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Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse

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Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse
Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse cover
Developers
Telltale Games
Engines
Telltale Tool
Release dates
Windows April 15, 2010
macOS (OS X) April 15, 2010
Reception
IGDB 72
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Scrolling
Controls Point and select, Direct control
Genres Adventure
Art styles Cartoon
Themes Comedy, Detective/mystery
Series Sam & Max (The Telltale Series)
Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse on HowLongToBeat
Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse on IGDB
Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse guide on StrategyWiki
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Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse on Wikipedia
Sam & Max (The Telltale Series)
Subseries of Sam & Max
Sam & Max Save the World 2006
Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space 2007
Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse 2010
Sam & Max Save the World (2020) 2020
Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space (2021) 2021
Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse (2024) 2024

Key points

Also titled "Sam & Max: Season 3"

General information

Telltale Community for game series
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions for Episode 1
Steam Community Discussions for Episode 2
Steam Community Discussions for Episode 3
Steam Community Discussions for Episode 4
Steam Community Discussions for Episode 5

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM-free
Collector's DVD. The DVD is only required for installation and access to the extra content.[1]
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Humble Store
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Steam
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
GOG.com (unavailable)
DRM-free
Windows

Game data

In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Telltale Games\The Penal Zone\prefs.prop
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Telltale Games\The Tomb of Sammun-Mak\prefs.prop
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Telltale Games\They Stole Maxs Brain\prefs.prop
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Telltale Games\Beyond the Alley of the Dolls\prefs.prop
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Telltale Games\The City That Dares Not Sleep\prefs.prop
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/901399/pfx/[Note 1]
The folder used matches the episode being played.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Telltale Games\The Penal Zone\*.save
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Telltale Games\The Tomb of Sammun-Mak\*.save
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Telltale Games\They Stole Maxs Brain\*.save
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Telltale Games\Beyond the Alley of the Dolls\*.save
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Telltale Games\The City That Dares Not Sleep\*.save
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/901399/pfx/[Note 1]
The folder used matches the episode being played.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game video settings.
In-game video settings.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
The game is always letterboxed to 16:9
Multi-monitor
See the WSGF entry.
Ultra-widescreen
See the WSGF entry.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

In-game control settings.
In-game control settings.

Audio

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Only stereo output
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
Fan translation by Hiei
German
Russian
Retail only. Patch for digital release here.
Spanish
Fan translation by «jackic», Ep.1 Ep.2 Ep.3 Ep.4 Ep.5 (From archived Clan Dlan thread).

Issues fixed

Game will not launch in Steam

Download DLL file and/or unplug game controllers[citation needed]
  1. Install the latest DirectX End-User Runtimes.
  2. If problems persist, download dinput8.dll and extract into the episode installation folder. The game should now launch.

Unplugging game controllers may fix the problem as well.

Another possible solution (Windows 7): Make sure that Steam is not running in Vista Compatibility mode. First make sure Steam is not running. Right click Steam icon, select properties and the compatibility Tab. If "run this programme in compatibility mode" box is ticked untick it.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
OpenGL 2.0
Shader Model support 2, 3 [citation needed]
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
[citation needed]

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio FMOD

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2.7 GB
Video card (GPU) 128 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.5
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) Dedicated graphics adapter


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 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>/901399/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (901399) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. Verified by User:Ptolemy on 2020-09-16