=============================================================================== FAQ/Walkthrough for SAM & MAX HIT THE ROAD =============================================================================== GUIDE INFORMATION ----------------- Author: Tom Hayes E-mail: thayesguides(at)gmail(dot)com System: PC Updated: 19th June, 2008 Version: 1.1 CONTENTS -------- 1. Introduction 2. Walkthrough 3. Item List 4. Copyright Information VERSION HISTORY --------------- 1.1: 19th June, 2008 (Format update) 1.0: 5th December, 2000 (First version) =============================================================================== 1. Introduction =============================================================================== Sam & Max is a point and click adventure game, similar in style to the Day of the Tentacle, and Monkey Island series of games. The plot for this game is simple, yet strange. The game is based on two freelance police, Sam & Max. Near the start of the game, Sam & Max find out that they are needed to solve a case at the carnival. Travelling over to the carnival, they find that a bigfoot has been stolen, and that they are required to somehow find the bigfoot and bring him back to the carnival. It's a weird plot, but with all of the excellent puzzles, characters and locations in this game, it works very well. =============================================================================== 2. Walkthrough =============================================================================== APARTMENT --------- You start the game in an apartment. Use the mouse hole to get some cash. Walk to the far right of the apartment and get the light bulb. Leave the apartment and go down the stairs. Use Max on the cat to get the orders. Use the car. SNUCKEY'S --------- Get the cup from the floor outside of Snuckey's. Enter Snuckey's. Get the candies off the top of the left shelf. After a while, Max will say that he wants to go to the bathroom. Talk to the shop attendant. Ask about the candies. Ask about the bathroom. Max will leave the shop to use the bathroom. Stop speaking to the shop attendant. Quickly leave Snuckey's and talk to Max before he goes into the shop. Ask him about the rasp. Stop talking to Max, and then use the car. CARNIVAL -------- Try to enter the Hall of Oddities, and Flambe will stop you from entering. Show him the orders, and he will let you pass into the Hall of Oddities. In the Hall of Oddities, Shep and Burl will give you a pass. Get the severed hand in the jar near the left exit. Get Bruno's fur from the floor. Leave the Hall of Oddities by the right exit. Play the Wak -A- Rat arcade, and hit over 19 rats to win a flashlight. Get the flashlight out of the slot. Take the fishbowl magnifying lens near the Wak -A- Rat arcade. Walk over to the Cone of Tragedy and talk to the man. Ask about the Cone of Tragedy. After leaving the Cone of Tragedy, check the inventory to find that most of the items have fallen out. Talk to the man and ask him about the inventory. He will give you a claim ticket. Exit the screen to the left. Walk left past the Tunnel of Love and exit the screen to the left to arrive back outside of the entrance to the Hall of Oddities. Walk right past the Hall of Oddities, and then enter the Lost and Found tent. You will get all of the original items back in the inventory, plus a fish magnet. In the inventory, look at the fish magnet, and the location of the World of Fish will appear on the map. Walk left past the Hall of Oddities and go up the path to arrive at the Tunnel of Love. In the inventory, use the light bulb with the flashlight. Get on the swan to ride into the Tunnel of Love. Take the flashlight from the inventory and shine it on the walls. Once you shine the flashlight on the fuse box, the flashlight will stay on. Quickly use Max on the fuse box to stop the ride. Look at the man on the right. Sam will pull the beard, and a small door in the castle will open. Walk through the door. Talk to Doug, and ask him about the bigfoot. The location of the largest ball of twine will appear on the map. Give Doug the candy, and he will give you a crowbar. Press the reset switch near the door, and then leave the room. After leaving the Tunnel of Love, exit the screen to the right, and then continue walking to the right to arrive at Trixie's trailer. Use the crowbar on the door, and then enter the trailer. Open the blue chest to get a costume. Open the closet and get the golf score card. The location of the Gator Golf Emporium will appear on the map. Leave the caravan. Leave the carnival. WORLDS LARGEST BALL OF TWINE ---------------------------- Use the tram to ride up to the Ball of Twine restaurant. After riding up the tram, walk left to enter the restaurant. Walk over to the right side of the restaurant, and talk to the man. Click on the question icon, and then ask him about the spanner. He will give you a spanner. Use the elevator to leave the restaurant. Use the tram. Use the car. WORLD OF FISH ------------- Get the bucket of fish from the bait hut. Use the spanner on the large fish in the