Fans of the series might be able to enjoy Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure on a nostalgic level if they can grit their teeth through its serious flaws. Many game players seem to fear that the Game Boy ...

Liam loves Android, design, user experience, and travel. He doesn't love ill-proportioned letter forms, advertisements made entirely of stock photography, and writing biographical snippets. Bringing ...

If you buy something using links in our stories, we may earn a commission. Learn more. I could swear that it's been more than 30 years since I first played Pitfall! on the Atari 2600, but a quick peak ...

Activision celebrates Pitfall's 30th anniversary with a new iOS adventure for Pitfall Harry. Don't expect the same side-scrolling, campfire-jumping treasure hunt, however, as Pitfall! has been updated ...

Remember the 1982 Activision classic Pitfall! from the Atari 2600? It’s probably been a while since you played it, but that’s about to change. The jungle-crawler has been revamped and relaunched on ...

Is it really any wonder why so many horror flicks take place in a desolate and practically abandoned forest? It's the perfect setting for horror, given how it's a grounded and believable way to cut ...

Mario gets credit for popularizing the platformer, but his anti-turtle rampage didn’t invent the genre. The history of platformers stretches all the way back to the early ‘80s with games like Donkey ...

If you're old enough to recognize the word 'Atari' as something more than a brand printed on trendy T-shirts then you almost certainly also remember Activision's classic Pitfall adventure. The title, ...

When Pitfall was released back in the mid '90s on the Super Nintendo and Mega Drive (that's the Genesis for our American readers), it was considered a triumph of classic gameplay over new-fangled ...

When Pitfall first came out back in 1982, it was revolutionary, with graphics and game play that were cutting-edge for the time. In many ways, it was as much a progenitor of the modern exploration ...