I had the Atari 5200 version, and it was great IMO. There was two endings, one was just like the 2600 version where you save Quickclaw to finish the game, but there was another way (can't remember what triggers it) where you do something else that creates a whole second game, with a different ending. Kind of like Castlevania SOTN. It blew my mind at the time.
Pitfall: The lost expedition/big adventure is one of my favorite games. I made a series on youtube just for that, and it was popular. I think (not sure) that I was the first one to complete a playthrough of pitfall the big adventure... Other people started it, but never finished it.
Pitfall: The Big Adventure is widescreen and can be played with the classic controller so it is ultimately is the best version. They should have advertised that it could be played with the classic controller though. I had it for years before knowing this.
Hadn't even heard of the Sega arcade port before! I had to immediately pause the video and try the game out. I ended up playing a good half-hour and having a blast with it! After Namco, Sega is my fav arcade game company so naturally I got pretty worked up upon hearing about a game I hadn't played before, so cheers for that! The video was excellent overall too.
I'm not actually that big of a fan of The Mayan Adventure...mainly because it just felt like Aladdin meets Prince of Persia as opposed to Pitfall. It's a good enough game, but I wish it wouldn't have been a Pitfall game. I like the sheer simplicity of the original (although I don't like the mobile runners genre...so I doubt I'd like the simplicity of the phone game you showed). I had only recently learned about the original sequel and find it to be a true masterpiece...easily deserving of being considered the best Pitfall game...and in my opinion, the best game on the 2600 period.
Seriously, they could have just used the original box art from the previous versions. Apparently, they didn't want to pay the original artist, so they hired someone to make some kiddie crap on the cheap. And what's worse, NOTHING about the artwork is appealing, it makes the game look like just another piece of Wii shovelware.
Alex Santa Maria When i was young, i always played the lost exposition on my cousins PS2, Then i got it for christmas on the wii and i remember saying "THAT ISNT PITFALL" Because the boxart was horrible.
I was young enough to have gotten the SNES updated Pitfall as a birthday present, but old enough to know it was a remake. I ended up finding the Easter egg of the original game and ended up playing the Atari game on my SNES refiner then play the new version.
On a similar note: Lode Runner was another game I got on console in that era.... Both games were good, but the updated version of Lode Runner was better than Pitfall's updated version
interesting video. I'm surprised it wasn't mentioned that the 16-bit Pitfall! Mayan Adventure game has the original Atari 2600 version of Pitfall! hidden within. It's also very cool how they elude to it in the game.
the dpc chip has since been used in the homebrew community. stella's stocking (2006) mainly used it as a sound chip using an enhanced sound engine by supercat that supported 4 channels of amiga-quality sound, as did sty frosty 2, a sequel to one of the games in stella's stocking.
Nice history lesson on the classic title that is PITFALL mate thanks. I didn't realise there were quite so many versions. Nice to see and thanks for putting in the time and work to share them with us dude ;)
Each port of PitFall: The Mayan Adventure has it's strengths and weaknesses: - Mega Drive/Genesis: High resolution graphics (320x224) But lower colours (61 colours) and no CD Soundtrack - SNES: Distorted graphics (due to low resolution of 256x224) But with high colour (256 colours) but no CD Soundtrack - Mega CD/Sega CD: same as Mega Drive/Genesis but with amazing CD soundtrack But the definitive version is the Windows 95/98 version that has ALL of the Strengths of the other ports: CD Sountrack, 320x240 resolution, 256 colours, AND save states :) this version of The Mayan Adventure is not only the best in the series but is one of the best platformers I've ever played.
You might enjoy Spelunky. Plenty of scorpions, tiki traps, and golden statues to loot. La-Mulana is also worth a look, if you want to add Zelda-style puzzles into the mix. Spelunky th-cam.com/video/TCswu85rJYY/w-d-xo.html La-Mulana th-cam.com/video/okWHGsKpUYE/w-d-xo.html
Great video Daniel, thoroughly enjoyed the jumping and swinging down nostalgia lane again! Oh, don't be afraid of catacombs...the best adventures and treasure are always found there!! ;)
Food for thought: the Atari 2600, Commodore 64, and NES all used the MOS Technologies 6502 CPU. The 2600 didn't have much in graphical support like the other two and you'd spend like 75% of CPU's time drawing directly to the TIA-- hence the simpler graphics. Also the version of the 6502 used on the 2600 had the upper address lines cut to save money limiting the address space to 8k because ROMs were expensive and the cartridge had no write line because RAM prices were astronomical, so you had to deal with 128 bytes built into the TIA. Later designers like Crane got around this with clever bank switching in cartridge. Crane's chip actually did limited coprocessing (as I understand it) which made things like the 3 part harmony possible on Pitfall II.
