Pitfall Harry travels through the jungle and caverns to find all kinds of treasures including gold bars, silver bars, money bags and diamond rings. Pitfall Harry must avoid or jump over dangers such as logs, snakes, scorpions, fires, etc. He must also swing on vines to get across mud bogs, tar pits, crocodile-infested ponds, etc. As for some crocodile-infested ponds which have no vines at all, Pitfall Harry must carefully jump on their heads but not their mouths with careful timing to get across. He can also climb up and down ladders and jump over open holes. He can also even swim across underground streams while avoiding electric eels. Pitfall Harry must also sometimes avoid falling rocks and other plummeting projectiles. The caverns have different floors connected by ladders and are like a maze. Points are scored by collecting treasures.
Platformgravityhigh scorebatssave pointnever-endingdynamic soundtrackarcheologymale protagonistArcade
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Plot-driven, earnest, grave and cool.
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the game
- Platforms
- Arcade
- Developer
- Activision
- Publisher
- Sega
- Released
- December 31, 1985
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Side view
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Pitfall II: The Lost Caverns 198485% alikeBoth plot-driven, earnest, grave.
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Rolling Thunder 198683% alikeBoth plot-driven, earnest, grave.
Street Fighter Alpha 3 199883% alikeBoth plot-driven, earnest, grave.
Knightmare 198682% alikeBoth plot-driven, earnest, grave.
Frankie Drake Mysteries 201761% alikeSeries · Both earnest, classical in form, unpretentious.
Adam-12 196860% alikeSeries · Both earnest, grave, classical in form.
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