Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse
Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse

Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse

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(34 ratings)

Released: April 2, 2010

Developer: Telltale Games

Publisher: Telltale Games

Genres

Point-and-clickAdventureIndie

Platforms

PlayStation 3PC (Microsoft Windows)iOSMac

About

Wield psychic powers against fearsome foes in this epic 5 game comedy saga. In The Devil’s Playhouse series, a mysterious power calls to the strongest and strangest who might wield it - intergalactic warlords and eldritch gods, under-dwellers and scholars of the arcane. This first episode starts with a bang as gorilla invader Skunk'ape sets his sights on Max’s mysterious abilities. While mastering his future sight, teleportation, shape shifting and mind reading powers - and investigating their source - Sam & Max must fend off villainous Skunk’ape and get him banished to The Penal Zone. The saga plays out in a surreal symphony of mayhem that gets deeper and more twisted with each episode. * Episode 1: The Penal Zone * Episode 2: The Tomb of Sammun-Mak * Episode 3: They Stole Max's Brain! * Episode 4: Beyond the Alley of the Dolls * Episode 5: The City That Dares Not Sleep

Storyline

The game begins with a Twilight Zone-style narrator who tells to the audience that Sam & Max have come to learn of the "Toys of Power"- seemingly harmless toys that Max is able to use to perform various psychic abilities, such as teleportation and precognition. They first use the toys to stop the alien General Skun-ka'pe from destroying the city, who has come to Earth to seek out the Toys himself, and banish him back to the Penal Zone- an interdimensional prison that he escaped previously to the episode. During this mission, the Freelance Police encounter a cult of Mole Men who have been watching over a mysterious artifact called the Devil's Toybox that has been sitting in the basement of Sam and Max's office for quite some time. By watching some dusty film reels, they learn that their great-grandparents, Sameth and Maximus, were chosen by the cryptic Mr. Papierwaite to retrieve the Toybox from the Tomb of Sammun-Mak, an ancient Pharaoh. However, when they successfully recovered it, Papierwaite attempted to use Maximus' psychic powers and the Toybox to summon the Elder God, Yog-Soggoth, and bring about the end of the world. Sameth and Maximus managed to stop Mr. Papierwaite by tricking him into saying the summoning words himself and then tasked the Mole Men of the time with watching the Toybox in the basement under their office building (they were supposed to help, too, but were unintentionally killed by a protection spell).

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Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse - Episode 1: The Penal Zone

Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse - Episode 1: The Penal Zone

Episode

Wield psychic powers against fearsome foes in this epic 5 game comedy saga. In The Devil’s Playhouse series, a mysterious power calls to the strongest and strangest who might wield it - intergalactic warlords and eldritch gods, under-dwellers and scholars of the arcane. This first episode starts with a bang as gorilla invader Skunk'ape sets his sights on Max’s mysterious abilities. While mastering his future sight, teleportation, shape shifting and mind reading powers - and investigating their source - Sam & Max must fend off villainous Skunk’ape and get him banished to The Penal Zone. The saga plays out in a surreal symphony of mayhem that gets deeper and more twisted with each episode. * Episode 1: The Penal Zone * Episode 2: The Tomb of Sammun-Mak * Episode 3: They Stole Max's Brain! * Episode 4: Beyond the Alley of the Dolls * Episode 5: The City That Dares Not Sleep

Apr 2010

Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse - Episode 2: The Tomb of Sammun-Mak

Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse - Episode 2: The Tomb of Sammun-Mak

Episode

Episode 2 of an epic 5 game saga. After facing a pillaging primate from outer space in the series premiere, Sam & Max cross paths with even stranger characters in this episode -- their own great-grandparents! In Episode 2 of the series, our heroes cross paths with an even more bizarre and dangerous pair of characters—their own great-grandparents! Join these characters as they embark on their trippiest trip yet, leapfrogging across ten decades and possibly as many continents (we haven’t counted) in search of the mysterious force that’s causing all the trouble. Where did it come from? Why is it triggering Max's latent psychic powers? Why is it desired by everyone aboard the Disorient Express? And what, exactly, is the Secret of the Sphunx? * Episode 1: The Penal Zone * Episode 2: The Tomb of Sammun-Mak * Episode 3: They Stole Max's Brain! * Episode 4: Beyond the Alley of the Dolls * Episode 5: The City That Dares Not Sleep - Finale

May 2010

Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse - Episode 3: They Stole Max's Brain!

Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse - Episode 3: They Stole Max's Brain!

Episode

Episode 3 of an epic 5 game saga. In Episode 3, freelance shamus Sam gets steamin' mad, when someone snatches his little buddy's noodle, gunning for control of its inner powers. Now Sam's going all noir to get it back! Was it the giant gorilla? The two-bit rat? Or the fishy dame that runs the greasy-spoon? The caper is getting more and more twisty, and Sam's rolling up his sleeves, smackin' heads and throwin’ slugs to crack the case. * Episode 1: The Penal Zone * Episode 2: The Tomb of Sammun-Mak * Episode 3: They Stole Max's Brain! * Episode 4: Beyond the Alley of the Dolls * Episode 5: The City That Dares Not Sleep - Finale

Jun 2010

Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse - Episode 4: Beyond the Alley of the Dolls

Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse - Episode 4: Beyond the Alley of the Dolls

Episode

Episode 4 of an epic 5 game saga. In Episode 4, the indescribable forces that have been pulling the Freelance Police’s strings begin revealing themselves, in a tale that will change the way you look at Sam & Max...forever! An onslaught of oversized canine clones akin to a zombie apocalypse has our heroes running for cover in a barricaded ramshackle diner as the episode begins. And it gets even stranger from there. Who’s responsible for this march of flabby dog flesh? The creepy old sorcerer? The creepy space ape? The creepy diner owner? Or some other creep? And make sure not to miss the most enormous climax ever in our upcoming finale episode, The City That Dares Not Sleep! * Episode 1: The Penal Zone * Episode 2: The Tomb of Sammun-Mak * Episode 3: They Stole Max's Brain! * Episode 4: Beyond the Alley of the Dolls * Episode 5: The City That Dares Not Sleep - Finale

Jul 2010

Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse - Episode 5: The City That Dares Not Sleep

Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse - Episode 5: The City That Dares Not Sleep

Episode

This is the biggest Sam & Max game ever! In Episode 5, an enormous, scaly, floppy-eared monster is rampaging through the city, and Sam assembles a crack team to stop him! To end the mayhem, they must venture...inside...the beast! With an all star cast of heroes and villains – you’ll be riveted to your seat for each thrilling twist, and the truly shocking conclusion in this series finale episode! * Episode 1: The Penal Zone * Episode 2: The Tomb of Sammun-Mak * Episode 3: They Stole Max's Brain! * Episode 4: Beyond the Alley of the Dolls * Episode 5: The City That Dares Not Sleep - Finale

Aug 2010

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