Sam&Max Save The World

Episode 1 - Culture Shock

Firstly because Sam & Max is an adventure game and most of the fun comes from solving the puzzles yourself I recommend that you go back to the game now and make sure you look everywhere and exhaust all dialog trees. And don’t forget to try different things, even though they may appear wrong. They will often reveal funny lines of dialog which is half the fun!

As you can do many of the puzzles in a different order, this walkthrough is structured with the puzzle listed first. Then there are some clues along with what you actually need to do.

1.    Get your phone back from the rat.
a.    Look around for the cheese.
b.    The cheese is in the closet.
c.    What does Swiss cheese look like?
d.    Use your gun on the cheese.
e.    Pick up the cheese and use it on the mouse hole.
f.    Go through all the dialog options, switching between Sam & Max.

2.    Learn more about Brady Culture (not necessary for progression).
a.    Watch the TV again after you have seen the 3 shows about the Soda Poppers.
b.    Pick up the Eye-Bo video from Bosco’s store
c.    Use it on the VCR in the office.

3.    Buy the Tear Gas Grenade Launcher from Bosco.
a.    Get $10,000.
b.    Get in the Desoto police car.
c.    Crash into the back of a car to slow down.
d.    How would you convict someone of a crime when there’s no evidence?
e.    Shoot the taillight.
f.    Use the megaphone.
g.    Select the taillight option in the dialog.

4.    Find the real Sybil.
a.    Where are those sounds coming from?
b.    Open the closet.

5.    Knock Peepers out.
a.    Find the boxing glove in your office.
b.    He’s too fast, what would make him stay there?
c.    Use your Tear Gas Grenade Launcher.
d.    Now, use the boxing glove on him.

6.    Knock Whizzer out.
a.    What would knock him out?
b.    What does Bosco’s security system do?
c.    What would make Whizzer move away from his crate?
d.    Make Max go to the bathroom.
e.    Pick up the cheese on the table and place it in Whizzer’s crate.


7.    Knock Specs out.
a.    He doesn’t want his drawings to be messed up.
b.    Find the spray can. It’s near your car.
c.    Use the spray can on a particular graffiti painting.
d.    Look out the window of your apartment. What would knock him out?
e.    Find the bowling ball in your office.
f.    Look out the window. Use the bowling ball on Specs.

8.    Catch up to Specs’ truck.
a.    Dodge the boxes to catch up.
b.    Shoot Spec’s truck.

9.    Get entry into Brady Culture’s “Home” for Former Child Stars.
a.    You need to find a way to open the gate.
b.    Pick up the admission form.
c.    Get the form signed by Sybil (see 10.).
d.    Use the form on the Form Reader under the monkey.

10.    Have proof of Artificial Personality Disorder.
a.    Who do you know that’s a licensed psychotherapist?
b.    Use the Symptoms Form on Sybil.
c.    Try each of the inkblot, free association and dream analysis tests. It may take a bit of testing (see 11-13).

11.    Inkblot
a.    It changes each time you play which dialogue options you need to select. Sybil will say fame or money.
b.    Choose the options that would resemble an obsession with fame or money depending on what Sybil said.

12.    Free Association
a.    Again, it changes each time you play which option you are going for.
b.    A violent reaction to either dentistry or hair dressing.
c.    Try and choose normal responses for words that don’t relate to the chosen topic. It’s easiest just to talk to Sybil.
d.    When a word relates to that topic, pull out your gun on Sybil.

13.    Dream Analysis
a.    Again, it changes each time you play which option you are going for.
b.    Experiment with the black figure and donut box.
c.    For ‘marrying your mother’, select Sybil as the black figure and Wedding Cake in the donut box.
d.    For ‘afraid of your peer aging’, select Max as the black figure and Birthday Cake in the donut box.

14.    Snap Sam out of his hypnotic state.
a.    How did you knock Whizzer out before?
b.    Grab the cheese. Keep the cursor on the cheese and repeatedly press A until you are close enough.

15.    Escape the dream.
a.    Maybe you need to turn the sign using another way?
b.    Stand under Max. Shoot the sign.
c.    Use Max’s head on Max’s body.
d.    How would you turn TV Brady off?
e.    Pull off the Coat Hanger.
f.    How would you turn off a light?
g.    Find the Light Switch.
h.    What would make cheese disappear?
i.    Open the closet and inflate the mouse.

16.    Build a Hypnosis Blocker
a.    Who are the only 2 people left to talk to?
b.    Talk to Bosco.
c.    Talk to Sybil. Get the plans.
d.    Give the plans to Bosco.
e.    Where was the last place you saw an antennae?
f.    In the office attached to the TV is the Coat Hanger.
g.    Give the Coat Hanger to Bosco.

17.    Stop Brady Culture.
a.    Forget about anything else in the room, you only need to interact with the Soda Poppers.
b.    First you want the dialog option ‘Worship’ to become available. One way to this is by selecting “Become”, and “Brady Culture”.
c.    Remember how you used to trick your friends by repeating the opposite of what they said, and then banter backwards and forwards until you tricked them into saying what you wanted them to say?
d.    “Worship” and “Me”.
e.    “Attack” and “Me”.
f.    You’ve defeated Brady Culture and finished the episode!

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ButtonMasher |
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That's a really good effort.

Doesn't give away too much initially, and you can look further down through each section if you need more clues and help without spoiling the next bit of the game. Nicely done!!

(Oh, and just so you know, you can't get two prizes in a month of the comp. But if you do qualify for two - say a game and a MSpoint card as a runner up - you'll get just the higher of the prizes, i.e. the game. But with the limited amount of entries so far, and with the comp ending today, you're pretty much guaranteed something for your efforts!!)

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