I have played many of these starting with the original for the Atari 2600. I loved them and still play. Pitfall is still a good franchise and is well worth checking into by anyone who loves gaming.
Another handheld game that turned out to be surprising great was the Medal of Honor GBA game. It's a damn fine top down shooter. It's the first game that popped into my head when you talked about the GBA Pitfall game and how much you liked it.
Great video, although I will be pedantic and say that Super Pitfall wasn't developed by Activision, but rather a Japanese company! Also, you can play Pitfall The Big Adventure on the Wii with a GameCube controller and not have to use the motion controls. Provided you don't have one of the later models of Wii that lacks the GameCube ports, at least
Mayan adventure was one of the first win95 games I had. I played it on my college laptop with a parallel port cdrom drive. I remember it having issues where it would lock up while seeking the music track.
Nice one, as always)) I was so surprised to find the variety that Pitfall 2 had to offer! And the first one is fun, especially when you play it FROM the Mayan Adventure!)) I also like the minigames inside of the mines and the over-the-top powerups like time stop at the waterfall and hot pepper for high jumps.. And you're right, the style is so very Genesis'y, especially all the jungle and rainforest stages)) They definitely benefit from having that "grittiness" to tgem, reminds me of Jurassic Park in that sense.. I remember playing the Genesis version along with mobile Java ports of xbox/ps2 games when they came out and those were quite good as well!! they had to split them into three settings (Jungle, Caves and Glacier) and they all had some neat gameplay differences and fine level design! Weren't as difficult as say Tomb Raider mobile games, but fun nonetheless)) I find myself coming back to those from time to time..)
Very good work. I used that mentioned AtariAge Pitfall map to get the perfect score on 2600 Pitfall, just last year for the 1st time. I'm also a fan of 5200 Pitfall II (biggest version - use an alt controller though), and Sega CD Mayan Adventure with its extra levels and great soundtrack. Thanks!
i love pitfall! i actually played the first one through a secret level in the sega version and i was always wondering about the lore. like... did the evil mayan god make harry jr.'s dad into the blocky man or what. well now i know.
Excellent overview of this great series Daniel! Though, I'm a bit disappointed that you didn't quickly make note of the differing computer releases. I had such fun with Pitfall II on the C64! That's just my own nostalgia crying out though, as the video flow really well as it is now :). Hah, Pitfall 3D, back in the day when I heard Bruce Campbell was doing the voice, that was enough reason for me to get it. I was not disappointed, had quite a blast with it! Should check that out some time again, it's been forever since I popped that in.
+HalfBlindGamer yeah i looked into all those different ports, i remember hearing a story how david sat at the end of the table and had a different guy either side of him making a port each of lost caverns for different systems. 1 guy used the original code and the other guy made it from scratch hence the huge difference. I did wanna go into heavy detail about the extra bits added but sadly it got the chop as the lost caverns section was already getting quite hefty in length lol Either way... You get all the points for knowing it in the 1st place :D
I loved Pitfall the Mayan adventure, my friend had it and I think it spent half the time he owned it lent to me. Great video too, really enjoyed it. I have the PS1 game that I bought purely based on Bruce Campbell, not played too much into it but it was fun for what I did.
Awesome, and nice timing! I was just playing Pitfall the other day to refresh myself for a video. I was lucky enough to have Pitfall on the Atari, and when Genesis was the bees knees, I had a friend that had Pitfall for Genesis. Good times.
I didn't realized Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure had Pitfall Harry senior resembling his Atari 2600 design! Really shows how even back in the early 90s, games still had their share of nostalgia. I remember playing The Lost Expedition on the PS2, and dying a lot on the games many traps and crocodiles! Also, for some reason when I play The Mayan Adventure on a SNES emulator, I can't beat the first boss, yet I can beat him just fine on the Mega Drive VC port on Wii.
