Kotaku: Pitfall

Before There was Nathan Drake, There was Pitfall Harry

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 EDT

The third game in the Uncharted series is out this week, and will once again bring to the fore the adventures of a man in sloppy clothing climbing all over stuff while stealing priceless artefacts. More »

Yoshi Armor and Other Products of a Downloadable Content Plagued Past

Mike Fahey — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 12:20:00 EDT

Who'd pass up a chance to own a full set of Yoshi Armor in Super Mario World for a mere 200 SNES points? More »

Nothing Says 'Welcome' Like a Pitfall! Croc

Owen Good — Sun, 23 May 2010 19:00:00 EDT

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Bill collectors, petition gatherers, creepy neighbors, cheerful-looking people who want to talk to you about your relationship with God, tell them all it's safe to cross into your home when this Pitfall! croc shuts his mouth. More »

Pitfall Creator Honored With AIAS Pioneer Award

Mike Fahey — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:20:00 EST

Activision co-founder and Pitfall! creator David Crane isn't just a pioneer in the gaming industry. He's also a pioneer award winner, having been named the first recipient of the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences' Pioneer Award. More »

A Match Made In Post-Apocalyptic Heaven: PitFallout!

AJ Glasser — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:20:00 EDT

So apparently some good came out of watching a robot learn to play Pitfall: a Pitfall/Fallout mash-up. More »

Robot Learns How To Play Pitfall

Luke Plunkett — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:30:00 EDT

We. Are. Doomed. While Japanese robots divert our attention with cute faces and coffee-making, the real work is being done at places like Rutgers University, where a robot has learned how to play Pitfall. More »

Video of Live Action Pitfall!

Owen Good — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:00:00 EDT

Well, the video itself isn't that intense, but if you wanted to see what live-action Pitfall! looked like, reader Chris took three videos of the event. More »

Live Action Pitfall! in NYC Tonight

Owen Good — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:00:00 EDT

Teams of four will traverse the hazards of Atari 2600 classic Pitfall!, using a projected background and a theater stage, in the "Come Out & Play Festival 2009" tonight in Manhattan. More »

The Nintendo Download: A Bad Week For Pop-Up Pirates

Mike Fahey — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:20:00 EDT

This week's Nintendo Download features two new downloadable titles for your DSi, a Pitfall adventure on the Virtual Console, and the most unfortunately timed pirate game release ever. More »

Re/Visioned Activision 2600 Classics Finally Arrive

Mike Fahey — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:20:00 EDT

In November of 2007, Gametap promised to continue their Re/Visioned animation series, with comic book talent taking on classic Atari 2600 games. Now those shorts have finally seen the light of day, and they're brilliant. More »

How a Lightweight Console Lay the Foundations of Game Design

Owen Good — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 12:00:00 EDT

A book by two professors of media studies examines the challenges of designing games on the Atari 2600, and posits that the infamous port of Pac-Man wasn't a half-assed effort after all. More »

Lee Takes On Lara, Re\Visioned Takes On Activision

Mike Fahey — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:40:06 EST

The final episode of the first season of GameTap's Re\Visioned animation series is upon us, featuring comic book legend Jim Lee's take on Lara Croft in "A Complicated Woman." Over the past season some of the top names in comics and animation have taken turns with Lara, as voiced by Minnie Driver, producing some truly amazing animation. With the success of this first season, GameTap is also announcing season two of Re\Visioned, which will be taking on games from the golden age of Activision. Comic book greats Mark Waid, John Ostrander, and Paul Jenkins will be taking on games like Pitfall, Kaboom, and Pressure Cooker. You can catch Jim Lee's "A Complicated Woman" over at GameTap's Tomb Raider site. For a special look at a still from next season's Pitfall episode, which features Pitfall Harry on a therapy talk show, hit the jump. More »

Atari 2600 Pitfall Commercial

fdemarco — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 20:00:00 EDT

It's been a while since I've posted one of these old commercials so I figured it was high time for a little retro gaming advertising goodness. For your consideration is this Atari 2600 Pifall commercial circa 1980 something. I guess they hadn't yet found the uber talent that is Jack Black to push their game so they decided to go with a bunch of crusty old British Explorer types and a completely bonkers American guy. Not quite the same somehow... except for the completely bonkers part. Interesting to note that they actually mention the name of the game's creator at the end as a selling point More »

Retro Gaming Crochet

Mike Fahey — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:45:20 EST

My mother is a big time knitting and crochet freak, constantly trying to make me something that I would use out of yarn and sheer manual dexterity, to no avail. I could not imagine anything she could make that I would actually use, but now it becomes readily apparent that I just wasn't thinking hard enough. Or perhaps I should have let Jack Rabbit do the thinking for me. As you can see, she has some completely mad crochet skills: More »

Skatefall!

Brian Crecente — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 15:00:26 EDT

Reader John Freeborn writes to say that after two years of work his retro flashgame, a mashup of Pitfall with skateboarding, is done. Skatefall! combines the foot-pumping action of Skate or Die with the leaps and lakes of Pitfall. Personally, I suck at this game, but it's still tons of fun to play. Brian Crecente More »

70's Vomit Wallpapers Meet Video Games

brownlee — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 08:00:15 EDT

Over at smart guy visual theory blog Think in Pictures, jeremiah McNichols has mashed together two of his seemingly discordant mutual interests — atrocious 70's wall paper and retro video game screenshots — with some absolutely beautiful results. More »