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Pitfall

(3.8)

1982

Pitfall! is a platform video game designed by David Crane for the Atari 2600 and released by Activision in 1982. The player controls Pitfall Harry and is tasked with collecting all the treasures in a jungle within 20 minutes. The world consists of 255 screens which are horizontally connected in a flip screen manner. Each screen has one or more hazards: quicksand, tarpits, rolling logs, crocodiles, snakes, scorpions, campfires, and swinging vines.

Darth Smeagol

C3CS Champion (2)

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Pitfall

Pitfall is not the worst Atari game by any means, but it's nowhere near the best either. The biggest problem is that it's just so dang difficult! I took the left path and holes kept opening up and killing me. I took the right path and at least I made it through a few screens going that way.
I had the NES version of this game as a kid and it's likewise as confusing and difficult.
But props for being unique and not just another in a long line of shooters.

Uxorcist

I'm Here For You

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Pitfall

Tough! A game that shows its era for sure.

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Brian McGuinness

A little TOO Raph

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Pitfall

If my dwindling memory serves me correct...this is the first game I ever played, or at least remember playing. The "swinging from the vine" sound is permanently burned into my brain, and that's a good thing. It's fun. Besides Spider-Man, this was my most played Atari 2600 game as a kid. Never beat it. Nobody did. Ever.

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BitzDad

Old School

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Pitfall

This was such a great game and set the stage for all the great games to come

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BadIntel

Tabletop Gang

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Pitfall

Fun sidescrolling adventure game. Gotta love the 8-bit Tarzan yell when swinging on the ropes. The shrinking/growing holes were a pain in the butt, but the alligators were the bane of my existence. If you didn't position perfectly on their heads while jumping across, you'd get munched once they opened their mouths.

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