Classic Game Room HD - PITFALL 2 for Atari 2600

[Dreq2014]

I got the Atari Arcade for iPad one week ago :) Atari Fan 4 life!

[EastCoastDude99]

Great Atari game. My second favorite behind Enduro.

[sisterpepperspray]

Harry's my man. There was a whole second half to this game, I only saw it on the Atari 400/800 cartridge, even when Activision re-released Pitfall! and Piftall II in collections they never put that second half in but it was NUTS. I loved it then, it's probably still tough to beat.

[VelvetKevorkian]

God I hate T-Mobile.

[HaganeSteel]

This game was awesome. I played it in '98 when I bought my used Atari 2600 from the Goodwill. I remember thinking, wow, this game has music and feels huge.

[LupusRexRgis]

I came here after watching CGR's "PITFALL: THE MAYAN ADVENTURE review for Sega Genesis".

[Mikevalentine26]

Amazing game, Atari 2600 was my first console.

[Matrix803]

The Atari 2600 only had 2 sound channels, and yet I hear 3 instruments here... Amazing.

[zenuke]

the song from this game is my phone ringtone.

[ProgressiveScan9]

He survives a massive fall but a frog kills him? lmao

[starsiegeplayer]

I never saw this game before. It's really impressive for a 2600 game.

[ragensi]

I'm wondering, can you turn the music off by toggling the difficulty switches like in Moon Patrol?

[demonchacer]

wow this game looks fun. i just have the first game and it does get boring after awhile but this has music and checkpoints and moving water its just awesome

[srvfan42]

A full soundtrack on a 2600 game?? Pretty rare...

[mandy26lez]

this, keystone kapers, and spider fighter are my favorite atari games.

[eriktbone15]

i have a pitfall tshrit

[NamesJay]

You should do a video on the second level of the game. I was never able to finish the 2nd level... back on the old Atari 800.

[datsunzcar84]

I love this game! its my fav. Atari game.

[OMFGBeholdMyAwesomez]

I'm 28 now. I'll never forget the suspense if descending deeper and deeper into the earth or the thrills of all of the countless near-misses. Pitfall 2 is absolutely is on the short list of outstanding sophomoric video game successes. Thank you for the vid!

[bigun89]

I beat this game when I was 4.... I'm 31 now, and I can't beat it.

[EastCoastDude99]

Great game for the 2600

[sonicvsmetelsonic]

A ture adventure



[mandy26lez]

my favorite atari game of all time second is spider fighter.

[AbuBishir]

Pitfall saves 'Quickclaw' a puma, and Rhonda his niece.

[rodrigocapitelli]

Pitfall was like, Uncharted for Atari =DDD

[Mxtylplk]

The goal of the game was to save his neice Rhonda, their friend Quickclaw the cowardly mountain lion, and get the diamond.

[hpl138]

Loved Pitfall 2. Much better than the 1st game (which was also fun to me). I probably played through 2 hundreds of times.

[marioplayaaaaahhhh]

@SHAWN09ify You can pass over Super Pitfall.

[2girls1freak]

this game looks like my ass

[animegamingdude]

@2girls1freak but the important thing is: is it a fun game to play? And it is.

[nosajj12345]

I still remember how I felt when I first saw the commercial advertising this game. I never owned the game, I settled for Stampede, which wasn't a bad game, but I'll always remember how I literally lusted after this game I wanted it so bad. That commercial really put the hook in me, it looked so awesome!

[alramone1]

@nosajj12345 yeah, you did miss out! i never saw the commercial but i played this game a few years after it came out and the adventure aspect of it was a lot of fun. for the atari 2600, it was years ahead of its time.

[FBproductions7]

mama oh mama sing me a song! mama oh mama bring me hooooooooooome! (yes im really high!)



[winlover37]

I prefer the commodore 64 version...

[BishopTJH]

I had this game, too. Way more adventurous than the original, and I liked how they based this game off of the CBS Saturday Morning Cartoon version, with QuickClaw and Pitfall's niece.

