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Sam & Mix: Hit the Road

Released: 1993
Published by: LucasArts, Inc.
Developed by: LucasArts, Inc.
Author(s): Steve Purcell, Michael Stemmle, Sean Clark, Collette Michaud, Livia Knight, Jonathan Ackley, Michael Z. Land, Clint Bajakian, Peter McConnell, Aric Wilmunder, Peter Chan, Ron Gilbert, Vince Lee, Brad Taylor, Larry Ahern, Jesse Clark, Lela Dowling, Michael Levine, Paul Mica

Introduction

Sam & Max: Hit the Road was a point and click adventure game released by LucasArts in 1993. It followed shortly after Maniac Mansion 2: Day of the Tentacle (1993) and was a few years after the first two Monkey Island titles (1990 and 1991).

The premise is that Sam, a dog, and Max, a rabbit, are the freelance police - private investigators who get missions from "The Commissioner". Throughout most of the game you control Sam, though Max is available to be used via the inventory. As with other LucasArts point-and-click games, you move around the screen in various locations and interact with people and objects to help you uncover clues that may help you solve the case.

Unlike their earlier adventure games where the lower part of the screen provided instant access to your list of actions and your inventory, Sam & Max did away with that, replacing them with right-mouse-click icons for look at, pick up, use and talk.

System Requirements

System Requirements	Intel 80286 CPU, 2 MB of RAM. Graphics support for VGA only. Audio support for Ad Lib, Sound Blaster/Pro/16, Pro Audio Spectrum/PAS16, Roland MT-32/LAPC-I, and General MIDI. Keyboard, joystick and mouse supported.
Original Media	Seven 3.5" floppy disks: six are 1.44 MB (DS/HD) and the seventh is 720 KB (DS/DD). All floppy versions are the non-"talkie" version of the game -or- one CD-ROM (the "talkie" version)
Installed Size (MB)	15 MB

From where can it be run?

Sam & Max: Hit the Road must be installed to your hard disk. It uses a file called DISK.ID on each of the disks to detect which one is inserted. Because of this, it is not possible to copy all the floppy disk contents to a single subdirectory of your hard disk and install the game from there.

Copy Protection

The floppy disk version of Sam & Max: Hit the Road makes use of manual copy protection. This was removed in the later-released CD-ROM version.

Soon after the intro sequence, Sam and Max are frantically trying to get the right clothes to wear. You will need to dress one of them. Refer to the game manual (the "Crimestompers' Coloring Book"), and use the arrows to find the appropriate items of clothing for the appropriate character.

How to Setup

Insert the first floppy disk and run INSTALL.EXE from there:

1) The main INSTALL menu:

2) Install from floppies:

3) If you attempt to install from a subdirectory on your hard disk:

otherwise the installation progresses through:

4) Configure Sound Boards:

If you choose this option before the game has been installed, you will just be taken back to the main menu.

5) View the Readme file:

6) The Random Memory Test!:

Problems

Symptom: ?
Cause: ?
Resolution: ?

To Quit the Game

Supporting Documents

User manual ("Crimestompers' Coloring Book") with copy protection illustrations

Save Games

Versions of the game known to exist

Version	Date	Comments
1.0	October 1993	Initial public release on floppy disk (non-"talkie" version). Has the manual copy protection.
1.3	December 1993	German release, (non-"talkie" version). Has the manual copy protection.
1.0	1994	Kixx budget label re-release on floppy disk. Non-"talkie" version, still has the manual copy protection.
?	1994	CD-ROM release ("talkie" version), no copy protection.

Original Floppy Disk Contents

The floppy disks have a volume label denoting the disk number in the set: SAMNMAX_1, SAMNMAX_2, SAMNMAX_3, etc. Here are each disk's contents:

Version 1.0, Disk 1 of 7 (3.5" 1.44 MB DS/HD):

Directory of A:\

DISK     ID                  23 02-11-1993 18:49
INSTALL  EXE            116,395 28-07-1992 12:00
README   TXT              4,675 21-10-1993  9:44
SAMNMAX  001          1,330,296 02-11-1993 19:07
    4 File(s)         1,451,389 Bytes

DISK.ID contains this text:
SAMNMAX
1.0
Bruno 1

Version 1.0, Disk 2 of 7 (3.5" 1.44 MB DS/HD):

Directory of A:\

DISK     ID                  23 02-11-1993 18:52
SAMNMAX  002          1,457,152 02-11-1993 18:53
    2 File(s)         1,457,175 Bytes

DISK.ID contains this text:
SAMNMAX
1.0
Bruno 2

Version 1.0, Disk 3 of 7 (3.5" 1.44 MB DS/HD):

Directory of A:\

DISK     ID                  23 02-11-1993 18:54
SAMNMAX  003          1,457,152 02-11-1993 18:56
    2 File(s)         1,457,175 Bytes

DISK.ID contains this text:
SAMNMAX
1.0
Bruno 3

Version 1.0, Disk 4 of 7 (3.5" 1.44 MB DS/HD):

Directory of A:\

DISK     ID                  23 02-11-1993 18:56
SAMNMAX  004          1,457,152 02-11-1993 18:58
    2 File(s)         1,457,175 Bytes

DISK.ID contains this text:
SAMNMAX
1.0
Bruno 4

Version 1.0, Disk 5 of 7 (3.5" 1.44 MB DS/HD):

Directory of A:\

DISK     ID                  23 02-11-1993 18:58
SAMNMAX  005          1,457,152 02-11-1993 19:00
    2 File(s)         1,457,175 Bytes

DISK.ID contains this text:
SAMNMAX
1.0
Bruno 5

Version 1.0, Disk 6 of 7 (3.5" 1.44 MB DS/HD):

Directory of A:\

DISK     ID                  23 02-11-1993 19:03
SAMNMAX  006          1,457,152 02-11-1993 19:05
    2 File(s)         1,457,175 Bytes

DISK.ID contains this text:
SAMNMAX
1.0
Bruno 6

Version 1.0, Disk 7 of 7 (3.5" 720 KB DS/DD):

Directory of A:\

DISK     ID                  23 02-11-1993 19:06
SAMNMAX  007            608,229 02-11-1993 19:07
    2 File(s)           608,252 Bytes

DISK.ID contains this text:
SAMNMAX
1.0
Bruno 7

Installed Directory Contents

Once installed, the following directory structure exists in the game directory:

Full Install chosen

Directory of C:\GAMES\SAMMAX

.            <DIR>         05/09/21   13:49
..           <DIR>         05/09/21   13:49

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