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Sam & Max Hit the Road Complete Walkthrough

By Nennoh

Introduction

This is a quick and basic walkthrough of Sam & Max: Hit the Road showing all the stuff that you need to get and in what order to beat the game as fast as possible.

Notice:

You have to manually save your progress using SCUMM engine's basic commands. Pressing F5 in-game will give you access to SCUMM's menu where you can save at any point of your playthrough.
Keep in mind that some story-related dialogue and cut-scenes cannot be skipped.
Estimated time of completion (if you're familiar with the game or consulting a walkthrough) is about 90 minutes.

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Languages: English

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2 Jan, 2019 @ 4:09pm

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Guide Index

Overview

Walkthrough Part 1

Walkthrough Part 2

Conclusion

Comments

Walkthrough Part 1

Office

After watching the introductory cut-scene, you arrive at your office.

Pick up a pile of money that's stashed in a mouse hole to your left.
Pick up the purple light bulb from the closet located on the far right side of your office.
Leave the building and use Max on the cat to acquire the orders.
Use your car and and go to any Snuckey's on your road map (shown as a hamburger icon).

Snuckey's

Pick up an empty cup outside of Snuckey's store and walk inside.
Pick up a box of sweets from the top left shelf and talk to the owner at the counter about buying the candy.
Once you've purchased it, ask about the bathroom and leave. Max will then go back to pick up the bathroom key and exit the store. Go outside and talk to Max about the rasp before he goes back into the store and you'll acquire the item. If you miss your opportunity, simply go back to the store and repeat the previous step.
Use the car and go to the Carnival (shown as a clown tent icon).

The Carnival

Attempt to enter the Hall of Oddities. After being stopped, give the orders to the fire eater and he'll let you pass.
After you talk to the owners, pick up the severed hand in a jar located to your left.
Pick up the first sasquatch fur sample from the floor and leave through the right exit.
Walking left, you'll see an arcade. Play Wak-a-Rat to win a flashlight.
Pick up fishbowl magnifying lens located in the middle of Wak-a-Rat and the skee ball machine.
Proceed left, talk to the operator and ask him to ride the Cone of Tragedy.
Check you items after the ride. Speak again with the operator and he'll give you a claim ticket.
Walk to your left until you reach the circus entrance. Then, go past the fire eater to the right and enter the Lost & Found tent to retrieve your lost items.
After checking your inventory, you'll notice that you now have a fish magnet. Look at the fish magnet and World of Fish area will appear on the map (shown as a yellow fish icon).
In the inventory, use the purple light bulb and combine it with the flashlight.
Go back to the left from where you came from until you reach Tunnel of Love. Once you start the ride, use the flashlight to light up the cave and search for the fuse box. Once you find it, use Max with the fuse box.
Look at a statue of a man to your right and a secret passage will open to your left.
Inside, you'll find Doug. Talk to him about Big Foot and the World's Largest Ball of Twine location will appear on the map.
Give Doug the candy and you'll receive a crowbar in return.
Press the reset switch to your left near the exit.
Go back to the trailer (the same place you played Wak-a-Rat) and use the crowbar on its door.
Inside, open the chest to get the costume and open the closet to get the golf score card. The location of the Gator Golf Emporium will appear on the map (shown as an alligator icon).
Go back to the main entrance and use the car to go back to Snuckey's.

Snuckey's

Enter the store and give the jar to the shopkeeper.
Once he opens it, leave and use the car to get to the World's Largest Ball of Twine.

World's Largest Ball of Twine

Ride the cable cart to your far right and walk into the restaurant.
Once inside, talk to the man on your right and ask him about the spanner. You'll receive one shortly after.
Go back to the car and go to World of Fish.

World of Fish

Pick up a bucket of fish.
Use the spanner on a mounted fish statue on your far left.
Climb inside the giant fish and use Max on the fish to get him to come with you. After a cut-scene plays, you'll be transported back to the Twine restaurant.

World's Largest Ball of Twine

Over the railing you'll see a piece of loose string. Use Max on the string to pick it up.
After another short cut-scene, you'll be back at the parking lot. Use your car and go to Gator Golf Emporium.