Just goes to show how a franchise can still live on even when it runs its course without it becoming oversaturated, people might like to bash PS1 for these 2d 3d hybrid titles based on 8-16 bit franchises but there actually decent games, almost reminds of Apocoloypse starring Bruce Willis (lot of good memories playing that one), the GBA once again showing how much of a underrated true successor to the SNES and has so many overlooked hidden gems (a unintended but nevertheless cheap plug for the series of videos from @MetalJesusRocks channel which I'd recommend), you're quality in production, audio, video and just evolution of your channel is wonderful to watch, great work as always Daniel, looking forward to all future Disney videos especially given how unfortunately Disney have taken a step back in game development at this time but have released some of their 16 bit games on Steam, wish it was on consoles especially given custom borders. 👍🏻
Daniel -- I'd really love to see a complete history of Bomberman and I'd absolutely volunteer my services to help out with the video. I'm the world's biggest Bomberfan!!! Keep up the great work!!
Excellent video. I hope people start noticing your channel and you get a lot more subscribers, you deserve it. I found it through the video you made for larry bundy jr (The fucked up inspiration behind ecco the dolphin).
I watched this because I played the gamecube version and had seen the original Atari but then seeing mayan adventure I realized I played that too as a kid at a cousins house on their PC! I have been trying to remember what that game was for quite some time thank you !
I almost cry when I heard the sound of the Tarzan scream when swinging in the vine...just needed a KitKat to make me feel again like an 8yo boy....Thanks Daniel for so much nostalgia. I have still my 2600s and my old cartridges.And my Coleco.And my Sega. (Jeez! I am such a geek...)
I'm a little surprised you didn't at least touch on the Atari 5200 version of Pitfall II. That was the version I played the most, and it had an entire 2nd adventure after you find all the objects in the first one. Instead of the niece, the mouse thing, the kangaroo or whatever that thing was, you had to search for a rope, a flute, a basket, and a guy to play the flute.
Normally when you finally collect that animal directly below where you start the game, it's over and you've finished the game. But in the Atari 5200, a blue door appears and Pitfall Harry runs through it, and it's an entirely new and different set of caverns to explore.
I still remember buying the original Pitfall! with my birthday money at Toys R Us with my aunt. heh I actually bought this one based purely on the box art and the advice of my aunt, since she thought it looked good. It was new, at the time, and I hadn't ever heard of it yet. Boy, do I have to still thank her, since it ended up being one of my favorite games for the system. :-) I later played Pitfall II, which blew me away, but that was on the Commodore 64. Such good games. The original is quite hard, though, since it requires so much memorization as to when you should go underground. Going underground was necessary to beating the game in under 20 minutes, since each underground screen equaled three above ground screens. Knowing when to go underground was key.
Song playing around 7:20? I know it's a Nintendo song, but I just can't place it. It's driving me crazy because I know the whole melody by heart but can't remember the song title or game! Please help.
Dan you forgot the Pitfall mini game in Marvel Ultimate Alliance where a member of your team gets sucked into an arcade machine & you have to play a short Pitfall stage to save Jean Grey.
Super Pitfall on the NES included a reference to Pitfall 2, however when you go down the ladder you end up falling on a pit of spikes and dying at the start of the game. AVGN said it best, may as well be a floor of lava with Sharks coming up to eat you and Volcanoes and Lazer Beems firing at all ends of the screen just to kill you.
11:03 i think that was the one where you can play the Original pitfall as a found easter egg in the game for abit untill you died or fell i think in it.
Great vid Daniel. I must admit i stopped checking for Pitfall after The Mayan Adventure on the megadrive but i quite like the look of the ps1 game. Can't go wrong with Bruce Campbell. It just occurred to me that the Uncharted series has that Pitfall influence, especially the first game. Maybe that would have been the direction David Crane would have gone with had his kickstarter campaign been successful.
Excellent video! I got Pitfall Myan Adventure on Jaguar to keep it on Atari, and I ALMOST got my Pitfall 3D signed by Bruce Campbell but the Comicon messed up the lines.. But I did get Cary Elwes to sign Bard's Tale
DPC is not about adding 2k extra ROM. cart address space of 2600 is 4k. this is the rom size of most games for the system. earliest games were 2k, so obviously they looked worse. 8k(or more) roms required an “extra chip” for bankswitching and was present in quite a few later games from Atari, Activision and other companies. DPC is a device that allows more complex graphics to be drawn and more complex music, but the added capabilities turned out to be somewhat underwhelming, so it wasn’t released as a 32x-like pass-through device and was only used in a single game.
Don't get me wrong, I love Sega's arcade port of Pitfall 2, but the definitive version was the Atari 5200 one. The graphics are enhanced but not completely overhauled like in Sega's, and there's an entirely unique and awesome second quest that's exclusive to the 5200 version! It's arguably the best game ever released for the system. I recommend if you ever revisit Pitfall 2, make the effort to play the 5200 version.
oh wow, that sega cd game is beautiful. i used to love pitfall 3d and it's still pretty fun to go back to today. plus you can unlock the original game in it which is always good.
