Sam and Max Hit the Road - Full Longplay

Sam & Max Hit the Road is a graphic adventure game developed and published by LucasArts in 1993.
Playthrough by: / @yzzyxz

[@BestBetterBestest]

This is my favorite version of Max. He's soft spoken, yet everything he says is casually psychotic. He seems like a tagalong funny man, but everything he does is outrageously violent. He's cartoonishly mean (especially to people who aren't Sam) and still hilarious, all with the smoothest and softest New York accent. He's perfect! I adore him.

[@ErgortanguperPolice]

Did you know that he’s voiced by the guy that played Russian President Yuri Suvarav on 24?

[@fallouttoonlink]

He's possibly also gay. It is mentioned that he doesn't like girls

[@doraeguyakaneddie6586]

It's even funnier when you realize that Sam and Max were made to mock the creators brother

[@GIRLFR3AK]

LORE??

[@doraeguyakaneddie6586]

@@GIRLFR3AK ok so basically Steve Purcell's brother used to draw a picture of a Dog and Rabbit as police. However, Steve would find these and draw a textbox saying something vulgar or violent. So Sam and Max is just someone mocking their Brothers drawing

[@__aa__]

@@GIRLFR3AK to go into more depth, steve's brother never finished the comics, so he gave it his own crude spin just to get a kick out of him. later, his brother caved and gave him rights to sam and max, and the rest was history. "the rest was history" meaning theyre now the chaotic freelance police we know and love

[@crossedpawsgacha8702]

@@__aa__ yes.

[@nummurrow6360]

@Sea Pupper I'm pretty sure this is in Wikipedia. If you want to find the interview itself it was part of a video named "The History of San and Max" that was made to promote game "San and Max and the Devil's Playhouse". Maybe you can find it here on KZbin. This was also mentioned in several interviews, but you get the whole story in that video.

[@Breanahope]

I've called my best friend "little buddy" ever since we played this game back in the day. :)

[@LMTR14]

+Breanahope hope he punched you

[@Breanahope]

"he" was a "she" and she takes pride in being my little buddy! She did once chase me with a drill gun though......

[@TheBandkanon]

+Breanahope Now that's a friend you should always treasure.

[@oneofthoseeggs]

D'awww. This is heartwarming. Although it does make me feel like a bad friend for not christening my designated Max-esque buddy with the same title. :D

[@匚尺丂乇-k3v]

@@Breanahope are you still friends with that person?

[@husseinchedjou1397]

Seriouly those guys were on acid while writing the story, nothing makes sense but... It's awesome

[@evanmontague9456]

“Nothing makes sense but it’s awesome” WELCOME TO *SAM* *AND* *MAX!* *FREELANCE* *POLICE*

[@yorshka6955]

the human enigma

[@wolcamophone4783]

It's like there are some scenes where the plot is progressing without them really doing anything besides walking around the scene and doing quips.

[@DuskyLore]

1:21:01 I find it a little interesting how Max asks "Is it soup yet?" here. Why? Consider that Bill Farmer does the voice of Sam first. Now take into consideration how in 'A Goofy Movie' years later, Bill Farmer plays Goofy, whose character is once again accompanied by someone named Max...who asks the exact same thing when they spend the night locked in their car. *_While being stalked by Bigfoot._*

[@mixelpixel9025]

Holy SHIT

[@Jedi-ge6lr]

Jesus Christ.

[@JA-jz8pm]

This explanation is awesome

[@mlgiovannivald8640]

Where'd you learn this?

[@DuskyLore]

@@mlgiovannivald8640 I didn't learn it from anywhere, I came to the realization on my own, since I was already aware of Max's line "Is it soup yet?" from A Goofy Movie. So when I heard _this_ Max say it, I immediately realized all the similarities between the two scenarios.

