Rediscovered Atari 2600 Pitfall

[RetroJames]

I forgot how addictive that game was.  Very fun.

[Hoagie_one]

one of the greatest game that i never conquered

[RetroJames]

The disembodied alligator heads really are quite unsettling as well.

[Hooch]

This is the first game I remember beating.  I was probably 9 (1982-83) and still remember jumping over that last voodoo guy with the poison spear.  I ran downstairs and told my older brother who was playing pool.  One of my proudest moments  

[Hoagie_one]

This is the first game I remember beating.  I was probably 9 (1982-83) and still remember jumping over that last voodoo guy with the poison spear.  I ran downstairs and told my older brother who was playing pool.  One of my proudest moments  

wrong game, your thinking of Jungle hunt

[Hooch]

Nice catch, it was Jungle Hunt I was thinking of.  

[bdsjake]

after getting my cab set up, I played Pitfall II for hours, didn't get it finished though.   I still hear that musical tone ....!

[crashwg]

Wow, I never realized pitfall actually had an ending!

I used to play that game all the time from like when I was 5-8, it just seemed to be a never ending loop.

[Hoagie_one]

if you get all the treasures, the game ends

[Hoagie_one]

Everything you wanted to know about Pitfall, including walkthrough

just click FAQ

[tep0583]

after getting my cab set up, I played Pitfall II for hours, didn't get it finished though.   I still hear that musical tone ....!

That was the first game I remember beating. The tune never goes away, I can remember it clearly.

[pitfaller]

Pitfall 2, unbelievable game...

I remember as a kid walking into some record/video store in a mall (whatever those would have been in the early 80's - Goody's? - man, who knows) and there was a *wall* of these carts set up for xmas buyers (it was November).  Hard to beleive they are considered somewhat rare today.

Custom chip for the music - so much better than anything else on the 2600 its not hard to understand why lots of folks still remember it (along with the music for Super Mario Bros. and I imagine a lot of other games...).  That custom chip caused lots of problems for emulator programmers in the mid to late 90's - they got it pretty good now...

Pitfall 2, Pitfall, River Raid, Tunnel Runner, just about anything on the Starpath Supercharger (Dragon Stomper esp.) - yeah...nice...

[allroy1975]

Every few months I STILL will pull out the old Pitfall II rom and play it to completion.  Best game for the 2600 as far as I'm concerned.

That song...DAMN THAT SONG!!!!
I have it set as the ring tone for my phone.  This guy I work with (sit right next to actually) loved the game and the song as much as I did/do.  We'll start whistling it constantly.  I'm sure everyone in the office knows the song now...not because they heard it in the game, but because we're constantly whistling it.  One of us will start it and the other will do the backup whistling.  Man I love that job.  

The song lives in my head.  ALWAYS.

Allroy

[Generic Eric]

I had the pitfall cart and the Jungle hunt cart...I liked jungle hunt more, maybe because I found it harder....

What would you say?  Which was easier?  Which was more fun?

[Magnet_Eye]

PITFALL 2 drove me nuts! I haven't really got that far on it. Maybe I will try again with an emu that has save states!  

[allroy1975]

save states?  c'mon!  the game will set you back maybe 2 minutes if you die at the most!  It's really not that hard.  At least with a keyboard..it seems easier on the keyboard than it did with the Atari Joystick.  

Allroy

[Chris]

I've gotta get a 2600 emulator running on the cab again.  How come none of the good 2600 emulators have configurable controls?  

--Chris

[missioncontrol]

Pitfall rocks....I've been playing alot of it here lately...not doing half as good as I used to...I blame my keyboard