I'm surprised you didn't mention the brief nod to Pitfall in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance. In the Murderworld area, there's a few minigames based on retro video games, one of them being the original Pitfall.
Funny little sidenote, and I'm sorry is I'm repeating something that was already mentioned but didn't seem to be, but I'm the first marvel ultimate alliance on the arcade level there was a challenge one had to complete that I think you had to free two characters that were being held prisoner by arcade, Blade I seem to remember and someone else. But the challenge? Complete the first three or four screens of the classic version of pitfall. You get thru the screens and complete the challenge. Really cool.
10:58 XD gotta love how his dad is still in 8-bit (if that's what Atari2600s graphics were called, looks like less) pretty funny and clever especially since his dad looked like a regular sized guy from his shadow in this clip 9:24
Tbh, I always ran right to left in Pitfall! Also surprising no mention of the different ports of Pitfall II where the Atari 5200/Atari 400 computer port had an entirely new cavern to play once you beat the main game.
You could go left in the original 2600 version, and you can actually play it in Mayan adventures. For example, on the Megadrive, 32X and CD press down, then A 26 times on the title screen. For the SNES press A 6 times the hold select and press start. For the PC you head off into a secret area (this also works on the Megadrive version). I preferred Keystone Kapers on the 2600 to Pitfall. Pitfall was excellent though, no doubts about that.
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Wow Pitfall Harry in Mayan Adventure is actually an Atari sprite. That's really funny lol.
It's canon lmao
The lost expedition is one of my favorite games ever. The backtracking was cool :D
Yep, it's like a Metroidvania. And the world felt pretty big and united
I had the Atari 5200 version, and it was great IMO. There was two endings, one was just like the 2600 version where you save Quickclaw to finish the game, but there was another way (can't remember what triggers it) where you do something else that creates a whole second game, with a different ending. Kind of like Castlevania SOTN. It blew my mind at the time.
11:00 Omg I love how they have kept Harry as an 8bit sprite, when I thought they would have surely updated his model to match his son xD that's funny!
Pitfall: The lost expedition/big adventure is one of my favorite games. I made a series on youtube just for that, and it was popular. I think (not sure) that I was the first one to complete a playthrough of pitfall the big adventure... Other people started it, but never finished it.
+SimplebutAwesome such a hidden gem
SimplebutAwesome same. its my childhood game. well that, and Sims
Pitfall: The Big Adventure is widescreen and can be played with the classic controller so it is ultimately is the best version. They should have advertised that it could be played with the classic controller though. I had it for years before knowing this.
In the mayan adventure theres actually a playable full version of pitfall 1 hidden in one of the levels
Pretty sure it's hidden in a bunch of levels if not all of them
Never knew Jack Black had a role in the Commercial for Pitfall nor did I know that Bruce Campbell had a role in the PS1 Pitfall game...
It’s sad and ironic that JUMANJI turned into Discount Pitfall, which is so unfair when the iOS Pitfall game disappeared.
Hadn't even heard of the Sega arcade port before! I had to immediately pause the video and try the game out. I ended up playing a good half-hour and having a blast with it! After Namco, Sega is my fav arcade game company so naturally I got pretty worked up upon hearing about a game I hadn't played before, so cheers for that! The video was excellent overall too.
+Horzuhammer ahhhh dude thats proper made my day :) so glad u enjoyed it
I'm not actually that big of a fan of The Mayan Adventure...mainly because it just felt like Aladdin meets Prince of Persia as opposed to Pitfall. It's a good enough game, but I wish it wouldn't have been a Pitfall game. I like the sheer simplicity of the original (although I don't like the mobile runners genre...so I doubt I'd like the simplicity of the phone game you showed). I had only recently learned about the original sequel and find it to be a true masterpiece...easily deserving of being considered the best Pitfall game...and in my opinion, the best game on the 2600 period.
The box art on the Wii Pitfall game is the stuff of nightmares. A knockoff Mii head with an elongated body, who thought that was a good idea?
Seriously, they could have just used the original box art from the previous versions. Apparently, they didn't want to pay the original artist, so they hired someone to make some kiddie crap on the cheap. And what's worse, NOTHING about the artwork is appealing, it makes the game look like just another piece of Wii shovelware.