[thevideogamenerd100]

probably the best Atari 2600 game ever

[SilentXero]

I LOVED Pitfall 2: The Lost Caverns and one of my favorites. I also LOVED the original!!

[gillianorley]

Mark says it all. This game really was an amazing advance over everything else including Pitfall. My experience was similar. Pitfall was all right. Not really that good, but it had the benefit of being different at the time. But Pitfall 2 was amazing with its soundtrack and it "playfield" in two-dimensions rather than one. Hell, even Super Mario Bros. on the NES was basically limited to playing on a one dimensional "field" with some exceptions such as going down pipes.

[geekstreat]

That 'mountain lion' would be quick claw. Pitfall 2 was one of the best titles on the 2600 IMO.

As far as Super Pitfall goes, I think the beginning is very difficult and hard to understand. I personally liked the game, but I think the haters never got far and that has left a scar on their gaming ego.

[pardyhardly]

You have to undestand that

[ClassicArcadeGaming]

First game I got for My arcade in Game Room for Xbox 360

[TheBrainification]

Best Atari music evar!!!

[mistertitanic]

@TheBrainification Pretty much the only music.

[pmb325]

He fell FOREVER @ 1:55

[bland9876]

There is pitfall on the game boy advanced

[spacexploder]

E P I C MUSIC

[HaggisMcHaggisl337]

Great game, great review. I always enjoy your vids very much. ;)

[hardkoregamer1981]

pit fall 2 was a classic indeed but so ways jungle hunt 1 & 2

[chubbylilloser85]

God, id LOVE to go back to 1983 with my Pc and ps3 and show them a game like crysis 2 or Metro 2033. Lol i remmber when games like this came out and how ppl would say "its so life like" or "its the best graphics ever. I cant see them getting much better than this.." Lol..then again.. im sure thell be showing ppl crysis 2 and metro in 20 years time and ppl saying "...wow and ppl used to play this rubbish? LOOK its not even VR"

[Wargoat6]

He was saving his daughter. And the other character is Click-Claw. Don't know if they came first or the cartoon did.

[MYTMIC]

Wow, big leap from the original

[AndarilhoMarco]

That is a rare full white rat.

[PickleSlayer]

Oho, I get it. Those large jumps must be why he walks the way he does in Super Pitfall.

[WyreWizard]

I had this game for the Colecovision. It was very good but it took me 8 months to beat.

[weicxiable]

@WyreWizard Well this is nice!!!

[TacoBoy210]

He probably puts that gold where the sun don't shine.

[Nen783]

I bought this game on ebay and the colour is messed up, everything is blue.

[gongme]

this was the most advanced game of its time i loved it and was better than pitfall but pitfall was good for its time.

[orionpax55]

Truly amazing. Hell, I haven't seen any Intellivision games that have moving water, where's your superior graphics now, Mattel?

[GamerNinjaX]

@orionpax55 in my pants :0, had to do it

[TheXtro101]

I'm getting a flashback to my 4th grade year!I remember playing this game till 1am Saturday nights back in early-mid 1983.

[illustriouschin]

A huge, huge improvement over the first game, I wonder how many super geniuses it took to beat the console into running this game!

[IIIIdepechemodeIIII]

i play it still today lol.

[NinjaGhostScorpion]

Great game from the dawn of non-Pong home consoles.

[SBarsinister]

It was a great game back in the day. I always thought it was a coyote at the end.

[bean420man]

holy crap, Harry fell about 5000ft and survived! Pitfall Clark Kent.

[TiMMYSQUibbLES]

I wish there were some dev diaries on this game.

[MrIronSabbath]

That song always reminded me of the song"Land Ho!"by The Doors.Great game!!

[shalpp]

Oh dear god actual music on the atari what.

[JusticePain666]

Pretty damn good looking 2600 game indeed!

