Wow, I just realized the sound it makes when you swing on the vine is supposed to be the Tarzan scream. Better late then never I guess.

@lancereactinggamingaswellw8777

4 жыл бұрын

Wait was it supposed to be Tarzan scream because this game was made in the 70s or 80s because there was no Tarzan there

@Ghost_Of_SAS

4 жыл бұрын

@@lancereactinggamingaswellw8777 There have been Tarzan movies since 1918

@sperrin

3 жыл бұрын

@@lancereactinggamingaswellw8777 There was no Tarzan in the 70s and 80s... seriously?

@fernandopenalva2680

3 жыл бұрын

@@sperrin Tarzan in 70's I don't know, but the first Tarzan after this game was in 1984.

@sperrin

3 жыл бұрын

@@fernandopenalva2680 But there was plenty of Tarzan movies and even TV shows before from 1918 onwards.

Seeing this game after 38 years almost brings a tear to my eye.

@billsimms2511

3 жыл бұрын

It sure does. I remember sitting around with friends playing this game, Mega mania and River Raid. Great times

@orionsbasementandbeyond8447

3 жыл бұрын

@@billsimms2511 You bet they were.

@nunyabidness4946

3 жыл бұрын

Seing the world ready for the antichrist brings a tear to my eye.

@orionsbasementandbeyond8447

3 жыл бұрын

@@nunyabidness4946 We all have our worries in life.

@devkremer9147

2 жыл бұрын

I’m 19 but we used to have it when I was little and I loved this game! Can’t say I was any good at it but I still had a blast lol

Believe it or not, each screen was stored entirely in ONE byte: Each bit would determine whether, for example, a screen had a static pit or a open/close pit or if it had logs or 2 trees or 3, etc. Then he used a polynomial counter that could be reversed so that it would reliably spit out the next number or the previous one for moving right one screen or left one screen, etc. Using this process allowed David Crane to store over 200 screens in only 4k of ROM, including all the code, graphics and sound. Very impressive!

@miku-san2809

2 жыл бұрын

4kb lmao that's like1/15 of average NES game

@sinisterlollypop

2 жыл бұрын

It's amazing how much they squeezed out of every bit.

@JustWasted3HoursHere

2 жыл бұрын

@@sinisterlollypop Yep. having severe limitations definitely forces programmers to bring their best game to the table to make anything happen. The 2600 was notoriously difficult to program yet some of the games that were made for it went WAY beyond what even the original hardware designers thought was possible. Did you know, for example, that the 2600 only had 128 bytes of RAM? Yes, that's right: *BYTES!* Amazing that they could do anything at all with it.

@nicks6649

2 жыл бұрын

That's about the size of an icon in windows.

@JustWasted3HoursHere

2 жыл бұрын

@@nicks6649 Hard to believe they could do anything with that, but they managed to figure out ways to push it to the limits.

40 years ago yesterday I found this under my Christmas tree. I loved this game back in 82’. Brings back a lot of memories of playing this all day after school

@-Cybin

11 ай бұрын

I had to play this in the 90s while all the other kids were playing their SNES and SEGA 😂

When I was a kid it seemed like every screen was reasonably different, enabling a sense of exploration. Looking back at it as a slightly jaded adult, I see it's pretty much the same screen with some things changed each time :). Still a classic game!

This was my first video game as a kid. Brings back good memories.

@zildapeixoto5421

5 жыл бұрын

Pendure fotos e Quadros pela casa, quanto mais, melhor. Confie em mim.

@engineered.mechanized

4 жыл бұрын

how old are you now?

@JimmyC0

4 жыл бұрын

me too but after I saw this I think this was actually a peace of crap

@fucheduck

4 жыл бұрын

inspired by indianna Jones.

@OwenMessenger

4 жыл бұрын

Mine was Grand Prix

I was in 8th grade when it came out and I loved it, bringing home a new Atari game in the early 80's when you read comics, built Lincoln Logs and played pong all through the 1970's was very exciting

@TheDood71

3 жыл бұрын

Then you must be between 47and 50 or so. I'm 48 and remember my best Christmas with this one.

@danielm3192

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheDood71 I’m almost 49. I had this game and many others. We grew up with the best movies and music Dood!

9/10 "too many trees"-IGN

@nicolashrv

7 жыл бұрын

5.9/10 "it was too long"

@holynarwhale8729

6 жыл бұрын

No it's Activision, they would give ign money and ign would give it a 10/10.

@Jdsteele96

6 жыл бұрын

+Holy Narwhale87 Totally different Activision my man. Activision used to be awesome back in the day. Note I did say "used to be"

@melaniel.4269

4 жыл бұрын

People still do that pathetic IGN shit? Isn't that kinda 2010?

