!!

I've always loved the S&M games more than any other adventure game. The telltale games are good to but the lucasart game is better.

What do you think of the short lived Sam & Max animated series?

I like the grim fandango music in the background. Nice touch :)

Your hair is sooooo awesome. Love the sam & max series.

8:00, that's Bernard, and so are all the others. At least they may as well be. I found that to be a funny cameo way back since I played the crap out of Day of the Tentacle. Also nice zoom in on Fate of Atlantis, props. As far as this game goes, I played it as a youngin' and really enjoyed it. I never knew the source material, but that didn't make it any less enjoyable. The ONE part that was always a pain in the ass for me was the Whack-A-Mole game at the carnival. I remember my brother's friend who lived around the corner asking for me to go over to his place to beat it for him because he couldn't do it. I did play a few of the Telltale Sam & Max games and they were good in their own way, but definitely not as good as this. Keep doing the LucasArts games because they're are way too damn good.

This was the first PC game I ever owned. It's well worth the play through just for the VO work. Great review!

This game is memorable part of my childhood, I played this game all the time on my pc, It was so much fun to play, Sam & Max rocks, Thanks for doing a review of this game Roses, It was great, Keep up the good work. ;-)

You are awesome miss Roses!

I would love to see an LP of this from you!

'Son, there ain't nothing as exciting as exposing beasts to inhumanity.'

I haven't played this game since it was new. This review sums up everything I remember from it; a great adventure as long as it lasts, but with a lackluster ending that I can't even remember.

The mini-games were not touched on, but I remember them being fun distractions from the frustrations of being hung up in the main game. There was a car surfing game, where you had to watch out for highway signs, and Car Bomb, which was battleship with cars.

I had totally forgotten about this game. I liked it a lot back in the day

I think of all the Lucas Arts games, this is the one I played the most as a kid. Really informed my style of writing, I think.

PUR you always make me smile, 🙏

Wow, this brought me back, one of my absolute favourites from my childhood. I always really liked the part with the largest rubber band ball on the planet, but I can't remember exactly why... maybe I should give it a replay.

I loved those LucasArts and Sierra Games back in the day. I should find where/how I can play them now.

Props for using Grim Fandango and Day of the Tentacle music. :D

you are awesome and so humorous :)

I love this game. The holy trinity of Lucasarts talkies is this, Fate of Atlantis, and Day of the Tentacle -- all very different but each perfectly Lucasarts.

Great review! I played the game, and I find it very accurate.

Great video and great game. Why don't you do one about Day of the Tentacle?

I kinda remembered my Dad playing AfterLife from LucusArts, it was like Sim City, but it had a heaven and hell theme to it.

I understand your qualms with the ending... But I honestly loved the chaotic nature of the ending...

Smashing review.

You should totally do a review of the Lucas arts droidworks game.

Great job Roses

One of my ALL TIE FAVORITES! Thanks for another classic review! I think it would be ok to have a relationship with Sam and Max Hit the Road....but it is the exception to the rule.

I spent so much time in this game as a kiddo. First as the floppy version, then again when i learned the CD version had voice acting!

I loved this game as a kid but I think I messed up the install as I don't remember voice. Also I had no idea they added the game to gog. I know I have my old cd somewhere but know that I know it's on gog I have to get it. Thanks Rose for letting me know it was on there.

Hey, great review of a great game.

Man I love this game, been playing it over and over since I was a kid. I always refused to use a guide so it literally took me like 10 years to beat it. That golf ball retriever and severed hand combo was so ridiculous and gets used in so many weird places hahaha. Weird thing is that I started let's playing this game the day after this video came out, what a coincidence.

- You're back! - And bigger than a bread box! - Three bread boxes even!

Back in the day, I remember it took me months to figure out the cash you needed to buy items at Snucky’s was in the mouse hole. I think I played through every other game in LucasArts Archives Vol 1 before looping hack to Sam and Max.

Would you be interested in reviewing the Telltale versions?

WHY IS YOUR HAIR ALWAYS SOO AWESOME!? :D

You really gotta try the Telltale games. They're fantastic and are a less dry take on the characters. Far better voice acting too.

Great review Roses. I would love to know how you feel about Telltale Games take on the series.

Art of this game is just sooo gorgeous!