[DsHokage3D]

This can't be for the atari 2600 it looks so good for being an atari game!

[mongration]

omg, i spent so many hours on this game, wow, brings back so many memories!

[Chuckjagermeister]

Silver, baby. Silver is where it's @.

[segafanboy10]

Man this game kick ass

[ivanha1]

The programmers at Activision are pure genious

[SuperNESFreak]

@ivanha1 Actually, the Activision guys are Atari's original programmers who quit when they discovered they were being payed peanuts compared to the money their games were making Atari (and since they didn't get any of the credit).

[baone91]

Subscribe to baone91 to see old classics videos....better NOBLUETOWN the not so real speller ...RAEL??

[Awesom3Gamer]

@baone91 He meant that you commented "rael" so he made fun of that by commenting the not so "rael" speller.

[baone91]

@NOBLUETOWN ,so what the hell you think you need to save???

[DaveTheSodaGuy0]

the father of all platformers

[Awesom3Gamer]

@DaveTheSodaGuy0 More like the great-great grandfather of all platformers.

[DaveTheSodaGuy0]

is meant to be a compliment towards the game?

[Awesom3Gamer]

@DaveTheSodaGuy0 Yeah, it's pretty cool.

[config2000]

Happy memories. I played this game endlessly. The critical timing needed to pass the the bats and swooping vulcher's always induced nail-biting moments for me

[Ken10Ethan8]

Maybe you saved a alien?

[baone91]

subsribe at BAONE91 the rael gamer

[nobluetown]

@baone91 yeah right, BOANE91, The not-so-rael speller

[baone91]

i think its your friend on crack....lol

[baone91]

I WILL LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE FUCK YOU SAVED SINCE 1982 i think it was a monkey or maybe your dog standing in 2 legs

[MrKillzone112]

i have the mayan adventure for genesis

[YourOwnSide]

DAMN, activision has come a LONG way!!!

[EastCoastDude99]

Maybe Atari 2600s most modernized game. I loved this game.

[antdude]

I played this on Apple 2s. Man, it was so hard. :/ I still prefer the original Pitfall.

[Strudel288]

Boy, you sure made this piece of rotting dog shit look like a slice of cheesecake!

[BagoZonde]

I never saw Pitfall II before, only remember Pitfall from Atari 2600 that good looks but it was really boring. This sequel looks fantastic. And there's a pure idea of platformers. Touching.

[xhergex]

2:11 Oouch!!! -> 2:26 O.o

[kribar96]

Actitvision lol

[agenttubsproductions]

i downloaded this song on my ipod

[Tigerman1138]

@agenttubsproductions I logged onto this video, third time I've seen it, JUST for the music. I am not alone in my taste it'd seem.

[bazfanv2]

The music is better than anything ive heard on the Atari st built in sound chip.

[MasterOrHan1]

Wow, that game actually looks fun! Most Atari games are drivel to me!

[ayakoholic]

One of my finest hours as a kid was making a perfect run on this game and getting 199,000 points. Only ever did it once; I should try it again now that it's been nearly 30 years.

[Jakkinator45]

this pushed the atari to its limits FULL STOP

[0987654321a9]

Damn I wish my atari wasnt broken.

[EYErobot]

I still have my copy from when I was a kid. I played this game a lot though I never realized how revolutionary it was.

[kombatmaster12]

That looked downright amazing for the time it was released. I have the original Pitfall on a compilation disc but this looked like it was an early Mario release but far more challenging. Looked great, I knew they made a squeal but never thought of looking it up, thank you :)

[sabombardonist]

Why isn't this game as well known as it should be? *looks at release date* Oh, now that's cruel.

[travisuped]

This is my first time seeing balloons in a Pitfall game. I should totally check this one out.

[khmerbraveheart]

this guy jump down more then 70ft and still stand! WOW! ahahha..

