The Pit

The Pit

Available on:

C64
Arcade
vic-20

Genres

Arcade

Developer

AW Electronic

Release Date

April 1, 1982 (44 years ago)

Publishers

Centuri, Hesware, Taito, Zilec Electronics

Content Rating

N/A

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Summary

The Pit is a 1982 action/strategy video game developed by AW Electronics, published by Centuri in the United States, Taito in Japan, and Zilec/Zenitone in the UK. The objective of The Pit is to descend into an underground labyrinth, retrieve a gem, and escape.

A game similar to The Pit programmed by Chris Gray inspired Peter Liepa to create Boulder Dash

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