[@dollors1]

It all started the day before today, I remember it like it were yesterday

[@pifflesomepuffnadder855]

*Heh.*

[@mase8444]

I wish I had a little buddy that would wisecrack at everything with me

[@nmtltlz]

Thats what hallucinations are for

[@Bloodshade]

Get an ugly friend, you don’t need to worry about them finding someone else and they’ve probably built up some humor from a lifetime of deflecting.

[@chadbaier9752]

@@Bloodshade 🤣🤣🤣

[@duncan3998]

Globox

[@revengefullobster4524]

This game had some of the most obscure puzzles.... And some extremely interesting dialog.

[@athenaestrada8656]

50:49 *Max:* I don't think the cute little robot wants to follow its new programming, Sam. *Sam:* I don't recall giving it a cute little choice. SFDZSDLKG

[@jospantostado5406]

50:49

[@athenaestrada8656]

@@jospantostado5406 ah, thank u for catchin my mistake!/gen

[@jospantostado5406]

@@athenaestrada8656 👍

[@__aa__]

THAT LINE IS SO UNDERRATED

[@tataru1298]

Lol

[@toddileelee6935]

Out of all the lucasarts games this one will always be my favourite. I spent many months playing this as a kid. It may not be Lucasarts best point and click game, but it's the one that had the best characters, funniest lines and gives me the most nostalgia.

[@Currrby]

the dialogue in this game is somehow still fresh, madness

[@outlawscar3328]

And then they just leave her there? Where has this game been my whole life?

[@evanmontague9456]

Please keep this guy’s comment at 69 likes

[@sophiegrey9576]

They left Leonard tied up, too. They seem to have a knack for it.

[@godxxofxxwar22]

I played this game at a very young age, extremely memorable, but it was wayyy past my intellectual capabilities. I can’t believe I got all the way to the totems..... phenomenal man, what took an hour and half took me at least a year it feels like.

[@probablydeadinside7877]

my little buddy has to use the facilities *fACILITIES BE DAMNED I NEED A BATHROOM*

[@aerisgainsborough2141]

OUTTA TOILET PAPER?

[@LocalGoober10]

8:36

[@probablydeadinside7877]

@Bridger Beckett no go away

[@probablydeadinside7877]

@Bridger Beckett you already tried scamming me with this before, both of these accounts were made exactly a month ago and only have one comment, i know it’s a scam, and anyway hacking your partner’s account is a horrible breach of privacy and trust

[@niksin9941]

ah yes... the iconic "heloo" at the beginning still is satisfying to hear

[@cpthurme]

Nik Sin for some reason it influenced me, I sometimes try to say it like that tone 😄

[@niksin9941]

Man just had a blast from the past

[@fiddlefish1294]

This is me Watching this in 2021 Having watched all of Save the world Listening to the little suspending noise Thinking And crying

[@naj1216]

Aww //hug

[@fiddlefish1294]

@@naj1216 i miss max

[@oOThatsNotMeOo]

No stop, now you’re gonna make me cry 🥺😭

[@naj1216]

@@fiddlefish1294 me too

[@calypsokiosko9067]

Do I wanna know?

[@CommieApe]

15:37 to 16:07 the silence is what makes the joke. Brilliantly written game all around.

[@nootnootboi7048]

fun fact, next year marks the 30th anniversary of Sam & Max, hopefully telltale will make a new Sam and max project (note: this comment was made in 2017)

[@gameboy1up625]

Anthony Ortiz Happy 30th birthday Sam and Max!

[@GripReactor]

NootNootBoi Telltale is shutting down. (this comment was made in 2018)

[@Mr.Atari2600]

*1 year later* R.I.P: Telltale

[@lilkiddballer]

Goodbye to the hopes of another S&M game lol

[@dxfan18]

Sadly, with the death of Telltale, who have been focusing on those Walking Dead quicktime/choice games anyway, that's not likely. But Hit the Road is out on Steam now. Unless Hit the Road gets a remastered version down the line, i wouldn't hold my breath for anything new.