[Ockman]

I had this game on the commodore 64, and it was way hard for me as a kid. I didn't know it was on the atari 2600 as well. The music in this version is basically the same theme in the C64 version, but what surprises me is how good the music actually sounds in the atari 2600 version, wow. I really have not ever heard an atari 2600 game with such good sounding music before.

[1989gamemaster]

Pitfall 2 The Lost Caverns is much better than Super Pitfall, thumps up if you agree.

[chpicolo]

@1989gamemaster Absolutelly better.

[Frogster7]

@1989gamemaster Dude avgn already reviewed it go watch avgn super pitfall trailer and click on a link in description to watch full episode on gametrailers

[1989gamemaster]

@Frogster7 I already watched it and played it on an emulator, it was terrible.

[Frogster7]

@1989gamemaster oh cool

[PikaChamp112]

@1989gamemaster anything is better than Super Pitfall in my eyes anyway

[KilleRotom]

@1989gamemaster

Super pitfall's power level is 0.001, but pitfall 2's power level is OVER 9000!!!!!

[1989gamemaster]

@KilleRotom What!? 9000!? There's no way that could be right! Oh wait, it is.

[iTzOvR9OOO]

@KilleRotom u called me? (read username)

[KilleRotom]

@iTzOvR9OOO no, i was talking about an internet meme (It's over NINE THOUSAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAND)

[iTzOvR9OOO]

@KilleRotom >.> i know that my username is based after it

[Frogster7]

@1989gamemaster well no shit its better that game on the nes was a pile of moldy dog shit

[1989gamemaster]

@Frogster7 Exactly.

[bazfanv2]

@1989gamemaster If i agree, do i get to thump you.

[SuperNESFreak]

@1989gamemaster No shit.

[RLmike1234]

@1989gamemaster Pong is better than super pitfall

[pmb325]

@1989gamemaster Anything is better than Super Pitfall

[karmacop911]

wow!

[TheRaccoonsDen]

lol balloon fail.

2:50 - 2:55

[hootyhaha]

Look up PITFALL CBS SATURDAY MORNING SUPERCADE.

Ahhh the 80s. When if it was a video game, it most likely had a cartoon.

[HeavyMetalKing1000]

Wow cant believe this is an Atari 2600 game!

[argancyamat]

Somebody said something about them putting a POKEY in the cartridge, and that's half-right. Pitfall II had some sort of audio-video accelerator, only ever used in this game, which added more audio channels and improved the graphics system.

[candygameengine]

Love this game. It even has camera shake when he lands after a multi-floor drop.  (How he's able to walk after that is beyond me.)

[Muffincakeswithsugar]

@candygameengine It's Harry man, he's just that badass

[ScubaSteve1974]

Save points? Background music? Scrolling screens? This is an Atari 2600 game? This is pretty damn amazing for a 2600 game.

[MacktheFilet]

I think the music really made this game. It was great for many reasons but the music really forced this into my memory. I love the music that plays when you are traveling back to the last "save spot". Probably my favorite Atari game of all of the ones I played.

[Snotra]

Yes I didn't..!

[THEsquirrel3d]

ROFL, pitfall was made long befoe super mario bros. Whoever thought of the opposite needs to stop playing videogames now and find a new hobby.

[arisechicken82]

His run animation on 2600 is better than in the sorry NES "Super Pitfall".

[Ken10Ethan8]

@brucehall89 Yep, thats one of the top 10(0) reasons why i like Tech, makin fun of people who can't uese them and be able to yell and insult with NO problems!

[stads24]

I was obsessed with Pitfall back in the day. It's funny to imagine how simple it was!

[ElectricIndica420]

man, for 4 bit, I bet this was a nightmare for the programmers, algorithm code longer than pi!! 

[NyukiTaiyo]

@ElectricIndica420 Hm, I don't think the cart was 4 bit and the system was 8-bit but from what I recall, most of the games were created by one person. Sometimes 2. I remember getting this as a kid and this cart was sorta heavy compared to normal atari carts not to mention my mom bickering at the price to the clerk at the time.

