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Pitfall!

Pitfall! is a 1982 platform video game developed by David Crane and published by Activision for the Atari 2600. The player controls Pitfall Harry, who has a time limit of 20 minutes to seek treasure in a jungle. The game world is populated by enemies and hazards that variously cause the player to lose lives or points. Pitfall! was ported to the Atari…

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Genre
Platform
Publisher
Activision
Designer
David Crane
Developer
Activision
Mode
Single-player
Platforms
Atari 2600, Intellivision, Atari 5200, ColecoVision, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, MSX

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Legacy

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Pitfall!

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Pitfall!

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related to Release · 35
Pitfall! → Activision, Activision Anthology, Activision Classics, Activision Hits Remixed, Activision-published, Atari, Beamrider, Black Ops Cold War, Call, ColecoVision, Commodore, December, Duty, February, In January, Infinite Warfare, Intellivision, It, Jack Black, Japan
related to Reception · 29
Pitfall! → Arcade Express, Arkie Awards, Atari, Best Adventure Video Game, Blip, Computers, Donkey Kong, Electronic Fun, Electronic Games, Games, How, Ignácio Machado, In, In JoyStik, Intellivision, Intellivision's, It's, Micro, Phil Wiswell, Pitfall
related to Development · 26
Pitfall! → Activision, After, Atari, Atari Video Computer System, Canyon Bomber, Crane, David Crane, Dragster, Early, Fishing Derby, For, Freeway, Grand Prix, Inc, Laser Blast, Lost Ark, Outlaw, Pitfall, Pitfall Harry, Raiders
related to Legacy · 24
Pitfall! → According, Activision, Adventure, All Time, Atari VCS, Beam, Bogost, CBS, Crane, Despite, GameSpot, Greatest Games, Jeff Gerstmann, Montfort, Pac-Man, Pitfall, Pitfall Harry, Racing, Saturday Supercade, Super Mario Bros
related to Follow-ups · 22
Pitfall! → Activision's UK-based, Atari, Atari Jaguar, August, Beyond, Game Boy Color, It, Jungle, Lost Caverns, Nintendo Entertainment System, Pitfall, Pitfall II, PlayStation, Sega, Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Pitfall, Temple Run, The Blast Furnace, The Lost Expedition
related to Retrospective reviews · 16
Pitfall! → A-rating, Action Graphics, AllGame, Atari, Brett Alan Weiss, ColecoVision, Computer, Computer Games, Greatest Console Video Games, Intellivision, Later, Pitfall, Scott Alan Marriott, The, Video Games, Weiss
Release · 12
Pitfall! → 2600, Atari 8-bit, 5200, C64, ColecoVision, February 1984, Intellivision, June 1984, March 1984, MSX, November 1982, September 1982, September 1984
related to Gameplay · 11
Pitfall! → Adventure, Beam, Harry, Ian Bogost, Nick Montfort, Pitfall, Pitfall Harry, Racing, Similar, Superman, The
related to External links · 7
Pitfall! → Assembly, AtariAgePitfall, Game Developers Conference, GameSpotPitfall Source Code, MobyGamesPitfall, Pitfall, Postmortem
Designer · 1
Pitfall! → David Crane

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pitfall game games atari crane activision time 2600 video 1982 player harry one adventure released gameplay 1984 release jungle various

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Pitfall!DesignerDavid Crane1.00infobox
Pitfall!DeveloperActivision1.00infobox
Pitfall!GenrePlatform1.00infobox
Pitfall!ModeSingle-player1.00infobox
Pitfall!PlatformsAtari 2600, Intellivision, Atari 5200, ColecoVision, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, MSX1.00infobox
Pitfall!PublisherActivision1.00infobox
Pitfall!Release26001.00infobox
Pitfall!ReleaseSeptember 19821.00infobox
Pitfall!ReleaseIntellivision1.00infobox
Pitfall!ReleaseNovember 19821.00infobox
Pitfall!ReleaseColecoVision1.00infobox
Pitfall!ReleaseFebruary 19841.00infobox
Pitfall!ReleaseAtari 8-bit, 52001.00infobox
Pitfall!ReleaseMarch 19841.00infobox
Pitfall!ReleaseC641.00infobox
Pitfall!ReleaseJune 19841.00infobox
Pitfall!ReleaseMSX1.00infobox
Pitfall!ReleaseSeptember 19841.00infobox
Pitfall!SeriesPitfall1.00infobox
Pitfall!is a1982 platform video game developed by David Crane and published by Activision for the Atari 26000.90text

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