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Sam and Max Hit the Road

After discovering ScummVM one day, I decided to play through the Lucasarts classic Sam and Max Hit the Road one more time... this time using the OSX version of Scumm VM to play my original PC CD-ROM game on my iMac. Then I thought it would be moderately entertaining to snap screenshots and post them to fourhman.com, as a kind of ongoing storyboard. So here we are.

entry index for Sam and Max Hit the Road
/ The Freelance Police Receive Their Orders / The Case of the Missing Bigfoot / That's a Big Ball of Twine / From the World o' Fish to the Ball o' Twine / Back to the Carnival / Don't forget the cash you hid in the mousehole... / The Bigfoot's Secret / Interlude / No more rabbity things jumping on the bed! / Rumble in the 'Glades / Just Add Water / And a Giraffe-Necked Girl. / I told you this place was controlled by giant magnets buried underneath the Earth's crust! / But now he has cable! / Quiz Time! / I must be happy. / I'm sure you forgot to pick up the magnifying lens back at the Kushman Carnival. Don't these games suck like that? / It doesn't look like a frog. / It sure gets dark fast around here. / In the domicile of a hard-drivin' country-western Liverpudlian / Conroy Bumpus has left the building. / Don't ask me again, Jo-Jo! / Ain't nobody allowed to use Mr. Bumpus's state-of-the-art virtual reality equipment! / A lurid tale of sin and depravity. / I'd say they were a couple of bric-a-brachiosaurs. / My name is Rex, the Thunder Lizard! / It evokes a sense of wonder. / I can't believe Harrison signed off on this. / This is a LucasArts game. So we're going to mine the library as much as we can. / That's a downright nice Sasquatch costume. / I'm originally from Liverpool, twit. / We don't want bigfoot money. Probably made of tree bark.

The Freelance Police Receive Their Orders
Tuesday / 08.15.06 / 10:00PM / Joe

Max attempts to remove the Chief's secret instructions from the feline courier's stomach. Once that grisly business is through, it's off to the Kushman Carnival!

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The Case of the Missing Bigfoot
Saturday / 08.19.06 / 12:18AM / Joe

At the seedy carnival, Sam and Max learn of their mission: find the missing bigfoot. (Don't forget to visit Jesse James's embalmed hand!)

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That's a Big Ball of Twine
Thursday / 08.24.06 / 03:14PM / Joe

The trail leads to the World's Largest Ball of Twine. But how to reach the chef's secret platform? And why?

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From the World o' Fish to the Ball o' Twine
Sunday / 09.03.06 / 07:40PM / Joe

Using a bent wrench and their combined weight, the boys ride a fiberglass fish all the way to the top of the twine ball.

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Back to the Carnival
Friday / 09.08.06 / 12:10AM / Joe

Deep in the Tunnel of Love (you'll need the flashlight bulb from your office), Sam and Max glean some truths from the Mole Man.

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Don't forget the cash you hid in the mousehole...
Saturday / 09.23.06 / 01:50PM / Joe

When you need some pecan-flavored treats to feed to a reticent Mole Man, there's only one place to go: Snuckey's!

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The Bigfoot's Secret
Friday / 09.29.06 / 07:56PM / Joe

All hopped up on pecans, Dougie reveals a mysterious secret: Bruno the Bigfoot wasn't kidnapped... he has run off with his true love, Trixie the Giraffe-Necked Girl!

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Interlude
Sunday / 10.01.06 / 10:57PM / Joe

The heck with the investigation. Let's rack up a high score with a rousing game of Wak-a-Rat! I could play this for hours.

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No more rabbity things jumping on the bed!
Sunday / 10.08.06 / 06:47PM / Joe

Inside Trixie's trailer, a scorecard souvenir leads the Freelance Police to their next destination: Gator Golf!

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Rumble in the 'Glades
Thursday / 10.12.06 / 10:37PM / Joe

Finally, a face-to-face with Conroy Bumpus... a country singer of some renown and a person of interest in the ongoing Missing Bigfoot case. The meeting does not end well.

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Just Add Water
Thursday / 11.02.06 / 10:08PM / Joe

After liberating Max from the dunk tank (long story), Sam finds another clue: a water globe from the Mystery Vortex! Will the riddle of the missing bigfoot be solved on that hallowed ground?

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And a Giraffe-Necked Girl.
Friday / 11.17.06 / 07:11PM / Joe

What was once perhaps maybe just about one kidnapped or lovelorn sasquatch... is now about at least two of them. The Mystery Vortex is also short one bigfoot!

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I told you this place was controlled by giant magnets buried underneath the Earth's crust!
Sunday / 12.03.06 / 11:48PM / Joe

Beneath the Vortex lies the secret electromagnet control center, where opening the proper door will rely on the boys' keen elementary school knowledge of the color wheel.

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But now he has cable!
Tuesday / 12.12.06 / 07:39PM / Joe

Deep within the Vortex lives Dougie's pal Shuv-Oohl. He claims Bruno is in trouble, but he needs his mood ring to be sure. Seriously.