Pfff, its not scary XD
Alex Santa Maria
When i was young, i always played the lost exposition on my cousins PS2, Then i got it for christmas on the wii and i remember saying "THAT ISNT PITFALL" Because the boxart was horrible.
Excellent work Daniel!
Woah, you here?
ha yep, im friends with Daniel, he is a very nice chap.
+Oliver Harper no i'm not!
Daniel Ibbertson That Mayan Adventures game reminded me of the playstation Hercules game.
Bruno Franco its a fantastic game, very similar to jungle book (the david perry game)
I was young enough to have gotten the SNES updated Pitfall as a birthday present, but old enough to know it was a remake. I ended up finding the Easter egg of the original game and ended up playing the Atari game on my SNES refiner then play the new version.
On a similar note: Lode Runner was another game I got on console in that era.... Both games were good, but the updated version of Lode Runner was better than Pitfall's updated version
interesting video. I'm surprised it wasn't mentioned that the 16-bit Pitfall! Mayan Adventure game has the original Atari 2600 version of Pitfall! hidden within. It's also very cool how they elude to it in the game.
the dpc chip has since been used in the homebrew community. stella's stocking (2006) mainly used it as a sound chip using an enhanced sound engine by supercat that supported 4 channels of amiga-quality sound, as did sty frosty 2, a sequel to one of the games in stella's stocking.
Nice history lesson on the classic title that is PITFALL mate thanks. I didn't realise there were quite so many versions. Nice to see and thanks for putting in the time and work to share them with us dude ;)
Each port of PitFall: The Mayan Adventure has it's strengths and weaknesses:
- Mega Drive/Genesis: High resolution graphics (320x224) But lower colours (61 colours) and no CD Soundtrack
- SNES: Distorted graphics (due to low resolution of 256x224) But with high colour (256 colours) but no CD Soundtrack
- Mega CD/Sega CD: same as Mega Drive/Genesis but with amazing CD soundtrack
But the definitive version is the Windows 95/98 version that has ALL of the Strengths of the other ports: CD Sountrack, 320x240 resolution, 256 colours, AND save states :)
this version of The Mayan Adventure is not only the best in the series but is one of the best platformers I've ever played.
save his 4 bit dad
i had Pitfall for the C64 but i didnt know about all these other versions (apart from the NES Super Pitfall but that was because of AVGN's review)
+Simon Hartstone if James did it, everyone knows it hahaha
+Simon Hartstone if James did it, everyone knows it hahaha
Daniel Ibbertson
very true
Cool documentary Slopes! Pitfall is a truly legendary game franchise, I enjoy playing any game in it, and you covered them all quite nicely.
Glad you liked it mate. Thanks for commenting
@@slopesgameroom you're welcome! Good content should be appreciated.
I love your channel. You inspire me to do a better work in my channel. Great videos Slopes!!
Love reading this... Thanks buddy
You might enjoy Spelunky. Plenty of scorpions, tiki traps, and golden statues to loot. La-Mulana is also worth a look, if you want to add Zelda-style puzzles into the mix.
Spelunky
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La-Mulana
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Great video Daniel, thoroughly enjoyed the jumping and swinging down nostalgia lane again! Oh, don't be afraid of catacombs...the best adventures and treasure are always found there!! ;)
Food for thought: the Atari 2600, Commodore 64, and NES all used the MOS Technologies 6502 CPU. The 2600 didn't have much in graphical support like the other two and you'd spend like 75% of CPU's time drawing directly to the TIA-- hence the simpler graphics. Also the version of the 6502 used on the 2600 had the upper address lines cut to save money limiting the address space to 8k because ROMs were expensive and the cartridge had no write line because RAM prices were astronomical, so you had to deal with 128 bytes built into the TIA. Later designers like Crane got around this with clever bank switching in cartridge. Crane's chip actually did limited coprocessing (as I understand it) which made things like the 3 part harmony possible on Pitfall II.
11:15 HOOOOLY CRANE IT'S BRUCE CAMPBELL
Is his dad really shown in Atari graphics in the 16 bit game? That's so fun!
I have played many of these starting with the original for the Atari 2600. I loved them and still play. Pitfall is still a good franchise and is well worth checking into by anyone who loves gaming.
Another handheld game that turned out to be surprising great was the Medal of Honor GBA game.
It's a damn fine top down shooter. It's the first game that popped into my head when you talked about the GBA Pitfall game and how much you liked it.
I've been hopping around a few of your videos. You're very thorough, and I like your style. Subscribed, and best of luck in your future videos.