[@norsktegnefilmsang3689]

Even watching this is a lot of fun, just like a cartoon. Loved this game back in my early teens Didn't experience it until 2007, but it was an amazing game nevertheless.

[@markwhitaker574]

Wow so cool to hear this with sound. I had this as a kid but my sound card back then couldn’t really handle games. I never knew what they sounded like until now lol.

[@myspot8579]

holly half baked Pizza on a cold plate at an arctic convention! sam isn't using a long over complicated catchphrase!!

[@ShaddySoldier]

my spot you crack me up, little buddy.

[@WTMR-FM]

he wasnt feeling it that day lmao

[@itsaguinness]

ummm....they left the girl tied up at the start 😂 😂

[@ilikethecokev2]

If they didn't, they wouldn't be Sam & Max, now would they?

[@gameboy1up625]

itsaguinness I found it ironically funny

[@Everik-ct6pg]

She can still leave the building by the hole in the wall

[@pistachiodisguisey911]

@@Everik-ct6pg she's tied up lol

[@redrasegarden]

They didn't have to take her home, but couldn't they have untied her?

[@GenuineLudicrum]

This game was awesome as a kid.

[@tannerbruning868]

Genuine Ludicrum what do,you mean was?

[@carterm.488]

You can tell it's Bill Farmer just by the way he says "Max" XD

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Wow. He really voice acted a lot during the 90s back in the day (though he's now back with a vengeance as Goof Troop's Goofy again in the latest DuckTales cartoon and Hopadiah "Hop Pop" Plantar in Amphibia).

[@rootbeerconnoisseur]

47:18 Hey, that sounds like the Ace Attorney "embarrassed" sfx!

[@mitchinatr7093]

God I love these two goofballs so much. Sam and Max will always hold a special place in my heart. I would love to see a continuation of the series that ISN’T VR. Granted they did remaster one of the Telltale seasons. I want more!

[@lydiajulianprower8356]

They remastered two of them now.

[@probablydeadinside7877]

i miss Max's accent it fit him too well

[@jospantostado5406]

Ikr, and also makes him sound cool

[@candicoated2001]

It's kinda watered down in the show, and nonexistent in the game. :(

[@jexists8491]

@@candicoated2001 I still like both his voices the show seems like he is giving his all and his game the voice to me fits

[@shateeqsmith]

Imagine if Sam and Max had their voice actors from the TV show.

[@thecouncilofbrazilianchads5580]

@@shateeqsmith ewww I hate those iterations of their voices specially for Sam I think the classic voice plus the modern voice are better

[@mullisaukko423]

I feel like this game was ahead of its time

[@paigeeden4496]

6:43 It's always nice when you see a smiley face, no matter in what circumstance.

[@annabrunk6034]

Hardest part of the game: getting the hell behind Bruno to the pool

[@aerisgainsborough2141]

I hated having to solve that magnet ray shrink thing to get the right size to fit in the door...also the crocodile minigolf bit was hard unless you knew how...

[@billyjackoff]

"I really respect Flint's business acumen."

[@AliceinDisneyWorld1125]

Please don't say 'acumen'.

[@luigi7834]

Please never say the word 'acumen' again.

[@billyjackoff]

"Ooh, I feel tragically empty." "Me too. It's as though an integral part of my essence has been ripped from my being."

[@aerisgainsborough2141]

@@billyjackoff HEY WHAT HAPPENED TO MY CAREFULLY COLLECTED BOX OF USELESS JUNK???

[@imp2247]

Played the hell out of this when I was a kid. Definitely played a part in developing my sense of humor, even if I didn't get most of the jokes at the time.

[@jimmytsongaandtheshimmycon9421]

This was the game that got me to upgrade my PC back in the day. My old 386/25mhz would turn the graphics to a slideshow when using the flashlight in the tunnel of love.

[@HolyKhaaaaan]

And now you can probably play the game on a toaster. It's amazing how computers have changed in their powers over the years.

