The game's cancellation sent a shockwave through the adventure game fandom, prompting a flood of angry letters to LucasArts and an online petition that collected more than 30K signatures. The powers-that-be were unmoved, but people who had been working on Sam & Max: Freelance Police took notice.

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Led by Dan Connors and Kevin Bruner, members of the disbanded Sam & Max: Freelance Police team started Telltale Games to focus on story-driven games. Their plan was to make downloadable episodic games that reused characters and sets across episodes, similar to a TV sitcom.

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Sam & Max Season One debuted on GameTap’s streaming service on Oct. 17, 2006. The worldwide release followed fifteen days later. Starting tomorrow and running through Nov. 1, we’ll post a daily topic related to the original development of Sam & Max Season One — behind-the-scenes goodies galore!

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Our first daily winner is @sleepydrifted.bsky.social! Check your DMs. 😀

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We’ll also give away a game key each day, randomly pulling winners from the pool of people who share our #samandmax20th posts on Bluesky. Winner’s choice of any of our remasters, on any available platform. Plus other surprise giveaways! Watch this space, because the fun starts tomorrow…

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