Sam and Max: Hit the Road

[Guybrush Threepwood]

Does Sam and Max: Hit the Road (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lucas-****c-Line-Sam-Max/dp/B00005Q6XJ/ref=pd_bbs_2/202-0140081-9419074?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1186398397&sr=8-2) work on Vista if I have ScummVM installed?

[patters]

it should do i have full throttle (cd version) and beneath a steel sky working fine on vista ultimate

i just copied the entire cd into a folder as scummvm doesn't always agree with cd copies

[Guybrush Threepwood]

Good, good, thanks. :)

[xChri5x]

Does that version of Sam & Max have enhanced music and not the midi stuff?
I first played the game on a mac years and years ago and it had a sticker on the box saying it was an "Enhanced Mac version" which I never got what was enhanced about it, until years later when I booted up a pc version of the game and realized the music wasn't as full sounding as I remembered. After downloading the soundtrack to the game online and listening to the mp3's they were the of the quality I remembered.
I would love to get a version of Sam & Max for the PC that has the full music but I have no idea if they even exsist.

[Guybrush Threepwood]

Does that version of Sam & Max have enhanced music and not the midi stuff?
I first played the game on a mac years and years ago and it had a sticker on the box saying it was an "Enhanced Mac version" which I never got what was enhanced about it, until years later when I booted up a pc version of the game and realized the music wasn't as full sounding as I remembered. After downloading the soundtrack to the game online and listening to the mp3's they were the of the quality I remembered.
I would love to get a version of Sam & Max for the PC that has the full music but I have no idea if they even exsist.

Oh wow, I don't know. I haven't actually ordered the item yet, so if anyone knows...? :)

[tabacco]

I don't think any version of Hit the Road ever had live music. I'm guessing you were just hearing the difference between MIDI synthesizers on the two computers.

[xChri5x]

It wasn't live music, but it was alot better quality.
It's a pretty big difference if you listen to the music from here: http://soundtracks.mixnmojo.com/smax.htm compared to the music in the game

[Guybrush Threepwood]

I don't think any version of Hit the Road ever had live music. I'm guessing you were just hearing the difference between MIDI synthesizers on the two computers.

Shame. :(

Is everyone sure this'll run on Vista Home Premium? I ran CMI this morning and I couldn't interact with anything and the game froze for like 2 seconds after every speech. :(

[patters]

hit the road is cheaper on play.com than amazon by around a fiver and the postage is free and fairly efficient

for CMI were you running it through the latest version of scummvm

[Guybrush Threepwood]

hit the road is cheaper on play.com than amazon by around a fiver and the postage is free and fairly efficient

Nice find patters, cheers. I'll take a look at their terms of service and stuff (never ordered from them).

[patters]

they are quite good i often use them to order cd's and there is an edit to my last post

[Guybrush Threepwood]

hit the road is cheaper on play.com than amazon by around a fiver and the postage is free and fairly efficient

for CMI were you running it through the latest version of scummvm

Yep, I updated to the latest version just before I installed CMI.

[Jake]

Does that version of Sam & Max have enhanced music and not the midi stuff?
I first played the game on a mac years and years ago and it had a sticker on the box saying it was an "Enhanced Mac version" which I never got what was enhanced about it, until years later when I booted up a pc version of the game and realized the music wasn't as full sounding as I remembered. After downloading the soundtrack to the game online and listening to the mp3's they were the of the quality I remembered.
I would love to get a version of Sam & Max for the PC that has the full music but I have no idea if they even exsist.

The Mac version didn't have "enhanced music" other than it used some low fi instrument samples for the MIDI instead of just the bleeps and tones that a SoundBlaster could do on the PC using fm synth. If you use ScummVM on a Mac, you can get an approximation of the old Mac version's music by setting ScummVM's audio driver to "CoreAudio," which will use the QuickTime Musical Instruments midi sample set instead of bleeps and tones, which are similar to the instruments the old Mac version shipped with.

The real reason the Mac version was labeled as "Enhanced" was because it ran at 640x400 with a graphics smoothing routine, instead of 320x200 blocky pixels. ScummVM can approximate that smoothing routine as well, on any platform, if you set the graphics mode to AdvMAME2x.

