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Sam & Max Hit the Road

1993 · Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure · PC, Mac, Linux, DOS · LucasArts

Sam & Max Hit the Road is ranked no. 730 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,614 and 53% of duels won.

World rank

no. 730

ELO score

1,614

Wins

53%

Duels played

95

About Sam & Max Hit the Road

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.

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,614 ELO points over the last 123 days.

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