Gator Golf Emporium

On your left, pick up the broken golf ball retriever from the trash can and walk over to Gator Golf.
After Conroy Bumpus flings Max into a dunk tank, use a bucket of fish to replace the golf ball bucket.
Pick up the golf club to your left.
Once you set up, you'll have to play a mini-game where you align all the gators to form a path so that you can walk across to pond. Shoot the fish in front of your desired location to get the gators to move. Once you form a path, Sam will get to the other side automatically.
Open up the glass door on the left side and Max will give you the second sasquatch fur sample.
After you free Max, a secret door will open on the front side of the dunk tank. Look inside and you'll find a snow globe which will unlock the Mystery Vortex location on the map (shown as a whirlpool icon).
Go back to the entrance and use the car to go to the World's Largest Ball of Twine.

World's Largest Ball of Twine

Walk into the lower-left building.
Combine the severed hand with the broken golf ball retriever and fish magnet.
Use the newly formed retriever with the large ball of twine and you'll acquire a mood ring.
Leave the museum and go to the Mystery Vortex.

Mystery Vortex

Once inside, walk through the mirror to enter a room with magnets. There are a total of 3 magnets with switches (one is obscured on the far right). You need to pull these levers to have the room's color match up with one of the doors in the building's main hall so that you can access that room. Shuv-Oohl is in one of these 3 rooms, but his location is always randomized, so you'll need to check all of them until you find the right one.
Once you find Shuv-Oohl, talk to him about Bigfoot and he'll inform you about Frog Rock.
Give Shuv-Oohl his mood ring and he'll give you mole man powder in return.
Go back to the main hall and go to the room with the curtains on the far right.
Once inside, pick up the third and final sasquatch fur sample.
Go back to your car and go back to the World's Largest Ball of Twine.

World's Largest Ball of Twine

Go back to the restaurant, pull the wires from the left side of the elevator and attach them to the nearby binoculars.
Use fishbowl magnifying lens on the binoculars.
Use the binoculars.
Use the switch on the binoculars to rotate the view to either left (left mouse button) or right (right mouse button) side. The farther the switch is the faster the rotation. Once you find Frog Rock the location will be added to the map (shown as a rock icon).
Go back to the car and go to Frog Rock.

Frog Rock

Place all 3 pieces of sasquatch fur onto the rock to your right and add mole man powder. After viewing the cut-scene, the location of Bumpusville will be added to the map (shown as a guitar icon).
Leave Frog Rock and go to Bumpusville.

Walkthrough Part 2

Bumpusville

Enter the manor and go to the room with a monster truck in it on the far right.
Climb the escalator and pick up the stained pillow.
From there, use the golf ball retriever on the shelf across the bed to get the blue book. The book will land on Max and a short cut-scene will play.
Locate the cleaning droid and try to reprogram it by clicking on the bot with the "use" icon.
Re-equip all the loose wires and leave it. The bot will distract Lee-Harvey so that you can access the room next to Bumpus' bedroom.
Use the virtual machine.
Pull the sword from the stone.
Walk into the Dragon's lair.
Use the sword on the Dragon.
Pick up the heart and you'll acquire a key in the real world.
After Lee-Harvey kicks you out of the room, go to the next one on the far left side.
Once Conroy finishes his song, he'll leave the building. Use the key on the lock to the right side of the door. Bruno and Trixie will leave shortly after and the location of Savage Jungle Inn will be added to the map (shown as a volcano and a palm tree icon).
Go back to the previous room and pick up the portrait of John Muir, which is centered in the back.
Go back to your car and go to the Savage Jungle Inn.

Savage Jungle Inn

Go inside the building and talk to the woman behind the counter and you'll receive a brochure.
Look over the brochure in your inventory. The locations for Mount Rushmore Dinosaur Tarpit and Bungee Jumping National Park (shown as a dinosaur icon), and Celebrity Vegetable Museum (shown as a tomato icon) will be added to the map.
Give the rasp to the Bigfoot that's guarding the door.
Use your car to go to the Vegetable Museum.

