About Sam & Max Hit the Road™ elcome, Crimestompers! Before we Solving this case is up to you! You Whit the road with Sam & Max™ in direct the actions of Sam & Max, tearing pursuit of hyperthyroid thugs and down the road with mayhem on their sinister Sasquatch-nappers, you need a minds and Corn Duds™ on their breath, few facts on the case from the files of on a peril-fraught mission to make the the Freelance Police: world safe for Sasquatches and sentient It started simply enough with a call mammals everywhere! from the Commissioner. Soon Sam & If this is your first computer Max were screaming down the adventure game, be prepared for an highway (they have to scream since entertaining challenge. Be patient, even their siren broke) to the Kushman Bros. if it takes a while to figure out some of Carnival, where they learned that the puzzles. If you get stuck, you might Bruno the Bigfoot and Trixie the want to solve another puzzle first, find Giraffe-Necked Girl had disappeared. and use a new object, or highway surf They soon discovered this was part of a for a while. Stick with it and use your larger pattern of bigfoot imagination… you and the Freelance disappearances, and all the clues would Police will eventually bag your take them on a meandering romp perpetrator! across tacky U.S. tourist traps. How to Play Sam & Max Hit the Road 1 Playing the Game These verb icons are also located in then return to him or her later to get Look at the inventory box (except the “walk” new information. What you learn and To start the game on your computer, verb). discover in another area may open please use the computer reference card If you run any of the verb icons over more conversational topics with included with the game. It contains all a “hot spot” on the screen, the icon will someone to whom you’ve previously the instructions specific to your Cannot look at animate. For example; move the closed spoken. You may even have more than computer. eye icon over the TV set in the office. one question to ask certain characters. As the story opens, Sam & Max are The eyeball will open. Now click your To talk with characters, right click hanging out at their office when the Pick up left mouse button and see what through the cursor options until you see phone rings . These non-interactive happens. Try the “use” icon with the TV. the mouth, or TALK TO option. Move it sequences are known as “cut-scenes” — To pick up an item, click the right to the character you wish to talk to, short, animated sequences, like scenes Cannot pick up mouse button until the pick-up icon and, when the mouth opens, left click from a movie — which can provide clues comes up, and then click the left mouse on the character. and information about the characters. button on the object you wish to pick During a conversation, you select Cut-scenes are also used to show special Talk to up. The cursor will then become the what Sam may say by choosing icons. animated sequences, such as when Sam object and you may then place it in & Max deliver the goods in Bosco’s Dialogue your inventory box. You can also use an Icon Function Market. When you are viewing a cut- Cannot talk to object in your inventory either with scene, you do not direct the action. another inventory object or with an Question You begin directing Sam’s actions as object on the screen. soon as the phone call is over. Max sort The Max verb icon has a special of does his own thing and follows Use function, as it enables Sam to enlist along. If you have played an adventure Declaration Max’s help at certain points in the game before, you may be saying, game. With the “Max” cursor, click on “Where’s my inventory? Where’s my Cannot use any object (inanimate or animate) that interface?” Don’t worry. We wouldn’t Non-sequitur you think needs Max’s help. leave you without an interface or inventory. Start clicking the right Walk (default) Talking to Characters mouse button to cycle through the There are plenty of characters in the Stop various verb icons: game with whom you can converse. Stand still Nearly everyone Sam & Max meet will You may also see other icons on the Verb Icon Function have something to say, whether dialogue icon line. These represent friendly or unfriendly...helpful, or subjects for conversations. For instance, Go in/out of Use Max unhelpful! Often, you can talk with if Sam is talking to someone and you inventory box someone at one point in the game, and click on the Bruno the Sasquatch icon, Sam will ask about Bruno. 2 Crimestompers’ Coloring Book How to Play Sam & Max Hit the Road 3 NORMAL INTERFACE KEYS: Don’t worry – we’ll never punish you you’ve finished reading a line of w - cursor changes to walk-to GENERALLY USEFUL KEYS: for selecting the “wrong” or funny dialogue, you can press the Done key t - cursor changes to talk-to b - flip game in and out of film noir dialogue function. After all, you’re (the period “.” on most computers) to u - cursor changes to use (black & white) mode playing this game to have fun, aren’t clear the line and proceed (this does not p - cursor changes to pick-up v - flip game in and out of dummy verb you? Well, aren’t you?!?! work if the characters are speaking in l - cursor changes to look-at mode, where verb cursors have names digitized voice). o - if there’s an object on the cursor Function Keys under them. Use the keys indicated on your cycle, the cursor will change to it To save your progress in a game, q - quits mini-games (Wak-A-Rat, reference card to adjust the music e - if there’s an object on your cursor, enabling you to turn the computer off ™ Hiway Surfin’,™ volume (hard brackets — [ and ] — on sam will look (eyeball, if you will) at it. CarBomb,™ and start again later in the same place, -/= etc.) most computers) and the digital sound (this saves the trouble of having to put - decrease/increase text speed use the save feature. Simply press the [/] volume (semicolon – ; and apostrophe – objects back in the inventory to look at - decrease/increase music volume Save/Load Game function key (F1 or F5 ;/ ’ ’ on most computers). If your sound them) - decrease/increase sfx volume on most computers – see your reference <esc> card has a volume control, make sure it i - toggle inventory off and on - bypass cut scenes (where card for more information). applicable) is set higher than level zero before d - cycle cursor forward through the To load a game you have saved, use . (period) using the keyboard controls to fine-tune inventory - skips text speech the Save/Load Game function key any f1 the volume level. a or f5 - save/load game time after Sam & Max Hit the Road has - cycle cursor backward through the f8 To quit the game, press the key inventory - restart game started. ctrl-c combination indicated on your s - jump cursor to end of inventory or alt-x To bypass a cut-scene, press the ESC ctrl-v - quit (without saving) reference card (Alt-X on most z - displays the version number key, or press both mouse/joystick - jump cursor to start of inventory computers). If you plan to return to the spacebar - pause game buttons at once. See your computer game you’re presently playing, reference card for details. After you’ve remember to save the game before played Sam & Max Hit the Road several quitting. times (and who wouldn’t), you may want to use this function to skip over Screen Savers Our Game Design dying because you’ve picked up a sharp scenes you have seen before. Don’t panic if you get up to answer Philosophy object. To restart the game from the the phone and when you come back it We think you’d prefer to solve the beginning, press the key indicated on looks as if your screen is melting or has We believe that you buy games to be game’s mysteries by exploring and your reference card (F8 on most been invaded by tiny Sams & Maxes. We entertained, not to be whacked over the discovering, not by dying a thousand computers). have included as a *special free head every time you make a mistake. So deaths. We also think you like to spend To pause the game, press the SPACE feature* a number of entertaining we don’t bring the game to a your time involved in the story, not BAR. Press it again to resume play. screen savers to protect your monitor. screeching halt when you poke your typing in synonyms until you stumble To adjust the speed of the Message Merely click your mouse, and nose into a place you haven’t visited upon the computer’s word for a certain Line to suit your reading speed, press everything should return to normal. If before. Unlike conventional computer object. the keys indicated on your reference not, then you can panic. adventures, you won’t find yourself card (+ and - on most computers). When accidentally stepping off a path, or 4 Crimestompers’ Coloring Book How to Play Sam & Max Hit the Road 5 A Few Helpful Hints included a decorative assortment of entertaining mini-games.