@jblasutavario9549

3 жыл бұрын

2020 and still entertained. Keep these IGN mock posts going. See you in 2030

It's hard to think now, but this game was a technical marvel when it was released. David Crane (programmer) actually had to develop technology to create an animated running man. Then there was the multi-screen and large (for the time map, that was believed to be impossible with those graphics on the 2600. Even the swigging ropes took some very clever programming to get around the 2600's limitations.

As a kid, I loved this game. The electronic sounds are so satisfying too 😂

17:09 if anyone is wanting to hear the sound it makes when you died.

@vittosphonecollection4134

4 жыл бұрын

Donkey Kong

@Perti-

3 жыл бұрын

I was browsing Call of Duty Warzone car horns and came across "Pitfall" on that list and ended up here. So thanks! That sound was exactly what i was looking for. :D

I wish I could make that sound when I jump :(

@chrisspades6183

7 жыл бұрын

nitramletnan Same

@robertturner2000

7 жыл бұрын

It's the yell of Tarzan :)

@KrimsonKro

6 жыл бұрын

I wish I could make that sound when I'm dropping a load.

@luansilva2243

5 жыл бұрын

You can at least fart... That makes a noise...

@Freebird1765

5 жыл бұрын

It is very pleasing

I had this game for the Intellivision. Totally forgot it was an Atari game, too!

This was one of my first games ever played as a kid. I never remembered the name until I searched up, “old jungle game” because that’s all I could remember from my memory 😭 good to see and hear it

600 years ago today I remembered this game. Such memories of things and stuff that reminded me of it 1200 years ago!

@THOUSTFOOLS

7 ай бұрын

wtf

When you realize that super mario bros, who came only 4 years after pitfall, had some really major improvements in the graphics

I love that this full playthrough of Pitfall exists. Instant memories. Thank you!

I'm pretty sure that this game never ends. I can remember I would stop playing the game a lot because I got bored, but I was really good at it

@sperrin

3 жыл бұрын

There was an end, of sort. You were supposed to find all the treasures, I think there were 32 . When you got all the treasure, the game would end and you git a high score.

@TheDood71

3 жыл бұрын

They had a contest where you send in your picture next to the completed game screen with something like over 90000 points. I did it...never got a response from the friggin Activision. Still waiting...arseholes. Anyway, there was surly an end and I memorized the game to do it.

@josephbrinley5201

Жыл бұрын

@@TheDood71 I drew out every screen on a piece of paper with which tunnels to go down to be able to beat the game! That is why this guy didn't beat the time, he never went down.

@g.e.763

7 ай бұрын

the game has an end. The objective is for you to collect 32 treasures in 20 minutes. However, to get them all, you don't just go to the right, but you need to go down the stairs and take the path to the left as well.

Thank yon for posting this. Brings back some old memories.

WOW I remember playing this game. This game was so addictive!

This is my favorite video game ever. I haven't played it in at least 30 years. I almost cried watching this.

Such comforting sounds!

This is how video games was began . I born at 1982 and I am still playing video games !

ADOREI o gaeplay de Atari, muito criativo e um eterno clássico!

Man, I don't think this game ends 😅 It felt like a loop of some sort. I could be wrong of course, but I never could finish it. It was eye candy back in the day. You really felt each screen was a whole new level 😄

@josephbrinley5201

Жыл бұрын

I don't remember how many screens there were, but it was a loop, you could go either direction. I drew out every screen on a piece of paper with which tunnels to go down to be able to beat the game! That is why this guy didn't beat the time, he never went down.

@g.e.763

7 ай бұрын

the game has an end. The objective is for you to collect 32 treasures in 20 minutes. However, to get them all, you don't just go to the right, but you need to go down the stairs and take the path to the left as well.

@brettthebassist

4 ай бұрын

@@g.e.763oh that’s right. I totally forgot 🤷🏻‍♂️

The best memories I have of the early 80s are playing this and other Atari games with my father before the divorce. Thanks for sharing. I still play it on occassion.

I spent most of my playtime with this game just moving through the stationary logs and laughing hysterically because I thought he was farting. ...hey, I was 7.

As the Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard in 18 January 2022 (the prediction was beginning in 2012), Pitfall! is considered Xbox Game Studios' newest IP alongside with other AB franchises (including Sierra and Vivendi Universal (formerly Universal Interactive) such as King's Quest, Police Quest, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro). Pitfall! was a best-selling Atari 2600 game it sold over 4 million units (does not mention with other platforms like C64) and its challenged.