[patters]

are you playing of of the disc or have you copied all the files to the harddrive

if not try the other way

[xChri5x]

On a side note:

I just found this on youtube and wasn't sure if it was posted or not. Some dude re-created the intro to Hit The Road in 3D using the same audio. Pretty amusing to watch:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=qZ-HOkajWaY

[Guybrush Threepwood]

are you playing of of the disc or have you copied all the files to the harddrive

if not try the other way

I've installed the game, but I am playing it off the disc because I don't know how to get ScummVM to play from the files... :o

[patters]

1 insert disc
2 right click appropriate disc icon in computer
3 copy
4 paste in an appropriate place
5 open scummvm
6 add game
7 select the file you used
8 click choose

[Guybrush Threepwood]

Alright, I'll try that out tomorrow. :)

[patters]

it worked for full throttle so i assume it will work for CMI

i haven't played any MI other than the original on my uncles old pc

[TrogLlama]

Shame. :(

Is everyone sure this'll run on Vista Home Premium? I ran CMI this morning and I couldn't interact with anything and the game froze for like 2 seconds after every speech. :(

I could run Sam & Max just fine in SCUMMVM.

[Guybrush Threepwood]

I could run Sam & Max just fine in SCUMMVM.

On Vista?

[TrogLlama]

On Vista?

Yes.

[Guybrush Threepwood]

Yes.

Alrighty, thanks. I'll order it as soon as I can. :)

[barchetta]

I've run SMHTR on both XP and OSX on my Dell laptop using ScummVM and I have to say - the OSX version sounds much richer. I think it has more reverb or something. Anyway, it uses some QuickTime doohickey that really works. Gotta love those Mac's (and Dell's :rolleyes:)

[Guybrush Threepwood]

I have now ordered Hit the Road from Play.com! :)

[patters]

I have now ordered Hit the Road from Play.com! :)

hope you enjoy it im thinking of buying it again

Gotta love those Mac's (and Dell's )

haha i have a Philips Laptop (got it for the geforce inside (beats any intel chip) and vista ultimate for under £650 including a bag)

[Guybrush Threepwood]

hope you enjoy it im thinking of buying it again



haha i have a Philips Laptop (got it for the geforce inside (beats any intel chip) and vista ultimate for under £650 including a bag)

I'll let you know what I think of it when I've finished it. :)

[patters]

did you manage to get CMI running Guybrush Threepwood

[Guybrush Threepwood]

did you manage to get CMI running Guybrush Threepwood

I haven't tried yet, but I will get round to it and report back. :)

[Guybrush Threepwood]

I hate to double post, but I've now got the game and I'm going to start playing it now. :) It works perfectly fine on Vista (without the need of ScummVM!), which is great.

[patters]

I hate to double post, but I've now got the game and I'm going to start playing it now. :) It works perfectly fine on Vista (without the need of ScummVM!), which is great.

glad you like it i guess they made it work for xp which in turn makes it vista compatible

i am planning on getting it again when i have some money (needed to buy several gig tickets)

[Guybrush Threepwood]

glad you like it i guess they made it work for xp which in turn makes it vista compatible

i am planning on getting it again when i have some money (needed to buy several gig tickets)

Actually, they made it Vista compatible! In the readme it actually says where to find the save games in Windows Vista, so I guess that means they made it work for it (either that or it already did work and they just added that into the readme). :)

I don't want the game spoilt for me as I want to be able to go through it all myself and figure everything out (more rewarding that way), but how do the binoculars work in the ball of yarn tower? I can't seem to get them to slow down, and I don't know how to get off them either! My cursor is no-where to be seen....!
Remember, please don't tell me what they have to do with the puzzle, just how I operate them-- thanks! :D
Nevermind! I realised I had to do something to get them working. :) On with the game!

[Sir Lemming]

In regards to the music, the CD version of the game did have audio tracks on it that contained enhanced versions of a few songs from the game. At the time I assumed they were live instruments, although in retrospect they may have been just high-quality synths. Except for Conroy Bumpus's voice, of course.


Also, to be technical, it's "Sam & Max Hit the Road", not "Sam & Max: Hit the Road".

[xChri5x]

Oh you!

[patters]

i ordered my new copy of HTR as its vista compatible just out of curiosity which version of vista are you running guybrush (space not underscore)

[Bruno83]

It wasn't live music, but it was alot better quality.
It's a pretty big difference if you listen to the music from here: http://soundtracks.mixnmojo.com/smax.htm compared to the music in the game

I don't really hear any difference to my old PC version....

[Guybrush Threepwood]

i ordered my new copy of HTR as its vista compatible just out of curiosity which version of vista are you running guybrush (space not underscore)

Home Premium. :)

[patters]

Home Premium. :)

so it should run perfectly in ultimate (essentially home premium with business came with my laptop so im not worried)

[Guybrush Threepwood]

so it should run perfectly in ultimate (essentially home premium with business came with my laptop so im not worried)

Yeah, it'll run exactly the same. :)

[xChri5x]

I don't really hear any difference to my old PC version....

Then a version with better sound does exist! What version do you have? Is it the one with the dvd case?