Thanks Loren :) Much appreciated :) Hopefully you like this weekend Halloween special Complete History
I'll keep an eye out for it.
Super pitfal was on TRS 80 (Tandy COCO2) befor the NES release, I owned a copy of it
Awesome as always. This channel really deserves a lot more subs.
Great video, although I will be pedantic and say that Super Pitfall wasn't developed by Activision, but rather a Japanese company! Also, you can play Pitfall The Big Adventure on the Wii with a GameCube controller and not have to use the motion controls. Provided you don't have one of the later models of Wii that lacks the GameCube ports, at least
Tenshi Cat missing details like this can deter potential buyers. So you can enjoy it with a traditional controller
Or you could just run the GameCube version.
Mayan adventure was one of the first win95 games I had. I played it on my college laptop with a parallel port cdrom drive. I remember it having issues where it would lock up while seeking the music track.
Nice one, as always)) I was so surprised to find the variety that Pitfall 2 had to offer! And the first one is fun, especially when you play it FROM the Mayan Adventure!)) I also like the minigames inside of the mines and the over-the-top powerups like time stop at the waterfall and hot pepper for high jumps.. And you're right, the style is so very Genesis'y, especially all the jungle and rainforest stages)) They definitely benefit from having that "grittiness" to tgem, reminds me of Jurassic Park in that sense..
I remember playing the Genesis version along with mobile Java ports of xbox/ps2 games when they came out and those were quite good as well!! they had to split them into three settings (Jungle, Caves and Glacier) and they all had some neat gameplay differences and fine level design! Weren't as difficult as say Tomb Raider mobile games, but fun nonetheless)) I find myself coming back to those from time to time..)
Super Pitfall for the NES recently got a great romhack that actually manages to fix the game, well worth checking out.
Very good work. I used that mentioned AtariAge Pitfall map to get the perfect score on 2600 Pitfall, just last year for the 1st time. I'm also a fan of 5200 Pitfall II (biggest version - use an alt controller though), and Sega CD Mayan Adventure with its extra levels and great soundtrack. Thanks!
i love pitfall! i actually played the first one through a secret level in the sega version and i was always wondering about the lore. like... did the evil mayan god make harry jr.'s dad into the blocky man or what. well now i know.
How'd you get Jack Black to cameo in this video?
+Clashman The Third i met him backstage at download festival and asked him
Oh, cool. How was he?
Clashman The Third Hard to say in the 1 minute i spoke to him hahaha, but yeah he seemed a cool guy :D
They should've made the Sony movie about Pitfall, but all they think of is calling it Jumanji, disrespecting a diehard like me.
you deliver quality as always. thanks man!
+Ranson Curbersmith ahhhhhhhhh you are too kind
That's a very distinctive snippet of a poorly emulated Club Drive title-screen theme I heard there, fan of Smight's Arcade Pit are we Slope?
Excellent overview of this great series Daniel! Though, I'm a bit disappointed that you didn't quickly make note of the differing computer releases. I had such fun with Pitfall II on the C64! That's just my own nostalgia crying out though, as the video flow really well as it is now :).
Hah, Pitfall 3D, back in the day when I heard Bruce Campbell was doing the voice, that was enough reason for me to get it. I was not disappointed, had quite a blast with it! Should check that out some time again, it's been forever since I popped that in.
+HalfBlindGamer yeah i looked into all those different ports, i remember hearing a story how david sat at the end of the table and had a different guy either side of him making a port each of lost caverns for different systems.
1 guy used the original code and the other guy made it from scratch hence the huge difference.
I did wanna go into heavy detail about the extra bits added but sadly it got the chop as the lost caverns section was already getting quite hefty in length lol
Either way... You get all the points for knowing it in the 1st place :D
I loved Pitfall the Mayan adventure, my friend had it and I think it spent half the time he owned it lent to me. Great video too, really enjoyed it. I have the PS1 game that I bought purely based on Bruce Campbell, not played too much into it but it was fun for what I did.
17:26 that's my personal factory sealed copy of Pitfall! on the top left-hand corner.
+videogameobsession is it really? Hahaha thats awesome you made ur way into 1 of my vids lol
Nice video. Subbed!
+RGT 85 cheers buddy
Awesome, and nice timing! I was just playing Pitfall the other day to refresh myself for a video. I was lucky enough to have Pitfall on the Atari, and when Genesis was the bees knees, I had a friend that had Pitfall for Genesis. Good times.