water. Climb into the fish. Once in the fish, use Max on the fish. The fish will fall into the water and slowly float towards the fisherman. You will get taken to the restaurant on top of the ball of twine. WORLDS LARGEST BALL OF TWINE ---------------------------- The loose piece of string is over the railing. Use Max on the piece of string. Use the car. GATOR GOLF EMPORIUM ------------------- Get the broken golf ball retriever from the basket outside of the Pro Shop. Walk down the path to get to the driving range. Conroy Bumpus will hit Max into the Dunk the Beast tank. Use the bucket of fish on the bucket of golf balls. Get the golf club. Position the flag vertically in line with the Dunk the Beast tank and horizontally in line with the first crocodile. Click the Swing button. Position the rest of the flags in this way to form a path across the driving range to the Dunk the Beast tank. When a path has been made, Sam will automatically walk across the driving range. Open the glass door on the Dunk the Beast tank. Max will give you some sasquatch fur and hair. Open the door on the Dunk the Beast tank, and get the sno globe. The location of the Mystery Vortex will appear on the map. Leave the Gator Golf Emporium. SNUCKEY'S --------- Enter Snuckey's. Give the severed hand in the jar to the shop attendant. Leave Snuckey's. Use the car. WORLDS LARGEST BALL OF TWINE ---------------------------- Walk down the path and enter the museum. In the inventory, use the severed hand with the broken golf ball retriever. In the inventory, use the fish magnet with the severed hand on the broken golf ball retriever. Put the fish magnet with the broken golf ball retriever into the ball of twine. Sam will find a mood ring in the ball of twine. Leave the museum. Use the car. MYSTERY VORTEX -------------- Enter the Mystery Vortex. Use the mirror to enter into a room with some magnets. The magnets control which doors you can enter. For example, if the combination of the magnets create a green colour, then you would be able to enter through the green door. Shuv-Oohl is through one of the coloured doors, but the location varies on each game. Keep trying the different doors until you arrive at the room with Shuv-Oohl. Once you go through the door, Sam will start talking to Shuv-Oohl. Ask him about Bruno the Bigfoot. He will tell you to find Frog Rock. He also wants his mood ring, which he lost in the Worlds Largest Ball of Twine. Give him his mood ring, and he'll give you some mystic mole man powder. Leave the room with Shuv- Oohl. Go to the far right of the room, and go through the curtains. Get the sasquatch fur and hair, then leave the Mystery Vortex and use the car. WORLDS LARGEST BALL OF TWINE ---------------------------- Use the tram to ride up to the Ball of Twine restaurant. After riding up the tram, walk left to enter the restaurant. Get the wires from near the elevator and then use the wires with the binoculars. Use the fishbowl magnifying lens on the binoculars. Use the binoculars. As you connected the wires to the binoculars, you are able to control the direction of the binoculars. Left click the mouse to make the binoculars move to the left. Right click the mouse to make the binoculars move to the right. Look out for the rock that Shuv-Oohl mentioned. After finding Frog Rock with the binoculars, the location of Frog Rock will appear on the map. Use the elevator to leave the restaurant. Use the tram. Use the car. FROG ROCK --------- Put all three pieces of sasquatch hair onto the rock. Use the mystic mole man powder on the rock. The location of Bumpusville will appear on the map. BUMPUSVILLE ----------- Open the door and enter the house. Walk right along the red carpet, and enter the door with the horns over the top. Get the pillow. Use the broken golf ball retriever with the severed hand attached to it, to get the blue maintenance droid manual over the top of the door. Sam will read the manual. Leave the room. Wait for the maintenance droid to come along, then use the droid. To set the alarm on the house, unplug the wires that are connected, and then connect all of the wires. Stop looking at the robot by clicking both left and right mouse buttons. The robot will leave and set off an alarm in the house. Lee-Harvey will leave the room. Walk along the carpet to the right, and enter the room at the top right of the red carpet. Use the virtual reality helmet. Get the sword from the rock. Walk into the cave, and a dragon will come out. Quickly use the sword on the middle of the dragon. Get the heart, and you will get a key. After leaving the virtual reality machine, Lee-Harvey will come along and you will leave the room. Walk left along the carpet and go through the door at the far left. Get the portrait of John Muir. Go left through the door to arrive in a room with Trixie and Bruno. Use the key on the keyhole near the door. The location of the Savage Jungle Inn will appear on the map. Leave the house and use the car. SAVAGE JUNGLE INN ----------------- Enter the Savage Jungle Inn. Talk to Evelyn Morris. Click on one of the