Only nightmare I could see was not getting certain things to form properly. But I think David Crane did a very good job on this game even with limitations of the Atari.

[timejiff]

ataries frostbite beats this game by a mile

[todamam66667]

@timejiff not u dumbass

[Vetal83]

Daaamn i thought i'm going to see a sequel to Sega Genesis Pitfall!

[NightSprinter]

Girl's his niece Rhonda, and the thing with shaking legs is his pet lion (think the name's Quickclaw or something).

[BeigeNinja]

@NightSprinter you are right.  It was Quickclaw.

[polaris1966]

This is a good sequel, but I still prefer the first game over this sequel. Could be because I was REALLY awful at this version over the other one...

[johnnyxsi]

I'm really surprised on how good the music is in this game. I pretty much given up on the atari 2600 when the colecovision came out, but this is impressive.

[LastEscape009]

Oops, I meant best music for a 2600 game. This was one of the last great 2600 games before nintendo took over as the dominant gaming console.

[LastEscape009]

Best muss

[hoques1432]

I just got this game, and oh my god is it cool! It even got a proper PAL conversion without speed loss! (Quoting the guy from "How to beat Home Video Games:) What more could a gamer want?^^

[CoolDudeClem]

I'm rubbish at this game lol. Most of the time I can't even get past that bird in the third screen in.

[davidbowe]

this was THE game for the 2600. spent a whole summer playing this.

[Gabumon54321]

Wow, that's really advanced!

[kodai666]

Just so you know, the game was made while the cartoon was running. The girl that Pitfall Harry saves in the game is his niece Rhonda. The "monkey" Rhondas pet mountain lion named Quickclaw. In the cartoon he was always rather useless and scared of everything. Thats why his legs are shaking like that in the game. Jeeze the things I remember, lol.

[kika1909]

i played pitfall II when i was very young. now i want to hear the great music again :)

[ButtaLove4u2008]

Pitfall 1 and II are my fav games for Atari. Thanks for the video

[Imgema]

This is pretty advanced for Atari 2600. Many games from activision had much better graphics and their gameplay had more variety that most of 2600 games. Also, a soundtrack? I can't think of more than a couple of 2600 games that had a soundtrack!

[Mogwa2006]

This was a very frustrating game. Any mistakes, and you were sure to make lots of them, sent you back to the last checkpoint for yet another attempt to clear the level. I hated those ducks and frogs.

[galathonredd]

@4:35 it's his dog.

[XRvd15X]

Lol activision put the same arcade sounds in tony hawks underground 2. I believe you could also watch gameplay

[pzackery]

if my ancient memory serves me correct, you can glitch this game and get right to the end by partially inserting the cartridge. this may take a few attempts, but i vividly remember warping right to the 'monkey' by doing this.

[AY3EIGHTYNINE10]

I grew up with the Apple II version of this game. While it didn't have the music, just a ding when you got gold, it was amazing Activision managed to squeeze that out of the Apple II, which was a slower machine, with even less sophisticated graphics hardware. I realize I'm comparing it to a 2600, but still, the TIA chip was lightyears beyond the capabilities of the Apple II's graphics hardware.

[stow123]

i had no worries back then :Or

[bean420man]

At about 2:00-2:14, that must have been one of the longest falls in video game history...and he LIVED! Also, I never knew there was a pitfall 2, other than the crappy NES game and half-good SNES pitfall.

[Crazychad1978]

I had it on the Atari 5200..... it is still one of the best games of all time.

[Doom2Guy]

I can't believe this is on the 2600, goddamn!

[Muffincakeswithsugar]

@Doom2Guy at the time, activision had some of the most talented people in the industry. They truly realised the possibilities of the 2600 - the system was NEVER made to produce anything this advanced and yet The guys at activision did it and pushed more and more out of the system

[nibelung34343]

how can you norget the OH SHIT !! i died music