Celebrity Vegetable Museum

Pick up the vegetable statue of Conroy Bumpus on the far right side.
Talk to the woman behind the counter and give her the portrait of John Muir.
Use the car to go to the Bungee Jumping National Park.

Mount Rushmore Dinosaur Tarpit and Bungee Jumping National Park

Go over to the dinosaur section.
Use Max on the fake mammoth to get woolly mammoth hair.
Press the button next to the Dinosaur animatronic.
Once he starts talking, open up your inventory and use the rope with dinosaur's mouth.
Use Max with the rope and you'll acquire a fake dinosaur tooth.
Walk past to the tarpit section and head towards the elevator.
Once at the top, change into a bungee jumping costume behind the folding screen.
In the inventory, combine the empty cup with the retriever.
Begin bungee jumping.
Use the retriever with the cup on the tarpit below you and you'll acquire tar.
Change back to your normal outfit behind the folding screen.
Go back to your car and go to the Celebrity Vegetable Museum.

Celebrity Vegetable Museum

Ask the woman for a John Muir vegetable.
Use the car to go back to Bumpusville.

Bumpusville

Go back to the monster truck room and swap out Bumpus' toupee on the far right with his vegetable statue.
Go back to the Savage Jungle Inn.

Savage Jungle Inn

In your inventory, combine the blue costume with tar, woolly mammoth hair and toupee.
Use the newly crafted costume.
Enter through the previously guarded door.
Go through the door on your right to reach the kitchen.
Pick up the ice pick that's wedged into the freezer on the left.
Walk up to the upper closed door.
After Bumpus and his henchman ambush you, use the costume in the inventory to remove your disguise.
Once the two enter the freezer, use Max to trap them inside it.
Pick up the wine bottle from the buffet.
Once the cut-scene finishes, use your car to go back to the World's Largest Ball of Twine Museum.

World's Largest Ball of Twine

Go back to the restaurant and ask the man to bend your ice pick.
Use the ice pick on the wine bottle.
Use the cork on the snow globe.
Go to the Mysterious Vortex.

Mysterious Vortex

Go through the room with the curtains.
Use the vortex machine.
While the vortex is active, use the snow globe.
Go back to the Savage Jungle Inn.

Savage Jungle Inn

Go back to the buffet room and enter the door to your left.
Go behind the totem poles to the jacuzzi.
Use the snow globe with the pool.
Use the pillow with the pool.
Use the John Muir vegetable with the pool.
Use the fake dinosaur tooth with the pool.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You've completed the game. Enjoy the cut-scene and a bonus shooting gallery mini-game.

Hope this helped you out a bit. Feel free to correct me if I made any mistakes.

23 Comments

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sapphyblue 18 May, 2024 @ 1:36pm

oh my god i have no idea how i would've figured any of that out on my own thank you sm

Nennoh [author] 28 Jul, 2023 @ 5:27am

At World's Largest Ball of Twine, you'll see a piece of loose string over the railing. Use Max with the string to pick it up.

lShadowdark 27 Jul, 2023 @ 3:21pm

Where i find the rope to use with the dinosaur?

Chulainn 7 May, 2023 @ 4:48pm

Does anyone know what that road icon down in Texas does?

Nennoh [author] 14 Apr, 2023 @ 3:07pm

Press Ctrl + F5 ( Ctrl + fn + F5 on a Mac), you'll see the general SCUMM menu. From there, just select save and complete the needed prerequisites.

Gracestarwolf98 14 Apr, 2023 @ 9:10am

so um how do you save progress? i'm struggling to do that

Punomatic 25 Jan, 2023 @ 8:15pm

Thanks for the guide. It might have just been game design in the floppy disk era, but I found some of the items and clues to be quite obscure. You probably had to be the kind of player to tried everything to complete the game without help. Had to refer to this at least twice in my first playthrough.

George PrintScreen 29 Oct, 2022 @ 11:23am

"Press the reset switch to your left near the exit."
where is it

EazyGamer99 10 Jul, 2022 @ 3:08pm

Great Walkthrough!

Nennoh [author] 24 Nov, 2021 @ 2:27am

It's attached to the bathroom keychain. You can talk to Max after he exists Snuckey's with the bathroom key and you will acquire the rasp.

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