I didn't realized Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure had Pitfall Harry senior resembling his Atari 2600 design! Really shows how even back in the early 90s, games still had their share of nostalgia. I remember playing The Lost Expedition on the PS2, and dying a lot on the games many traps and crocodiles! Also, for some reason when I play The Mayan Adventure on a SNES emulator, I can't beat the first boss, yet I can beat him just fine on the Mega Drive VC port on Wii.
Cyberbrickmaster1986 many multiplatform games sucked on the SNES because of its crap CPU.
Just goes to show how a franchise can still live on even when it runs its course without it becoming oversaturated, people might like to bash PS1 for these 2d 3d hybrid titles based on 8-16 bit franchises but there actually decent games, almost reminds of Apocoloypse starring Bruce Willis (lot of good memories playing that one), the GBA once again showing how much of a underrated true successor to the SNES and has so many overlooked hidden gems (a unintended but nevertheless cheap plug for the series of videos from @MetalJesusRocks channel which I'd recommend), you're quality in production, audio, video and just evolution of your channel is wonderful to watch, great work as always Daniel, looking forward to all future Disney videos especially given how unfortunately Disney have taken a step back in game development at this time but have released some of their 16 bit games on Steam, wish it was on consoles especially given custom borders. 👍🏻
Daniel -- I'd really love to see a complete history of Bomberman and I'd absolutely volunteer my services to help out with the video. I'm the world's biggest Bomberfan!!! Keep up the great work!!
Nice history lesson! I just found you through Guru Larry and subscribed right away. I'm looking forward to watching your other videos.
Ahhhh awesome :) Thanks 4 subbing Larry is a good guy :D
Excellent video. I hope people start noticing your channel and you get a lot more subscribers, you deserve it. I found it through the video you made for larry bundy jr (The fucked up inspiration behind ecco the dolphin).
+adelin081 ahhhhh thanks buddy :) i hope so too ;)
You should research the history of Taito. They're responsible for Space Invaders and Bubble Bobble and are owned by Square Enix now.
+Iftekhar Ahmed thats a great suggestion mate
Got a new fan... Subbed, top notch work mate keep it up
Pitfall The lost expedition was one of the best
I watched this because I played the gamecube version and had seen the original Atari but then seeing mayan adventure I realized I played that too as a kid at a cousins house on their PC! I have been trying to remember what that game was for quite some time thank you !
These franchise history videos are great, keep em comin! :)
Solaris is easily the best looking A2600 game.
Have you check out the anniversary romhack for Super Pitfall?
I almost cry when I heard the sound of the Tarzan scream when swinging in the vine...just needed a KitKat to make me feel again like an 8yo boy....Thanks Daniel for so much nostalgia. I have still my 2600s and my old cartridges.And my Coleco.And my Sega. (Jeez! I am such a geek...)
+Jose DeMunck thanks so much for checking out the video. So glad that it rekindled your old school memmories :D
I only played original Pitfall. Bruce Campbell as a narrator is always a + in my jungle book.
Well done. I too love the Sega CD/ Mega CD version of the game.
I'm a little surprised you didn't at least touch on the Atari 5200 version of Pitfall II. That was the version I played the most, and it had an entire 2nd adventure after you find all the objects in the first one. Instead of the niece, the mouse thing, the kangaroo or whatever that thing was, you had to search for a rope, a flute, a basket, and a guy to play the flute.
+Joshua Norden i didnt know this... Thanks for posting this info mate,much appreciAted
Normally when you finally collect that animal directly below where you start the game, it's over and you've finished the game. But in the Atari 5200, a blue door appears and Pitfall Harry runs through it, and it's an entirely new and different set of caverns to explore.
He did touch on that in the video. It's the "adventure edition".
Btw keep up the good work. Press f to pay respects to a once fairly great developer
I’ve been a fan of Pitfall since the 2600. Played it on SNES, Genesis, GBA. Yup! I’m a fan.
I thought ET was the mascot of Atari ;)
I still remember buying the original Pitfall! with my birthday money at Toys R Us with my aunt. heh I actually bought this one based purely on the box art and the advice of my aunt, since she thought it looked good. It was new, at the time, and I hadn't ever heard of it yet. Boy, do I have to still thank her, since it ended up being one of my favorite games for the system. :-) I later played Pitfall II, which blew me away, but that was on the Commodore 64. Such good games. The original is quite hard, though, since it requires so much memorization as to when you should go underground. Going underground was necessary to beating the game in under 20 minutes, since each underground screen equaled three above ground screens. Knowing when to go underground was key.
