Sam & Max Save the World on XBLA Wednesday

  • By philonious_matt, GameSpot
  • Posted Jun 12, 2009 4:54 pm PT

The level-headed dog and the "hyperkinetic rabbit-thingy" are jumping to a new console on Wednesday when the first season of their vigilante rabble-rousing will be packaged onto the Xbox Live Arcade with the revised title Sam & Max Save the World.Telltale Games announced yesterday that the...

The level-headed dog and the "hyperkinetic rabbit-thingy" are jumping to a new console on Wednesday when the first season of their vigilante rabble-rousing will be packaged onto the Xbox Live Arcade with the revised title Sam & Max Save the World.

Telltale Games announced yesterday that the downloadable game would retrofit the original first season, which was originally released from late 2006 to mid 2007 for the PC. Sam & Max Save the World will feature achievements, high-definition and widescreen graphic support, and updates to the game controls. The six-episode package will cost 1,600 Microsoft points ($20).

The developer also stated that the second season would be compiled and re-named Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space, and would be placed onto the arcade "in the coming months".

In Sam & Max Save the World, the two vigilante private investigators attempt to uncover a hypnotism conspiracy. The anthropomorphic duo encounters puzzles and objects throughout the game as they unfold the mysteries surrounding the conspiracy.

For an idea of what to expect from the XBLA release, check out GameSpot's review of the Wii edition of Sam & Max Episode 1.GameSpot currently offers a PC demo of the first season.

38 Comments

  • Aaron_Knuts1

    Posted Jun 16, 2009 8:51 am PT

    is there a free trial? Anyone know. (Twitter: flyboy989)

  • pwnzord

    Posted Jun 15, 2009 6:18 pm PT

    @Junglemanchild

    Oh man that's just not enough they could have added so many more little Sam and Max tidbits. It's a shame that Microsoft's policy on arcade games is so stringent but those are the breaks I suppose. Thanks again for the info, I wasn't able to find it anywhere else.

  • JunglemanchiId

    Posted Jun 15, 2009 4:55 pm PT

    @pwnzord

    6 episodes should have 1000 GP, see no reason why its only 200 except its an arcade download. Its 6 achievements (completing each episode) and another 6 (1 for each episode) .

  • pwnzord

    Posted Jun 15, 2009 1:45 pm PT

    @Junglemanchild

    Thanks for answering a question I had on Telltale games blog. I was hoping too that it would get a full 1k treatment seeing as how the price point is grand as well as the scope of the episodes.

    I enjoyed the few episodes I played on the PC but $20 is a hard sale...

  • JunglemanchiId

    Posted Jun 15, 2009 1:10 pm PT

    i will buy as soon as its posted, had a look at the achievements as well, wish there was more than 200 points over 6 episodes though

  • Darmage

    Posted Jun 15, 2009 11:55 am PT

    @snoogans.
    what about 'The six-episode package will cost 1,600 Microsoft points ($20).' dont you get?

  • Sarkakit

    Posted Jun 15, 2009 5:13 am PT

    Good stuff. Sam & Max Save the World was great.

  • shawn7324

    Posted Jun 14, 2009 6:36 pm PT

    I love Sam & Max since back in the day, will buy this day 1. I prefer all my adventure games on PC, but will buy same versions on Xbox & replay them.

  • dragonslayer22

    Posted Jun 14, 2009 4:04 pm PT

    definitely trying the demo before I plop down 20 smackers on an adventure game. Wallace and Gromit was only 10 a few weeks ago. I understand this is longer, but you can't return a disappointing download.

  • pspitus

    Posted Jun 14, 2009 3:58 pm PT

    Awesome, can't wait for this game. For some reason, I can't find any of the Sam and Max games for the Wii....weird.

  • SteveTwo

    Posted Jun 14, 2009 2:23 pm PT

    I remember reading Sam & Max cartoons in the original LucasArts newspaper. I miss that little paper!

  • Col-Neil

    Posted Jun 14, 2009 12:16 pm PT

    "hyperkinetic rabbit-thingy" hehe gotta love sam & max

  • paperwarior17

    Posted Jun 14, 2009 12:17 am PT

    PC is always preferable for adventure games, and it bemuses me to no end that a number of adventure games (Dreamfall; W&G) have controls designed for consoles.

