Sam & Max Hit the Road

I played this loads when I was younger and it's so cool to see that you can download and play it today. Lucasarts were of course, king of adventure games with many timeless classics to their name: Day of the Tentacle, the Monkey Island series, Grim Fandango, etc..., and this one is no exception. It uses the same engine as Day of the Tentacle and shares that game's wierd, slightly dreamy art style and super dialogue that is at times hilarious and clever. The puzzles are challenging but never stupid. There's a classic iMuse score with those strange and sometimes eerie sounds. Adventure games are a lot art these days so don't miss this classic from the golden era of the genre.

There's a certain quality to Sam And Max Hit The Road that I don't feel like has been captured in a long, long time. It's got a surreal, outlandish vibe to it, and feels like the love child of Animaniacs and Rocko's Modern Life (granted, the IP as a whole predates both cartoons, but still). Pretty much every character is memorable, quirky, and interesting, and never fail to set up a hilarious moment. The humour is spot on, and never feels forced or awkward. I will say however, that there are a few timing-based puzzles that are especially infuriating if you make a mistake, and sometimes the patience involved before they can be attempted again can be a little too punishing. Sam and Max also have a tendency to walk at a snail's pace, which for the most part is fine, but in some scenes can be a little infuriating. Luckily, DOSBox has an option to speed things up, if you're especially impatient (like me). Overall, the game is a very satisfying experience, and the opportunity to take part in such a quirky, wit-laden adventure far outweighs any of the more tedious or frustrating moments. I'd definitely suggest getting hold of the game; you get a lot of fun for your money.

Adventure games used to be the best kind of video game. They made you think and they made you laugh. Sam & Max does both exceptionally well. The humour and the puzzle solutions mix brilliantly and even doing something incorrectly can sometimes trigger a hilarious response from one of the characters. The solutions to puzzles are all logical although you have to think completely outside the box on occasion, and sometimes you need to get into the demented mind of Max. In my mind, Sam & Max is second only to Day of the Tentacle as the best of the classic adventure games, even ahead of the Monkey Island series. For the many many truly laugh out loud moments in this game, I have to give it 5 stars.

The peak of adventure games in my honest opinion. While the gameplay itself isn't that disimilar to other LucasArts fare, this is the peak of their output. The writing kills me, even 2 decades later this game makes me laugh until I cry - the puzzle design works within the confines of the world and doesnt' tap into 'moon logic' and it ends as sweetly as it started. The 'by-the-books' suit wearing dog and hyperkinetic maniacal rabbit hit their stride and it only got better when Telltale got their hands on em. But this? this is prime adventure gaming. The two are vested onto the world to seek out a soggy Bigfoot and traverse across the entire contiental US, harassing various tourist traps and the various denizens and it never misses a beat till the end. The sprite work is beautiful, the music is still stuck with me and will probably be stuck with you as well and the various side jokes all land (like abusing the 'look at' command). You don't need me to detail further, if the mass of 5 star reviews are else to go on. Buy it. Seriously you won't regret it.

The funniest game written as of 2014 (some may argue this but all will agree that it's very funny). The dialog is a riot. The voice acting is superb. It's a bit like watching a vintage cartoon today. The brilliant pixelated character animations still hold up, and the settings and backgrounds are always an eyeful. Gameplay and inventory management are breathtakingly simple. And then there are the minigames, at least one of which has become a classic reference (Wak-A-Rat). In short, Sam & Max Hit The Road may well be a perfect game. It doesn't waste any chances to be fun or funny, and it doesn't get a single thing wrong.