Pitfall 2 was the first game I ever finished. What an achievement at the time.

Controls Joystick: Right Red Button: Jump Game: Pitfall Year: 1982 Console: Atari 2600 (VCS In 1977 Until 1982)

@Wflash00

3 жыл бұрын

Hotel: Trivago

I loved playing this game. Makes me very sad, I have memories playing with my family on the big floor TV. Before cell phones, we had bikes and Atari and we played football in the yard after school. I want to go back

Why does he make that Tarzan yell on the rope when he's swinging? lol

@robochao1

9 жыл бұрын

Christian Frazier see this is awesome i heard the noise and automatically assumed it was the Tarzan yell. That means they did an amazing job and that IMAGINATION IS POWER

@MannyMMA

8 жыл бұрын

+robochao1 same here

@ForestCityKitty

3 жыл бұрын

Because he is the king of the jungle

@somecitrus7561

2 жыл бұрын

You wouldnt?

Pitfall was the first thing I ever saved up a significant amount of money to buy. I was 7 or 8 years old, and saved up $20 in small bills and coins that I kept in a zip lock sandwich bag. My Mom took me to a store called U.S. Merchandise (which I remember as being some sort of catalogue store), where I was hit with the sad news that the price had gone up. Mom felt bad and covered the rest. Thanks Mom! I loved the game, and got good enough at it that I was able to become a member of Pitfall Harry's Explorers Club. To get into the club, you had to reach a certain score in the game, take a photo of the screen showing the score, and mail it in to Activision. Then, 6 to 8 weeks later, a member patch arrived in the mail. Man I wish I still had that thing!

@leroyjenkins4123

11 ай бұрын

Yes! Fellow patch owner here as a well.

Nine years old playing this at a friend's house... This makes me feel so young again.

I used to play this game on mute and listen to Men at Work down under album. It just went with the game really good. Still better than half the broken ass games they make today lol.

@yankees29

2 жыл бұрын

I had the Men at work album too. I think I was 6 or 7.

Brings back many wonderful memories playing this

What a game! So many good memories. Quality.

Omg! Brings back so many memories! Thanks

Sensacional! Lembranças do primeiro jogo em meu primeiro video game!

adorava jogar na minha infância com meus primos ....nostalgia e saudade.. pqp.

I had no idea this game had an end lmao.. good old days

"Not enough CoD..." -IGN, 2K15

I was just eight when I got my first Atari console and this game. Nostalgia, nostalgia

You got my heart racing every time you dashed through the end of the screen without jumping for you could have stumbled right into a couple of tumbleweeds

Reminds me of Zelda Ocarina of Time where you spend hours searching and collecting all 100 Skulltullas and get a puny 200 rupees for it. :/

The best selling game of 1982. Crazy to think looking at it now.

Oh my God! This was the first video game I played when I was 4 years old!!!!! Seeing this reminds me so many good memories...

I loved this game. I played it like 2 times aprox, because it was my uncle's. We nephews and nieces used to sit and watch him play in the afternoon and sometimes he'd let us play. I learned the name today 20.09.23 because I was reading about Activision and Xbox news It was great

This was one of my FAVORITE GAMES!

The sounds of my youth.

Loved that game. Damn, I feel old.

I was so stupid. I'd play this over and over until the time ran out thinking that there was more to it!!

@Vojingamer

8 жыл бұрын

xD

@nitorishogiplayer3465

7 жыл бұрын

nicolekelly Well you're supposed to collect all 32 treasures and if you do within the time limit, the game would stop you.

@Vojingamer

7 жыл бұрын

Nitori ShogiPlayer Yeah, but what did this guy/women thought? This is a game from 1970s

@nicolekelly7580906

7 жыл бұрын

Oh. Okay. I enjoyed it. 33 years ago, but it didn't seem to have a point like Frogger PAC Man & the other games did. Just hearing the sounds brings me back to my youth.

@Vojingamer

7 жыл бұрын

nicolekelly Nice! I thought you were playing this like recently and you like said that there is more to it, not when you were just a kid :D

Sdds! Lembro quando chegou com Atari em 1985 para eu e meu irmão..veio pitffal..nossa !! Sdds..hoje com 51 anos .sdds!!

That gloating extra hop on the crocs head at 1:26

That rendition of Tarzan has been in my heart since I was 2 LMAO! A legendary game!

this was my favorite game.

Saudações do Brasil,eu joguei esse jogo quando tinha 8 anos de idade em 1988,que saudades daquela época

I played this game so much, that I saw this game in my sleep, while daydreaming and in the woods close to where we lived!!!

0:45 Fun fact: It's the tarzan scream

@tk-5509

5 жыл бұрын

No shit.