I played this game so much as a kid that I still know all the puzzles

I'm your biggest fan PushingUpRoses

Hardboiled is a cool word. Its also one of my favourite awesome John Woo action films

Love the hair! :D

Stumbled upon your Titanic video and then clicked your end-screen to reward through time back to Sam & Max. You're seriously making me relive my childhood. I've started doing world record speedrun reactions videos with my 8 years old son, through the entire Legend of Zelda series, but you've got me thinking I need to include some old PC games from my childhood in the mix. He would be amazed. LOL. I LOVED SAM AND MAX! Gotta find out if this game can be played anywhere online! :)

I’ve always enjoyed this games style of humor

What do you think of the new SAm and Max games by Tail Tale games?

Just finished this game a few nights ago, Easily rivals Day of the Tentacle for sheer zaniness and great puns. I love the whole roadside oddities Americana: every place you visit is like some natural or man-made wonder. And Bumpus' song...sums up everything great about Lucasarts' point and click games in the 90s.

Roses: Dry as my grandma's cu- Me: Good god Roses!!! D: Roses: -pcakes! Me: Oh..... well, I need to go scrub my brain now.

Have you played/reviewed Day of the Tentacle???

I love this game! Sorry already played it

i love this game i really want to play it again

great job!

Will you review the Telltale Sam and Max seasons 1-3?

Oh, Labyrinth! That game was weird. It started as simple text-adventure game in the modern world with your own character. And suddenly, when the movie starts in the theatre: *graphics!* The King of Trolls (David Bowie) appears on the screen (with his epic music theme), traps you in the movie The Labyrinth and now it's a graphic-adventure game based on the movie!

I often feel disappointed I didn't get to play these adventure games as much as a kid. I had a few early serria ones but not until the last few years have I really gotten to play the great Lucas Arts ones. Sam and Max is definitely a hoot.

Yep.. What memories.. I bought Sam and Max per a magazine review. I finished it without a walkthrough back in the day. I also dig the Telltale games.. Great stuff.. I hope Telltale can do some more....

I love the dry humor in this game. A lot of the jokes I didn't get as a kid I find hilarious now.

Sam and Max ist like my alltime fav: Dott. Less story but I do love it! I just love that you pointing and clicking yourself to death. :D In Dott you have so many things to do!

I played this game for countless hours when i was younger. good times.

Breakfast recipes? Okay. I've got one. Grab a *large* coffee mug. Melt 3 tbsp butter, preferably unsalted. Add 1/2-3/4 tsp vanilla to personal taste, 1/4 tsp cinnamon, 1 tbsp brown sugar, 3 tbsp white sugar, and 1/2 tsp baking powder. Stir. Add 2 tbsp plain Greek Yogurt and 1 tbsp 2% or whole milk and 1/2 beaten egg. Or you can use 2 tbsp egg beaters. Stir again until consistent and add 6 tbsp all-purpose flour. Stir until the batter is smooth. Then add about 1/4 cup blueberries or more if you want. Just make sure you don't add enough that the batter can't cook properly. Fold in the blueberries and nuke for about 3 minutes. Let it cool for a minute or two and enjoy your blueberry coffee cake.

When I was a kid and lived in California, there was this place. I think it was called 'The Cosmic Zone' or something. It was this sci-fi themed kids place reminiscent of a Chuck E. Cheese In this place, they had a computer room, which ran Lucas Arts demos and other old computer games And that's where I first played a Sam and Max game

i have the voice enabled CD rom orginal some where.. but labyrinth was hard as hell but AWESOME!

Did you ever play the adventure game day of the tentacle? I love that growing up. I never beat it. I always got stuck on dressing up the mummy with Elvis hair and false teeth and spaghetti

You crack me Up, Little buddy

And now I totally want you to check out the LucasArts game, Armed and Dangerous. Seriously, that game is fucking hilarious!

your hair is so rad in this episode.

I loved this game too.... Conroy Bumpus needs to get some radio airplay.

Good morning! From one 30-something 90s kid to another, I hope someday you can review the animated series! It's only about 13 episodes, and I see you have a Max plush in the background of your videos. Maybe he can watch it with you? -Sax DeSoto P.S.

"Snuckey" is actually Bernard Bernoulli (from Day of the Tentacle) with a Moustache.

Ball blazer was the most impressive Atari game I'd ever played.

That's one smart jacket.

And they just announced a new one!!!!