For detailed information about this series, see: Pitfall on Wikipedia
Screenshot from the original Pitfall!
Pitfall is a platform-adventure video game series by Activision.
Video games[]
Original games[]
- Pitfall! (August 20th, 1982) for Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, and Intellivision
- Pitfall II: Lost Caverns (February 10th, 1984) for Atari 2600, Apple II, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, MSX, and ZX Spectrum. The Atari 5200 and Atari 8-bit versions were called Adventurer's Edition in the title screen, since they feature an extra level.
- Super Pitfall (September 5th, 1986) for NES and NEC PC-8801
- Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure (November 1994) for SNES, Sega Genesis, Sega CD, Sega 32X, Atari Jaguar, PC, Game Boy Advance, and Wii Virtual Console. It includes the original Pitfall! (Atari 2600 version) as an unlockable minigame
- Pitfall 3D: Beyond the Jungle (February 28th, 1998) for PlayStation
- Pitfall: The Lost Expedition (February 18th, 2004) for GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, PC, and Wii. The Wii version was titled Pitfall: The Big Adventure.
- Pitfall! (August 9th, 2012) for iOS
- Pitfall! Krave (March 12th, 2014) for iOS and Android. Also known as Pitfall! Choco Krave, it might be considered an update to the iOS game Pitfall! rather than a different game.
Remakes[]
- Pitfall II: Lost Caverns (1985) for Arcade and SG-1000. A blend of Pitfall! and Pitfall II, made by Sega.
- Pitfall: Beyond the Jungle (December 1998) for Game Boy Color. Based on the PlayStation game. Called Pitfall GB in Japan.
- Pitfall: The Lost Expedition (February 18th, 2004) for Game Boy Advance
TV[]
An animated TV series based on the original game was featured in 1983 in the Saturday Supercade cartoon lineup. It only lasted 7 episodes, from September 17 to December 3.
Links to Other Series[]
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Donkey Kong | September 17, 1983 | Donkey Kong characters meet Pitfall! characters between episodes of their shows in the Saturday Supercade. |
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Frogger | September 17, 1983 | The Pitfall! TV show was aired with the Frogger TV show in the Saturday Supercade. |
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Q*bert | October 01, 1983 | The Pitfall! TV show rotated weekly with the Q*bert TV show in the Saturday Supercade. |
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Homestar Runner | May 04, 2000 | The Homestar Runner episode In Search of the Yello Dello features a reference to Pitfall! | 3 |
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True Crime | May 14, 2004 | A skin of Pitfall Harry from Pitfall: The Lost Expedition can be unlocked in the PC version of True Crime: Streets of L.A. | 2 |
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Marvel: Ultimate Alliance | October 24, 2006 | In Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, at the level Murderworld, the player's character enters in a arcade machine which turns out to be Pitfall!. |
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I Wanna Be The Guy | October 5, 2007 | Pitfall Harry appears in I Wanna Be The Guy. | 2 |
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Ready Player One | August 16, 2011 | Pitfall is mentioned several times in Ready Player One. | 2 |
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Call of Duty | November 13, 2012 | Pitfall II is playable in Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Infinite Warfare and WWII. |
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Kellogg's Choco Krave | March 12, 2014 | The promotional game Pitfall! Krave is a direct crossover between the two series. | 1 |
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Crash Bandicoot | August 2, 2019 | A car sticker from Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled is based on Pitfall. | 2 |
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Fallout | November 10, 2015 | Fallout 4 features a fictional game called "Pipfall", partially based on Pitfall. | 2.5 |
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Dora the Explorer | August 9, 2019 | Pitfall is mentioned in Dora and the Lost City of Gold. | 2 |