@Escanimations

3 жыл бұрын

I know

So many memories of Saturday nights in 1982 playing this all night with friends!!

I never had an Atari 2600 but playing it at friends' houses was so much fun. Pitfall, Pac-Man, Combat, Q-bert, and other games, awesome.

Good to see this finished :) Never got near to this.

Voltando a falar de Atary, SeaQuest era demais. Jogava muito com meu irmão, a disputa era seria

I use to love this game brings back so many memories wow!

Wie ich das Spiel geliebt habe.thanks for playing this Video.👍👍

This brings back memories!!!

@TheDood71

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, one of the best times in my life.

Remember me and my brother playing this in the 2000s, lol. We were addicted to pitfall. Q*Bert was also my favorite.

I just realized the beep when he gets on the rope is suppose to be a tarzan scream lmao

Wow this brings back a lot of memories!

I still remember I think one of the ads, where I guy sounds like he's falling down a hole with some echo as he yells "Piiiiitttfaaaallll"

34 years today!

The OG Hours and Hours spent playing Pitfall......

Oh man! Look at that... It s magic x3 Bring me back to my childhood.

Pit fall is by far my favorite games for the Atari 2600

my dad started talking about this last night [I was born 2006] all these old games when he was a kid. then I downloaded pacman

@boobtuber06

4 жыл бұрын

what do u think about the games- u like them???

@PolishGod1234

4 жыл бұрын

@@boobtuber06 they are primitive for today's standards, but actually they are pretty fun to play and they're kinda... Charming

There is a way to achieve a perfect score in this game under 20 minutes using the "warp zones" when you go down the tunnels and go left and right to reach a certain treasure piece. There's supposed to be a limited number of treasures, but I forget the number of them, plus the score to get the perfect score, without tripping on logs or falling in pits. If you can find it and put it up, it'll be epic! ;)

This was my favored Atari game. It still is.

i used to play this game and other atari 2600 games a lot when i was a kid

im 51 and i still have this game . io play it a few times a year

That sound that plays when you swing on the vine is the thing I know best from this game. The sound from this is so loud too. Old video game sounds were LOUD O_O

All-time classic. Jumping on the crocs was the best.

one of the best games of all time

It amazes me that only games like Frog had a ''the end'' kind of satisfying conclusion for battling.

This game was so ahead of its time.

Good old Harry got his start in Pitfall, a classic Atari game.

I'm doing a project at school and I chose video games and i looked up the best game for status 2600 and this came up Jesus times have changed

@xxwolfy85xx25

3 жыл бұрын

Yea it really has bro

One of my favorites in the 80's!

my favorite atari game was adventure....the invisible level!

I remember summer mornings playing this on my cousins Colecovision!

26 seconds, it might have been on my Intellivision but I remember being able to stand in juuussst the right spot on the gators head and stay there when the mouth was open ! Very tricky to pull off !

Memories one of the first console games I ever played this and river raid

Everyone always goes the wrong way. You should run right to left. that way the logs will be rolling with you not against you. Doing this, I got all of the treasure in one run with 2 minutes to spare.

great memories,,, where does time go ?

It's cool seeing the old Activision logo. It's weird seeing this, then going on to play Guitar Hero.

All Treasures (and death): 0:52 Gold Bar 3:22 Gold Bar 4:55 Diamond Ring 5:08 Silver Bar 5:31 Silver Bar 5:46 Diamond Ring 6:00 Money Bag 6:38 Money Bag 7:50 Silver Bar 8:08 Diamond Ring 8:37 Diamond Ring 8:52 Gold Bar 9:15 Money Bag 10:25 Money Bag 12:30 Silver Bar 12:50 Silver Bar 13:52 Silver Bar 14:24 Gold Bar 14:34 Silver Bar 15:17 Gold Bar 15:46 Money Bag 16:43 Diamond Ring 17:08 DEATH!!! 17:36 Silver Bar 18:33 Gold Bar 18:42 Money Bag

El mejor juego de atari en mi opinion

And then, Temple Run was born.

Back in 2017 I played this game all the time. My dad has a original Atari 2600, so I got the cartridge stuck it in the system and boom I played this game all the time!

@THOUSTFOOLS

5 ай бұрын

why would you get it stuck

@youforget1000thingsaday

4 ай бұрын

​@@THOUSTFOOLSdude the system is old af. it's very easy to get a cartridge stuck. nothing a little prying with flathead can't fix though.

It's older than mine! I could imagine it's revolutionize at the time though.

Is it possible to die of nostalgia? 🥹

@Dr18Registered

Жыл бұрын

I think so 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