Game Information

Original Release Date: November 01, 1993

Platforms: DOS, Linux, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows)

Involved Companies: LucasArts, Softgold Computerspiele GmbH, Disney Interactive Studios, Activision Deutchland, Activision Asia-Pacific, Activision UK, Activision, Activision Italia

Genres: Point-and-click, Adventure

Summary: Sam & Max Hit the Road is a graphic adventure video game released by LucasArts during the company's adventure games era. The game was originally released for MS-DOS in 1993 and for Mac OS in 1995. A 2002 re-release included compatibility with Windows. The game is based on the comic characters of Sam and Max, the "Freelance Police", an anthropomorphic dog and "hyperkinetic rabbity thing". The characters, created by Steve Purcell, originally debuted in a 1987 comic book series. Based on the 1989 Sam & Max comic On the Road, the duo take the case of a missing bigfoot from a nearby carnival, traveling to many Americana tourist sites to solve the mystery.