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.
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...?
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.
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 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.
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.
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
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
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'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:)
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.
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)
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!
Nevermind! I realised I had to do something to get them working. On with the game!
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".
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....
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
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i just copied the entire cd into a folder as scummvm doesn't always agree with cd copies
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...?
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
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.
for CMI were you running it through the latest version of scummvm
Nice find patters, cheers. I'll take a look at their terms of service and stuff (never ordered from them).
Yep, I updated to the latest version just before I installed CMI.
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.
if not try the other way
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
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...
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
i haven't played any MI other than the original on my uncles old pc
I could run Sam & Max just fine in SCUMMVM.
On Vista?
Yes.
Alrighty, thanks. I'll order it as soon as I can.
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.
I haven't tried yet, but I will get round to it and report back.
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!
Nevermind! I realised I had to do something to get them working.
Also, to be technical, it's "Sam & Max Hit the Road", not "Sam & Max: Hit the Road".
I don't really hear any difference to my old PC version....
Home Premium.
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.
Then a version with better sound does exist! What version do you have? Is it the one with the dvd case?
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