  • Unr3al39

    Posted Jun 14, 2009 12:13 am PT

    @BlackSamvara:

    We meet again, fellow Opeth/Hotel Dusk AND Sam & Max fan. You just get more appealing every time I run into you.

  • BlackSamvara

    Posted Jun 13, 2009 4:34 pm PT

    Right on, I got started on this on Gametap, but ultimately never even got to finish the first episode...

    It's a definite buy for me. I love Graphic Adventure games and this was pretty cool when I messed with it on PC. Twenty dollars is pretty expensive, but I'm still going to do it. Now I just need to get Wallace and Gromit to complete my "TellTale Games" collection!

  • SSBFan12

    Posted Jun 13, 2009 1:16 pm PT

    I am going to pass on this game.

  • touchdownbundy

    Posted Jun 13, 2009 11:30 am PT

    $20 is too expensive
    you get Battlefield 1943 for $15 or sam & max for WII for only $14 and pc for under $10

  • Superdude475

    Posted Jun 13, 2009 9:48 am PT

    I always wanted to play Sam & Max, I'm gonna pick this up.

  • umutthejedi

    Posted Jun 13, 2009 9:40 am PT

    any speculations about the third season?

  • Hedfix

    Posted Jun 13, 2009 5:34 am PT

    Should have made them episodic like on the PC. We should have the choice to buy them individually piece by piece even if it costs us more in the long run. This goes against how they were sold on the PC. 400pts an episode would be ok as we could stop buying them if we didn't like them anymore. Not to mention you'd get more achievements for the expense.

    Perhaps in the future they'll break it up and sell it to us piece by piece. I prefer that model - the one they originally used on the PC.

  • snoogans460

    Posted Jun 13, 2009 4:02 am PT

    So, is this First Season going to run $20 bucks on Wednesday, or is it gonna' be 1600 Points ($20 dollars) for all Six Episodes together?

    I'm confused?

  • UbdU

    Posted Jun 13, 2009 3:56 am PT

    Great, I'm in for this!

  • Warlord_Irochi

    Posted Jun 13, 2009 3:22 am PT

    The good new of the days ^_^

  • ASG_

    Posted Jun 13, 2009 2:16 am PT

    So, not for PS3?
    Damn it, Microsoft.

  • mafju

    Posted Jun 13, 2009 2:02 am PT

    I've just ordered it for my PC, for only 8 bucks

  • PlasmaBeam44

    Posted Jun 13, 2009 1:49 am PT

    @volcomstoner180

    They're about 3 to 4 hours a piece. $20 is a great deal for the first Season. They're fantastic.

  • volcomstoner180

    Posted Jun 12, 2009 11:43 pm PT

    sounds like a good deal...but how long are the episodes?

  • delusional696

    Posted Jun 12, 2009 8:37 pm PT

    Review link is broken

  • daabulls23

    Posted Jun 12, 2009 8:36 pm PT

    $20 is a good price for 6, hilarious episodes.

  • TheArcade

    Posted Jun 12, 2009 7:40 pm PT

    @king_chapeton15:

    I did notice that, lol.

    EDIT: They changed it now but it wasn't like that before.

  • TwistedCowboy

    Posted Jun 12, 2009 7:15 pm PT

    I have Sam and Max on PC and Wii already, so I'm looking forward to Rocket Riot instead.

  • SirSpoon84

    Posted Jun 12, 2009 6:51 pm PT

    dam, i need to save my moneys for MvsCapcom2 and TMNT

  • Grim_Reaper007

    Posted Jun 12, 2009 6:35 pm PT

    Very cool. I got my fingers crossed for a PSN release.

  • konradak

    Posted Jun 12, 2009 6:15 pm PT

    saweeet.

  • jazzyrider

    Posted Jun 12, 2009 5:57 pm PT

    Nice...would like to see this on PSN since I loaned out my 360 to my nephews.

  • DarkNeoBahamut

    Posted Jun 12, 2009 5:51 pm PT

    @king_chapeton15: well, we're all humans

  • king_chapeton15

    Posted Jun 12, 2009 5:38 pm PT

    anyone notice xbla is mispelled in the title

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