icons. Stop talking to Evelyn Morris, and she will give you a brochure. In the inventory, look at the brochure. The location of the Mount Rushmore Dinosaur Tarpit and Bungee Jumping National Park, and the location of the Celebrity Vegetable Museum will appear on the map. Leave the inn and Use the car. CELEBRITY VEGETABLE MUSEUM -------------------------- Walk to the far right of the Celebrity Vegetable Museum and get the Conroy Bumpus eggplant. Give the John Muir portrait to the woman. Use the car. DINOSAUR TARPIT AND BUNGEE JUMPING NATIONAL PARK ------------------------------------------------ Go down the steps and walk over to the dinosaurs. Use Max on the mammoth to get some woolly mammoth hair. Walk over to the green dinosaur. Press the button, and the dinosaur will start speaking. When the mouth of the dinosaur is open, open the inventory. The dinosaur's mouth will open. Get the 91 yards of twine from the inventory, and use it on the dinosaur's mouth. The twine will hook onto the tooth. Use Max on the twine to get the tooth. Walk down the steps and go to the dinosaur tarpit. Go right past the tarpit, and use the elevator. Use the screen to change into bungee jumping equipment. In the inventory, use the Snuckey's cup on the broken golf ball retriever. Use the bungee cord. Use the broken golf ball retriever and cup on the tarpit to collect some tar. Use the screen. Leave the dinosaur tarpit. Use the car. CELEBRITY VEGETABLE MUSEUM -------------------------- Walk over to the far right of the Celebrity Vegetable Museum. Talk to the woman, and ask her about the John Muir vegetable. Stop talking to the woman. Use the car. BUMPUSVILLE ----------- Open the door and enter the house. Walk right along the red carpet, and enter the door with the horns over the top. Use the Conroy Bumpus eggplant on the toupee. The alarm will sound and Lee-Harvey will throw you out of the house, but you'll get the toupee. Use the car. SAVAGE JUNGLE INN ----------------- Enter the Savage Jungle Inn. Give the rasp to the bigfoot. Use the tar with the woolly mammoth hair. Use the tar and woolly mammoth hair with the blue costume. Use the toupee with the woolly costume. Use the woolly costume. The bigfoot will let you pass. Walk through the door to arrive in the bigfoot hall. Get the wine bottle from the table. Go through the top left door to enter the kitchen. Get the ice pick from near the freezer. Attempt to walk out the room, and Conroy Bumpus and Lee-Harvey will kick down the door. Lee-Harvey will leave to get the net. In the inventory, use the bigfoot costume. Conroy Bumpus and Lee- Harvey will enter the freezer. Talk to Max, and he will shut the door. A bigfoot will take you outside. Leave the Savage Jungle Inn. Use the car. WORLDS LARGEST BALL OF TWINE ---------------------------- Use the tram to ride up to the Ball of Twine restaurant. After riding up the tram, walk left to enter the restaurant. Walk over to the right side of the restaurant, and talk to the man. Give the ice pick to the man. Use the elevator to leave the restaurant. Use the tram. Use the car. MYSTERY VORTEX -------------- Enter the Mystery Vortex. Go to the far right of the room, and go through the curtains. In the inventory, use the ice pick on the wine bottle to remove the cork. In the inventory, use the cork on the sno globe. Use the mini vortex. In the mini vortex, use the empty sno globe. Leave the room. Leave the Mystery Vortex. Use the car. SAVAGE JUNGLE INN ----------------- Enter the Savage Jungle Inn. Walk through the door to arrive in the bigfoot hall. Enter the door at the far left of the hall. Walk right past the totem poles to arrive at the pool. Use the John Muir gourd with the pool. Use the dinosaur tooth with the pool. Use the pillow with the pool. Use the sno globe with the pool to complete the game. =============================================================================== 3. Item List =============================================================================== 91 YARDS OF TWINE Found by getting the piece of string after riding the helicopter to the top of the ball of twine. It is used on the dinosaur's mouth at the Dinosaur Tarpit and Bungee Jumping National Park. BROCHURE Found by talking to Evelyn Morris in the Savage Jungle Inn. When found, the Dinosaur Tarpit and Bungee Jumping National Park appears on the map. BROKEN GOLF BALL RETRIEVER Found in the basket outside of the Pro Shop at the Gator Golf Emporium. It is combined with the severed hand and the fish magnet, and is then used to find the mood ring in the Worlds Largest Ball of Twine. It is also used to get the maintenance droid manual at Bumpusville. BROKEN GOLF BALL RETRIEVER AND CUP Made by combining the broken golf ball retriever and the cup. It is used to get the tar from the tarpit at the Dinosaur Tarpit and Bungee Jumping National Park. BRUNO'S FUR Found on the floor of the Hall of Oddities at the Carnival. It is put on Frog Rock. BUCKET OF FISH Found in the bait hut at the World of Fish. It is used on the bucket of golf balls at the Gator Golf Emporium. BUCKET OF