I can't wait to see the sam and max visual reference in this game !

[doodo!]

I know that all 4 games, and many lucas arts game from before had a sam and max visual reference in the game. I can't wait to see what Tales does . I wonder how they will put max into the game,.

[Marduk]

The first Sam and Max was released after the first Monkey Island. I'm pretty sure it was after the second, too, because it looked as pixelated as the first and Sam and Max didn't look nearly as pixelated.

There might have been a Sam & Max referances in 'Curse' and 'Escape'...

Why are you expecting one in 'Tales'?

[tmsmyth4]

There was a Max reference in MI2 in the costume shop

...and on the 1st floor in DOT (as Hoagie), there may have been one in curse+escape but cant remember

[CaptainXax]

Check out the idols:


Very far right, you can see both Sam and Max:

[Fury]

That's definitely a reference in the first 2 games.

I'm replaying the MIs on my DS. They're great games.

[Fury]

In Curse, you can see Max on the rollercoaster., and you can also change the lights at the play to make a Max head.

I can't remember escape.

[Jake]

Sam & Max were referenced in LucasArts games well before Sam & Max Hit the Road. Max is in Monkey 1 and 2, I think even Indy Last Crusade, as part of a totem pole or something?

Here's a list of many of them on the Sam & Max wiki. Unfortunately not in chronological order, but hey!

[doodo!]

Originally Posted by Jake

Sam & Max were referenced in LucasArts games well before Sam & Max Hit the Road. Max is in Monkey 1 and 2, I think even Indy Last Crusade, as part of a totem pole or something?

Here's a list of many of them on the Sam & Max wiki. Unfortunately not in chronological order, but hey!

Thank you for posting this .

[Secret Fawful]

Torin's Passage, a 1995 adventure game by Sierra On-Line, featured two skunks named Sam and Max.

Wow, that's kind of low! Or kind of HILARIOUS. (Sorry, Steve.)

[Bagge]

Originally Posted by Jake

I think even Indy Last Crusade, as part of a totem pole or something?

Yeah, they were in Indy's office

[Mike Haley]

I asked about this in the Private Pirates Club, and Mark Darin answered it in a roundabout sort of way.

Originally Posted by MarkDarin

I dunno... Better check all of those cave drawings, tiki idols and mysterious runes throughout the season. Ya never know...

PS. This is not a Sam & Max reference by any means, but I found this moment in Curse of Monkey Island to be rather amusing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlBa1xyCx_4

"If you squint and turn your head, it looks like a bunny."

[onlyamonkey]

So weird with these unreasonable expectations. I'd like to play a new game thanks.

[Mike Haley]

I wouldn't call this an unreasonable expectation. Fans that bitch about the control scheme, graphics, voice actors, and whatnot could be considered rather unreasonable (and ungrateful), but it is pretty common practice for Telltale to include in-jokes in their games, and Sam & Max themselves have appeared in some shape or form in their past releases. I know that there were a few references in Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People.

[onlyamonkey]

Originally Posted by mhaley

I wouldn't call that unreasonable at all. Bitching about the control scheme, graphics, voice actors, and whatnot is, but it is pretty common for Telltale to include in-jokes in their games, and Sam & Max themselves have appeared in some shape or form in their past releases. I know that there were a few references in Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People.

Cool, that means they're all referenced out then? I'm just saying I dislike stuff that has to be just for the sake of has to be. I understand Guybrush as main char, Lechuck involved in some way, puzzles, pirates and possibly Caribbeans- but everything else is like: SURPRISE ME! Show me cool stuff!

[Mike Haley]

I don't want Telltale to say something outright like, "Sam & Max will appear as figurines in the Governor's Mansion on Bulky Island." That would spoil the fun. While I don't agree with most of doodo's threads, I think that this one is only intended to stir up a little bit of harmless speculation.

Note to self: Stop picking fights with Telltale forum members.

[tmsmyth4]

I might be wrong but i thought i saw a s&m reference in the Tales stage demo on Flotsam island. Looked like there was some bloke selling those unicorns from the Moon episode. if not, they certainly looked similar

[Fury]

They probably will have references like that.

I might buy sam and max seasons 1 and 2 just so I get the MI references.

[tmsmyth4]

unicorn.jpg
looking at it again, im sure thats the unicorn from bright side of the moon!

(woaah, sorry for the massive pic!)

[PariahKing]

In Curse, if you fiddle with the light controls with the stage? Max.

Don't think they're in Escape though.

[monkey_05_06]

Originally Posted by Marduk

The first Sam and Max was released after the first Monkey Island. I'm pretty sure it was after the second, too, because it looked as pixelated as the first and Sam and Max didn't look nearly as pixelated.

It's interesting to see that your logic is that "if SMI came out before S&M, then there can be no reference in SMI..." As has been presented with screenshots, there are references in the first two games, I know about the one on the stage in CMI, but don't recall if there is one in EFMI or not.

Anyway, just curious Marduk...are you aware that Sam & Max were a comic book first, then the game came out? Granted, HtR was the first S&M game that LA produced, so I can say that it's fair to conclude they wouldn't have Easter eggs for something they hadn't produced yet...but S&M did come out prior to the SMI. Just to be clear on that point.