Sam & Max Hit the Road

Sam & Max
Sam & Max Hit the Road	1993
Sam & Max (The Telltale Series) (series)
Sam & Max: This Time It's Virtual!	2021

Sam & Max Hit the Road is a singleplayer adventure game in the Sam & Max series.

Key points

Can be run under ScummVM.

General information

Sam & Max Wiki

The International House of Mojo - In-depth article including developer interviews and game trivia

Sam & Max - Comprehensive fan site for the series

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Floppy release with manual-based copy protection and CD-ROM "talkie" version. CD version includes 4 bonus tracks from the soundtrack in studio-quality as Redbook audio.
GamersGate

GOG.com		Comes pre-configured with ScummVM.
Steam		Comes pre-configured with ScummVM.

A demo is available from archive.org and ScummVM.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
DOS	C:\SAMNMAX.CD\SETMUSE.INI
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\LucasArts\Sam & Max Hit the Road\ <path-to-game>\samnmax.ini^{[Note 1]}
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/355170/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System	Location
DOS	C:\SAMNMAX.CD\SAVEGAME.*
Windows	%APPDATA%\LucasArts\Sam & Max Hit the Road\ <path-to-game>\samnmax.s**^{[Note 1]}
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/355170/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

ScummVM 2.1+ supports cloud saves on third-party cloud storage services. See the ScummVM documentation for details.

Video

SCUMM video settings (Windows re-release).

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Toggle with `Alt`+`↵ Enter` when using DOSBox, ScummVM, or the Windows re-release.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Toggle between colour and black & white with B

To access video settings in Windows re-release (not digital re-release), switch to windowed mode with Alt+↵ Enter and right-click the title bar.^[3]

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity		For DOSBox set in the DOSBox configuration file.
Mouse input in menus		Toggle mouse support with `Ctrl`+`M`.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		Toggle with `Ctrl`+`J`.
Full controller support
Controller remapping		For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Toggle display of verb names under the cursor with V.

Audio

Audio settings (CD-ROM release).

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Adjust Music with `;` and `'`. Adjust SFX with `[` and `]`. Press `Ctrl`+`F5` for ScummVM.
Surround sound
Subtitles		Toggle with `Ctrl`+`T`. Speed of text can be adjusted with `-` and `+`. Use individual game options for ScummVM.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		For DOSBox change the `priority` background value in the DOSBox configuration file.
Royalty free audio
Red Book CD audio		CD music tracks are present, but do not play in-game. See below for track list.
General MIDI audio

This game supports General MIDI & MT-32 for music.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Polish				Fan translation , download.
Russian				Unofficial translation by 7Wolf.
Spanish

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DirectDraw	6	Windows re-release.
DOS video modes	VGA

Executable	PPC	16-bit	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
Mac OS (Classic)

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	iMUSE

Redbook CD audio track list

The CD releases of the game come on a Mixed Mode CD, with the game data on the first track, and bonus tracks containing a sample of the soundtrack in studio-quality Red Book audio.

Track number	Contents
Track 01	Data Track (DO NOT PLAY IN CD PLAYER)
Track 02	A Pleasantly Understated Credit Sequence
Track 03	Doug, the Moleman (Extended)
Track 04	King of the Creatures (Stereo Mix)
Track 05	Bigfoot Shuffle

System requirements

DOS
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	3.1	6.22
Processor (CPU)	Intel 286	Intel 386 33 MHz
System memory (RAM)	2 MB	4 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	VGA

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	95 OSR2
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 133 MHz
System memory (RAM)	32 MB (9x/ME) 64 MB (2000/XP)
Hard disk drive (HDD)	5 MB
Video card (GPU)	2 MB of VRAM DirectX 6 compatible

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	64 MB of VRAM

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 14.04, Linux Mint 17
Processor (CPU)	2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	256 MB of VRAM

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 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>/355170/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (355170) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ Sam & Max Hit the Road for Macintosh - The LucasArts Museum
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Release: Sam & Max Hit the Road - GOG.com
↑ Windows SCUMM tips - AaronGiles.com - last accessed on May 2023

[gamedir-3] 1.0 ^1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[Proton_path_note-4] 2.0 ^2.1 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>/355170/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (355170) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[Mac_release-1] Sam & Max Hit the Road for Macintosh - The LucasArts Museum

[release_date-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Release: Sam & Max Hit the Road - GOG.com

[5] Windows SCUMM tips - AaronGiles.com - last accessed on May 2023

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Developers

	LucasArts
Engines
Original	SCUMM
Digital re-release	ScummVM
Release dates
DOS	November 1993
Mac OS (Classic)	1993^[1]
Windows	2002
Windows (ScummVM)	October 28, 2014^[2]
macOS (OS X) (ScummVM)	October 28, 2014^[2]
Linux (ScummVM)	October 28, 2014^[2]
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Controls	Point and select
Genres	Adventure
Art styles	Cartoon
Themes	Comedy, Contemporary, Detective/mystery, North America
Series	Sam & Max