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Quiz Time!
Sunday / 12.17.06 / 07:09PM / Joe

Which three objects would you combine to fashion an instrument capable of ferreting a mood ring out of the center of the Largest Ball of Twine? Answer: the broken golf ball retriever, the fish magnet, and Jesse James' embalmed hand

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I must be happy.
Sunday / 12.31.06 / 01:35AM / Joe

When you need to retrieve a mood ring, it's usually best to rely on your own wits and limited combineable inventory objects.

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I'm sure you forgot to pick up the magnifying lens back at the Kushman Carnival. Don't these games suck like that?
Friday / 01.05.07 / 07:39PM / Joe

Shuv-Oohl gives the Freelance Police a new location to investigate: Frog Rock. He also suggests an unholy ritual: smear the Rock with three bigfoot fur samples and sprinkle with Mole Man dust.

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It doesn't look like a frog.
Thursday / 01.11.07 / 07:39PM / Joe

Behold the glory of Frog Rock! It's MUCH more convincing up close, isn't it? Oh yes. Much more.

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It sure gets dark fast around here.
Thursday / 02.01.07 / 09:18PM / Joe

The ancient ritual turns day into night and calls the Mole Men of the stars. Most importantly, it reveals the Freelance Police's next destination. (Wait for it...)

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In the domicile of a hard-drivin' country-western Liverpudlian
Wednesday / 04.04.07 / 12:48AM / Joe

Conroy Bumpus's mansion is open to tourists, but don't touch anything. And watch out for the cleaning robot. Who's John Muir?

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Conroy Bumpus has left the building.
Wednesday / 04.11.07 / 10:26PM / Joe

Could that be? Bruno and Trixie, compelled to act as backup to Conroy's mad floor show? The devil, you say! (The devil, the devil!)

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Don't ask me again, Jo-Jo!
Wednesday / 07.04.07 / 09:38PM / Joe

Gaze upon the secret inner workings of the Bumpusville cleaning robot! If you can't figure this puzzle out, you're probably a houseplant. Or you neglected to find the instruction manual, which Conroy keeps as good bedtime readin'.

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Ain't nobody allowed to use Mr. Bumpus's state-of-the-art virtual reality equipment!
Monday / 07.09.07 / 11:28PM / Joe

One day, everything will look like this.

Similarly, one day all mansion security systems will store their keys in virtual realities like this.

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A lurid tale of sin and depravity.
Monday / 01.14.08 / 08:35PM / Joe

Now we visit the Savage Jungle Inn. Is it too obvious to have a giant Bigfoot with an aching foot problem? Yes, that's probably a clue of some sort. Evelyn Morrison can't help you there, but she does have some interesting travel brochures.

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I'd say they were a couple of bric-a-brachiosaurs.
Monday / 01.21.08 / 07:50PM / Joe

In the face of diminishing tourism, boring old history-laden Mt. Rushmore did the only thing it could: add a dinosaur tarpit and moderately expensive bungee jumping. Seems like a fun place to visit, but why exactly did we stop here again? Oh yeah, because this is an adventure game.

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My name is Rex, the Thunder Lizard!
Thursday / 02.07.08 / 08:57PM / Joe

When you're done making fun of Rex because he has a brain the size of a walnut, turn your attention to Wally the Wooly Mammoth. Covered in Sasquatch hair, no doubt. There's not a tool in the world you can use to collect some pelt hair, so Max will have to do it himself.

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It evokes a sense of wonder.
Friday / 09.26.08 / 12:57AM / Joe

Your quest requires something sticky. Something found in this location. But not from a child's nose. Head for the adult ride, shep. Bring a cup.

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I can't believe Harrison signed off on this.
Tuesday / 10.07.08 / 11:55AM / Joe

Here at the Celebrity Vegetable Museum, there's exactly two celebrities you should keep top of mind. One is that ratbag villain of the piece. The other is a famed naturalist.

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This is a LucasArts game. So we're going to mine the library as much as we can.
Wednesday / 10.15.08 / 12:24AM / Joe

This reference phoned in direct from 1988. You know how this is going to go. Just be happy it doesn't go all the way to a rolling boulder gag.

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That's a downright nice Sasquatch costume.
Wednesday / 10.29.08 / 08:46AM / Joe

Finally, we're in the bigfoot party headquarters! Bruno is so close, you can almost smell him. Or maybe that's one of the dozen other giant foul hairy beasts tripping the light fantastic.

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I'm originally from Liverpool, twit.
Wednesday / 03.24.10 / 08:54PM / Joe

Eeeeew.

After heading to the secret door (Right of the stage. RIGHT of the stage.), our pals walked straight into a Conroy Bumpus trap! He thinks they're a bigfoot, but he's dim. The way out of this is to drop the pretense.

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We don't want bigfoot money. Probably made of tree bark.
Monday / 04.05.10 / 08:08AM / Joe

After defeating Bumpus, the bigfoot chief makes Sam & Max honorary chiefs and takes them to the sacred totem pole veranda. Now begins an unhappy, time consuming section of backtracking. Like fruitcake!

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