[@flashtu]

The Dialogs the Puzzles....this was so fun to Play Back then. If i think at all this Classics i feel old and cry.

[@michaelceraaaaa]

Sam and max own my little heart.

[@MsShowtime]

Same😊

[@Trone2]

51:40 careful there Sam, you might start Max's Severed head.

[@StormTeeVee]

That'll be 23 keys

[@__aa__]

max is literally invincible

[@Misty25939]

Man I wish they released these games on Google play! Great video! It looked like you almost didn't know what to do at the last part but that was a minor hiccup.

[@itsaguinness]

or apple like DOTT

[@TheGreenSkelet0n]

"Holy mackerel!" "i'm a trout, stupid!"

[@connormclernon26]

19:53. Huh, 25 years prior to 1993 would be 1968, meaning he met Bruno during the Vietnam War, maybe during the Tet offensive.

[@renardfou594]

that sheds a very sinister light on these two.....

[@HolyKhaaaaan]

Maybe they were both commies? Or refugees.

[@Papaxa6655]

Sarcasm and black humor at its best, Sam n Max are the best, fuk yeah!

[@MikeBeanFox]

I got that How's my aim/Star Wars joke at the beginning! XD

[@Ghiaman1334]

49:43 Just realised that melody is a knock-off Jeopardy tune xD

[@EyesOnIlia]

Bless who posted this.

[@gadpivs]

I've never played this game but I saw it on Game Grumps recently and the aesthetics of the background cells and the MIDI renditions of jazz numbers give it a highly nostalgic vibe to me. It definitely reminds me of games like Ren & Stimpy: Stimpy's Invention and Animaniacs on the Genesis, plus stuff on the PC like Spider-Man Cartoon Maker and even SimCity 2000. Just feels like an awesome way to cozy up on a random rainy Sunday afternoon in 1994.

[@user-ht4xt2sh9m]

Ah... I enjoyed the 90s PC games. "The Pink Panther: Passport to Peril" has similar graphics and gameplay mechanics, even though it was published 3 years after this one. Loved that game. For some reason I find a lot of 90s PC games creepy though.

[@AlexDirector]

Imagine Dreamworks and Steve Purcell would team up to make a CGI Sam & Max movie based on a game, That would be so cool!

[@Ba1k3n]

Anyone else think Telltale should be able to release this game in HD?

[@FluffyGameplay]

I do. And get TDP on Xbox.

[@tudoraragornofgreyscot8482]

Telltale ded

[@connormclernon26]

Ba1k3n whoever picks up the license then

[@binouche2281]

...But what would be the point of that? A few pixels less won't kill you. The resolution is part of the game's beauty.

[@outlawscar3328]

There's already some HD Sam and Max games. The meticulous animated pixel art is a work of art in of itself. This would look a lot better without upscale blur on an original CRT monitor. I think it's better to rerelease a version with a a blur option and a CRT mask function like Sonic Mania. Yeah, just some options and cut out the load times. That's all I would need to drop money on it.

[@dennismoore2752]

Day of the Tentacle, Sam and Max, Grim Fandango... What a great time in gaming.

[@drechenlard6491]

i loved such games. day of the tentacle was pretty awesome too

[@ShaddySoldier]

I love sam and max's old voices more then the newer ones

[@alexjewett7455]

I kinda prefer the new voices.

[@Stubby1085]

Loved this game. So kooky and fun. Good memories.

[@davetherave3511]

all the lucas arts games at the time like this,indi,dott,monkey island were great fun,but challenging with many intricate puzzles. And not dominated by sex,like alot of todays games

[@Jedi-ge6lr]

That intro did the "nice guy" thing before it was even a well known thing!

[@brissadlr9939]

I love you, Sam and Max😍😘❤️💘💝💖💗💓💕💞❣️!

[@Parisella]

Eh, again with the excellent voice acting.

