Activision Classics - Pitfall

Another big one...What Atari 2600 owner didn't have this game? Not many, if at all. I would think when I was young that it was the adventures of Jungle Boy against the evil forces of Jungle Girl to conquer the jungle and collect treasure along the way ("College football?" is what I would yell when he collects tresure since the fanfare since it sounded like the baseball "Charge!" theme, but I wasn't aware that it wasn't really a theme for football). I'm not really sure if this game is supposed to be spelled with the exclaimation or not; It's the same deal with Hero being abbreviated, but I suppose since many sources list them as "Pitfall!" and "H.E.R.O" these may be more accurate...

In Pitfall, you must guide Pitfall ("Jungle Boy") Harry through the jungle as he traverses through many dangers while trying to collect the treasures. There's a time limit, so you can only go through the jungle for 20 minutes at most. To think that you could see the end...

I got log-drilled quite a bit. I also had a couple of walk-ins, which I tend to do a lot, actually. Jumping on the snake was also something I haven't done for quite sometime...

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[OceanBlueKirby]

So the game ends after collecting all the treasures? I've known that going underground is a good way to avoid some of the rolling logs and other obstacles since I played the game when I was little (but I sometimes ended up going too far where I would hit a brick wall or lose a life from touching the scropion).

[Geffersan]

@OceanBlueKirby

I think each tunnel screen is worth 2 screens above ground so you need to use a combination to collect all the treasures.

Seems to work as i completed this game for the 1st time this week. (25 years after i first played it)

Better late than never :)

[OceanBlueKirby]

Hmm, I guess I should have figured since it's possible to start backwards. I can figure that it ends once a single loop of all the stages have been gone through.

[Geffersan]

@OceanBlueKirby

Wrong, do a search for pitfall perfect score.

The game can be completed within the 20 minute limit.

[Vdogg2496]

I swear this game is really easy though

[bagnumberthree]

Anyone notice the sound quality of the games is worse on the disc than the original cartridges?

[ken0176]

lol 2:55 is the donkey kong song :D

P.S. well part of it at least :D

[OceanBlueKirby]

The PlayStation 2 had more realism to its graphics, but games seemed to be less enjoyable (I suspect that it is from a less emphasis on gameplay and the different, darker tone the games took overall). The Wii seems to have returned some of the pleasure of playing games again, and it's a good system with the motion control, graphical, and online capabilities it has. I'm sure you've seen plenty of changes yourself!

[OceanBlueKirby]

You're welcome. They've also changed considerably from the end of the 16-bit (consisting of the Super Nintendo, TurboGrafx-16, and Sega Genesis primarily) to the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Wii generation (basically the time span that I've been playing video games). From my perspective on home consoles, whilst the Sega Genesis games were sometimes scary but pretty interesting, the original Sony PlayStation was mind-blowing with its realistic-looking 3-D graphics and some rememberable titles.

[TheCornCobbers]

@OceanBlueKirby Thank you...Videos games have came a long way from back in my days...GOODTIMES!