[Bruno83]

no, I've got a very old version....
It's been the second game I've ever bought for the PC I think.
I think it was somewhen in 1995 or 96.
I've just noticed, that the music in your link is slightly better.
I just didn't notice it, when I hadn't compared it directly to the game, which I hadn't played for quite a while now.
I just played it again to compare the music, and yes, the quality in your link is better.
But it dosen't really buck while playing the game.

Now that I have just started htr, I'll have to play to the end again:D:D

[Zeek]

It wasn't live music, but it was alot better quality.
It's a pretty big difference if you listen to the music from here: http://soundtracks.mixnmojo.com/smax.htm compared to the music in the game

For some reason, the lo-fi version of Highway Surfing on that page make me want Jared to do a "Sam & Max meets The Ventures" track for the Tiny Tiki location in Season 2 even more now.

[Guybrush Threepwood]

I've finished the game. It was amazing! It was really fun and I'm glad I've played it after all these years. Top stuff. :D
*goes to review the game on Gamespot*

[Sir Lemming]

It wasn't live music, but it was alot better quality.
It's a pretty big difference if you listen to the music from here: http://soundtracks.mixnmojo.com/smax.htm compared to the music in the game

Interesting. The theme, Moleman song, King of the Creatures, and Bigfoot party music are taken from the CD version. The rest of them, I don't know. What's sure is that they're all synth.

[Laserschwert]

Interesting. The theme, Moleman song, King of the Creatures, and Bigfoot party music are taken from the CD version. The rest of them, I don't know. What's sure is that they're all synth.

Yeah, you're right, I took those four tracks from the CD, and the rest of the tracks are of course synth. I've created them using several different soundfonts (which are basically recorded intrument-sounds to be used to playback MIDI-music). I've started working on a better sounding (and more complete) version of the soundtrack, but it's on a hold for a while now, since I've got several other things to do. Maybe I'll finish it someday ;)

Here's what the new version would sound like:

A Pleasantly Understated Credit Sequence (http://xfer.lfnetwork.com/scummbar.com/mp3s/SAMMAXEX/02 - A Pleasantly Understated Credit Sequence.mp3)

Surfing the Highway (http://xfer.lfnetwork.com/scummbar.com/mp3s/SAMMAXEX/06 - Surfing the Highway.mp3)

[xChri5x]

Well, in the version I have and in clips I've seen on youtube the sound is not as good as the ones on that site. I really want to get my version sounding like that or find a version that already does.

[xChri5x]

Yeah, you're right, I took those four tracks from the CD, and the rest of the tracks are of course synth. I've created them using several different soundfonts (which are basically recorded intrument-sounds to be used to playback MIDI-music). I've started working on a better sounding (and more complete) version of the soundtrack, but it's on a hold for a while now, since I've got several other things to do. Maybe I'll finish it someday ;)

Here's what the new version would sound like:

A Pleasantly Understated Credit Sequence (http://xfer.lfnetwork.com/scummbar.com/mp3s/SAMMAXEX/02 - A Pleasantly Understated Credit Sequence.mp3)

Surfing the Highway (http://xfer.lfnetwork.com/scummbar.com/mp3s/SAMMAXEX/06 - Surfing the Highway.mp3)


Some of the notes sound a bit off

[Laserschwert]

Some of the notes sound a bit off

Which is a little unprecise...

And of course the ingame music sounds different, because IF it uses a soundfont at all, it only uses one, and not several, as I did. You could of course compile a soundfont for each game, although I even varied soundfonts for the same instrument from track to track, so after all, it's not possible in-game.

[Sir Lemming]

Yeah, you're right, I took those four tracks from the CD, and the rest of the tracks are of course synth. I've created them using several different soundfonts (which are basically recorded intrument-sounds to be used to playback MIDI-music).

Oh yes, I know the process. But you did a good job making them sound virtually indistinguishable, quality-wise, from the CD tracks.

Still, the true injustice is that there will probably never be an orchestrated version of the Tie Fighter soundtrack.

[tobar]

Yeah, you're right, I took those four tracks from the CD, and the rest of the tracks are of course synth. I've created them using several different soundfonts (which are basically recorded intrument-sounds to be used to playback MIDI-music). I've started working on a better sounding (and more complete) version of the soundtrack, but it's on a hold for a while now, since I've got several other things to do. Maybe I'll finish it someday ;)

Here's what the new version would sound like:

A Pleasantly Understated Credit Sequence (http://xfer.lfnetwork.com/scummbar.com/mp3s/SAMMAXEX/02 - A Pleasantly Understated Credit Sequence.mp3)

Surfing the Highway (http://xfer.lfnetwork.com/scummbar.com/mp3s/SAMMAXEX/06 - Surfing the Highway.mp3)

*pokes at Laserschwert until he finishes the whole soundtrack*