[@trulor]

Bunny the memer To be honest I prefer his voice in this, it kinda fits him, and it would make sense that they gave him sort of a Brooklyn accent since they live in New York, but hey, can't argue with the current voice.

[@phyrr2]

The original voices were best. But, I would say each iteration since has kept their characters mostly intact.

[@golz9785]

play it at 1.25. It's perfect

[@RetroMediaMan96]

Am I the only one would love to see this game get an HD remaster and port it on to other consoles especially the nintendo switch?

[@mintchew2757]

33:47 aziraphale and crowley

[@cpthurme]

You didn't let Max push the guy off the stairway ;D

[@pissoff125]

The wizard sounds like a cross between Goofy and Jimmy Stuart.

[@billyjackoff]

It actually is the voice of Goofy, Bill Farmer.

[@AmbiguouslyAnonymous]

8:05 the guy behind the counter looks like Bernard Bernoulli from Maniac Mansion/Day of the Tentacle

[@itsaguinness]

hes undercover w a moustache

[@ericanervous]

itsaguinness b

[@AliceinDisneyWorld1125]

Not to mention Bumpus's henchman sounds just like Hoagie!

[@michaelandreipalon359]

"Half Life, Nevada"! But the acclaimed game series hasn't been released yet!

[@pikaplay9066]

Half life but its a crossover with madness combat

[@knuclear200x]

Ive been playing the Telltale games so much I forgot how different this game was

[@garygramm6533]

Can anyone tell me at which point Sam says 'My mind is a swirling miasma of scintillating thoughts and turgid ideas.'? I've lost it, and I need to hear it.

[@cpthurme]

Gary Gramm I still remember that quote too. I mean. Me too.

[@Patmanduu]

Oh yea, this is classic gaming goodness.

[@cmrwrite]

So thankful for this I never got to finish it.

[@MrUberHero]

6:25 gets me every time

[@Flour-4]

Happy face

[@iandavolt501]

oh my childhood

[@Arjunvandemataram]

*sigh* . . . . the good old memories . . . .

[@Sky623]

Reminds me of those Humongous Entertainment games.

[@FrannyMichelle-xl9mq]

Yeah!!

[@ZootWorld1]

Those games all used a modified version of the Scumm VM engine that LucasArts used, since an ex-employee of that company founded Humongous.

[@Sky623]

@@ZootWorld1 Ah the more you know. Thanks for that input. I didn't realize my original comment is already three years old wtf. Thought I was just into this a few months ago yeash.

[@Sky623]

@@ZootWorld1 You just earned a sub for clearing this up for me with that knowledge because I honestly have been wondering what the connection there was for a while and I don't think I even bothered to research it tbh.

[@ZootWorld1]

@@Sky623 I didn't realize either ha ha, guess it's better late than never that I answered!

[@GrandJokoro]

We’ll have those abominations back in your protective care before you can read the K O R A N! - Sam

[@NoLootStudios]

Never ever heard about this game before, but it looks really fun.

[@cpthurme]

I’ve no idea why, but the tone of voice when Max first says ‘hello’ stuck with me, haha. Not sure how to describe it sort of irreverent. Wait, I mean Sam.

[@oliviali719]

I'm having trouble trying to locate this game so this will be my fix 😆

[@enikata7349]

This is such an awesome classic game :)

[@AeroGold1]

Great walkthrough. My only complaint about this game is getting to the hot tub area at the end seems like an exercise in randomly clicking and hoping you get it right. Not fun at all.

[@sad_clown7]

I swear, the silence in the background makes this so funny

[@PEACEWALKER1992]

Thanks for showing! :)

[@vahnayasaki6989]

Aaaaa you didn't bonk max's head on the wak-a-rat

[@matthewiles5714]

You can download Sam And Max, Day Of The Tentacle and The 7th Guest on the iPad

[@thestarrypoet]

I don't usually watch longplays but this is just one of those times. Also, what the heck is Sam and Max? Is it that one Nickelodeon show that made the prison rape joke where when the bunny bent over there was a sign that said do not open until Christmas.

