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Sam & Max Episode 1: Culture Shock

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An excellent - if short - adventure game that does justice to two of adventure gaming's most beloved icons.

Available on: PC
Genre: Adventure
Release date: Oct 18, 2006
Published by: Telltale Games
Developed by: Telltale Games

Min system requirements: Pentium 800MHz or equivalent, 256MB RAM, 230MB HD space, 32MB video card
Recommended system: Pentium 1.5GHz or equivalent, 512MB RAM, 230MB HD space, 32MB video card

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Review

The canine shamus and his psychotic rabbit sidekick are back again, but it's just for a few hours

Oct 24, 2006

It took 13 years, a high-profile cancellation and a corporate schism that ended with the formation of developer Telltale Games, but bizarre crimefighting team Sam & Max have finally returned to computer screens. In Sam & Max Episode 1: Culture Shock, the dog-and-rabbit detective duo hit the pavement in their festering New York neighborhood, this time to shut down an incredibly chintzy world-domination plot. Like 1993's Sam & Max Hit the Road (and Telltale's earlier Bone games), Culture Shock ...

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