GOLF BALLS Found near the Dunk the Beast tank at the Gator Golf Emporium. It is used create the path of crocodiles across to the Dunk the Beast tank. CANDIES Bought from Snuckey's. They are given to Doug in the castle of the Carnival. CASH Found in the mouse hole in the apartment. It is used to buy the candies in Snuckey's. CLAIM TICKET Found at the Carnival by talking to the man after riding the Cone of Tragedy. It is taken to the Lost and Found tent for the fish magnet. CONROY BUMPUS EGGPLANT Found at the Celebrity Vegetable Museum. It is used on the toupee in Bumpusville. CORK Removed from the wine bottle. It is used on the sno globe. COSTUME Found in the blue chest in Trixie's trailer at the Carnival. It is used to enter the Savage Jungle Inn. CROWBAR Doug will give Sam the crowbar for the candies. It is used on the door of Trixie's trailer in the Carnival. CUP Found outside Snuckey's. It is used on the broken golf ball retriever at the Dinosaur Tarpit and Bungee Jumping National Park. FISH MAGNET Found by entering the Lost and Found tent after riding the Cone of Tragedy. It is combined with the severed hand on the broken golf ball retriever. This is then used with the ball of twine at the Worlds Largest Ball of Twine to find the mood ring. FISHBOWL MAGNIFYING LENS Found near the the Wak -A- Rat arcade game at the Carnival. It is used on the binoculars in the restaurant on top of the Worlds Largest Ball of Twine. FLASHLIGHT Found by winning the Wak -A- Rat arcade game at the Carnival. It is used to find the fuse box in the swan ride at the Carnival. GOLF CLUB Found near the Dunk the Beast tank at the Gator Golf Emporium. It is used to hit the golf balls to the Dunk the Beast tank. GOLF SCORE CARD Found in the closet in Trixie's trailer at the Carnival. When found, the Gator Golf Emporium appears on the map. HEART Found by defeating the dragon in the virtual reality area of the house in Bumpusville. ICE PICK Found near the freezer in the Savage Jungle Inn. It is used with the wine bottle to get the cork. JOHN MUIR GOURD The woman at the Celebrity Vegetable Museum will give Sam the gourd for the John Muir Portrait. It is used with the pool at the Savage Jungle Inn. JOHN MUIR PORTRAIT Found in the house at Bumpusville. It is given to the woman at the Celebrity Vegetable Museum. KEY Found by getting the heart of the dragon in the virtual reality area of the house in Bumpusville. It is used in the keyhole near the door in the room with Trixie and Bruno. LIGHT BULB Found in the room at the right side of the apartment. It is used in the flashlight. MAINTENANCE DROID MANUAL Found in the house at Bumpusville. It is used to unplug the wires of the maintenance droid. MOOD RING Found in the ball of twine at the Worlds Largest Ball of Twine. It is given to Shuv-Oohl at the Mystery Vortex. MYSTIC MOLE MAN POWDER Shuv-Oohl will give Sam the mystic mole man powder for the mood ring. It is put on Frog Rock. ORDERS Found in the cat outside the apartment. They are shown to Flambe at the Carnival. PILLOW Found in the house at Bumpusville. It is used with the pool at the Savage Jungle Inn. RASP Found in Snuckey's. It is given to the bigfoot at the Savage Jungle Inn. SASQUATCH FUR AND HAIR Found in the Dunk the Beast tank at the Gator Golf Emporium. It is put on Frog Rock. SASQUATCH FUR AND HAIR Found in the Mystery Vortex. It is put on Frog Rock. SEVERED HAND Found by giving the severed hand in the jar to the attendant in Snuckey's. It is used on the broken golf ball retriever. SEVERED HAND IN JAR Found in the Hall of Oddities at the Carnival. It is given to the attendant in Snuckey's. SNO GLOBE Found in the Dunk the Beast tank at the Gator Golf Emporium. It is used in the mini vortex at the Mystery Vortex. It is also used with the pool at the Savage Jungle Inn. SPANNER Found by talking to the man in the restaurant on top of the Worlds Largest Ball of Twine. It is used on the large fish at the World of Fish. SWORD Found in the virtual reality area of the house in Bumpusville. It is used to defeat the dragon. TAR Found by using the broken golf ball retriever and cup on the tarpit at the Dinosaur Tarpit and Bungee Jumping National Park. It is used with the woolly mammoth hair. TOOTH Found in the mouth of the dinosaur at the Dinosaur Tarpit and Bungee Jumping National Park. It is used with the pool at the Savage Jungle Inn. TOUPEE Found in the house at Bumpusville. It is used with the woolly costume. WINE BOTTLE Found on the table outside the kitchen in the Savage Jungle Inn. It is used with the ice pick to get the cork. WIRES Found near the restaurant on top of the Worlds Largest Ball of Twine. They are used in the binoculars. WOOLLY MAMMOTH HAIR Found on the mammoth at the Dinosaur Tarpit and Bungee Jumping National Park. It is used with the tar. =============================================================================== 4. Copyright Information =============================================================================== This file is Copyright 2000-2008 Tom Hayes. 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