[@Fantallana]

Septic Scout it started as a comic book, then had video games, THEN had a cartoon... and more video games after that, lol

[@thestarrypoet]

Thanks.

[@trulor]

Nigga it wasn't on nickelodeon it was on Fox Kids 😩

[@AndyJackson380]

Loved this game...even though in the UK we don't really have Sam and Max stuff.

[@twistedmindssweettea]

Oddly enough I never knew Sam & max had a whole cartoon and several games made. I prefer the style and look of this one most💜 I mentioned this game to my father the other day and he said he still has it! He saw the case for it the other day. I almost died! I remember many days playing this back in my early teen years. I just wish I knew a way to make the game work...not good with techy stuff.🤦🤦 game old af and my computer wouldnt even attempt to read it I bet..😭😭 s.o.s anyone know how I can make it work when I get it back?lol

[@megafanzach]

This was based on a comic though

[@mskirazz12]

that mad scientest in the beginning sounds an awful like captain hook from disney's peter pan

[@AliceinDisneyWorld1125]

He does. Highly doubt it's really him though.

[@tnaoro]

8:39 facilities be dammed, I need a bathroom!

[@coudlain]

big game! thanks for remember me!

[@milesjackson4695]

That was wholesome

[@Gat720Dua]

That guy at the shop/restaurant place looks like an older version of that nerd from Day of the Tentacle

[@jan12491]

Some of the graphics look identical to day of the tentacle

[@thefuckerman-ghostgamer-li3311]

8:29 omg it's Bernard from Day of the Tenticale

[@ShadowKirbo0]

Let's start crying like babies means let's die: 32:27 (it's a joke)

[@ChristianFrates1997]

52:19 Lisa needs braces!

[@mindtreat]

When you realize the awkward pauses in the dialogues are actually loading times...

[@cowboysfromhell1505]

God I can't believe I have forgotten about this game I had 20 years back O_O Today it just went through my mind like a flashback. Never managed to get over that circus tent with the police authorization as I was only 10 and was a complete novice in speaking as well as reading English. Loved the graphics though. I am not even sure if by any chance it was a demo version of the game I had back than. Some speaking scenes were cut I think. As well the voices of the characters were not on audio while gameplaying. Wish I could have played this on a console as well. Maybe I,ll be thinking of redownloading it on Windows 10 haha, to finish what I never did.

[@anjoliebarrios8906]

52:58 for the Bumpus song.

[@RobLikesToPoundBeers]

Oh fuck i miss the 90s

[@wiscomitch3412]

This, Indiana Jones and Day of the Tentacle were my favorites to play on my old family computer when I was a kid. I miss those days too man.

[@TheSuperCasual2914]

12:37 I wonder if she used to work for the paper company there...

[@CrankyCarrot]

32.45 "Wait for it..." How do you mess up the line read on that? So glad I had the version with text only (v/o in the intro). My imagination never messed up the lines.

[@StarluckZX]

3 years late but yeah. I guess the creator liked it tho. “I always thought of Donald Sutherland as Sam. He sounds big and intelligent but with a bit of a lisp that gives him sincerity. Although Bill Farmer sounds nothing like Donald Sutherland, I liked his demo tape because it was very dry. He wasn’t trying too hard to sell the lines and he made me laugh. I call his Sam Johnny Carson crossed with Jack Webb, two people that a lot of your audience have probably never heard of.”

[@rainydays1122]

32:45

[@carlosdejesus2207]

sam and max's car is a 1960 desoto adventurer

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Man, there are a LOT of sound effects from other LucasArts games like Star Wars: TIE Fighter (the "cannon" from the start of the game is the launching sequence of the TIES and "boats") and Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis.

[@Denstoradiskmaskinen]

Not sure why i watched the starting zone, guess i missed it, have done it countless times in my childhood