+KabukiKid hahaha i bet you fully mastered the going underground timing back then lol
Thanks for commenting buddy
Song playing around 7:20? I know it's a Nintendo song, but I just can't place it. It's driving me crazy because I know the whole melody by heart but can't remember the song title or game! Please help.
Paper Mario maybe?
+personface its been a long time. But yes i think it was paper mario lol
Dan you forgot the Pitfall mini game in Marvel Ultimate Alliance where a member of your team gets sucked into an arcade machine & you have to play a short Pitfall stage to save Jean Grey.
another Great Video. i didn't even know there were so many pitfall games. i only knew about the Atari and NES games. also Gotta love Bruce Campbell
Kewl video. Pitfall is certainly an all time favourite dating back to the 80's. Any news of a reboot?
Super Pitfall on the NES included a reference to Pitfall 2, however when you go down the ladder you end up falling on a pit of spikes and dying at the start of the game.
AVGN said it best, may as well be a floor of lava with Sharks coming up to eat you and Volcanoes and Lazer Beems firing at all ends of the screen just to kill you.
The arcade version wasn't ported to the MSX, it was ported to the SG-1000. :)
The MSX version was closer to the original Atari 2600 version.
Pitfall 2 is my favorite Atari game. It was so ahead of its time.
The soundtrack of Pitfall on Mega-CD is one of my favorite soundtracks of all time!
11:03 i think that was the one where you can play the Original pitfall as a found easter egg in the game for abit untill you died or fell i think in it.
That was a great show Daniel, Thx
I've always considered pitfall to be one of best games on the 2600. Thanks!
Great vid Daniel. I must admit i stopped checking for Pitfall after The Mayan Adventure on the megadrive but i quite like the look of the ps1 game. Can't go wrong with Bruce Campbell.
It just occurred to me that the Uncharted series has that Pitfall influence, especially the first game. Maybe that would have been the direction David Crane would have gone with had his kickstarter campaign been successful.
Great video, was not aware of a Sega CD release. It is now placed fairly high on my list of games to hunt for!
+RetroPixel it shouls be lol.great lil treasure that game
"Bruce Campbell voices Pitfall Harry Jr." Ok I need to play this immediately.
Great job as always!
+Scott Cummins ahhhhh thanks dude
Excellent video! I got Pitfall Myan Adventure on Jaguar to keep it on Atari, and I ALMOST got my Pitfall 3D signed by Bruce Campbell but the Comicon messed up the lines.. But I did get Cary Elwes to sign Bard's Tale
DPC is not about adding 2k extra ROM. cart address space of 2600 is 4k. this is the rom size of most games for the system. earliest games were 2k, so obviously they looked worse. 8k(or more) roms required an “extra chip” for bankswitching and was present in quite a few later games from Atari, Activision and other companies. DPC is a device that allows more complex graphics to be drawn and more complex music, but the added capabilities turned out to be somewhat underwhelming, so it wasn’t released as a 32x-like pass-through device and was only used in a single game.
Pitfall Junior on the PS. One of my favorite games ever!
I love Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure but boy I am terrible at it. Great work on getting Jack Black involved!
Don't get me wrong, I love Sega's arcade port of Pitfall 2, but the definitive version was the Atari 5200 one. The graphics are enhanced but not completely overhauled like in Sega's, and there's an entirely unique and awesome second quest that's exclusive to the 5200 version! It's arguably the best game ever released for the system. I recommend if you ever revisit Pitfall 2, make the effort to play the 5200 version.
I love Pitfall 2, but when i saw the Gamecube game, just by the cover i thought "god, what happened to pitfall"... i'll play it soon.
Only recently played the Atari game, for how old it is? It's pretty damn impressive
This was a great video. Thanks for posting this.
oh wow, that sega cd game is beautiful.
i used to love pitfall 3d and it's still pretty fun to go back to today. plus you can unlock the original game in it which is always good.
Great retrospective!
+Saxcat20 Let's Plays thanks mate
Pitfall for PSX also have Pitfall 1 and 2 A2600 ports with sound clip extras :)
I'm surprised you didn't mention the brief nod to Pitfall in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance. In the Murderworld area, there's a few minigames based on retro video games, one of them being the original Pitfall.
+SemiJuggalo i didnt actually know about it, just checked it out...awesome stuff
Funny little sidenote, and I'm sorry is I'm repeating something that was already mentioned but didn't seem to be, but I'm the first marvel ultimate alliance on the arcade level there was a challenge one had to complete that I think you had to free two characters that were being held prisoner by arcade, Blade I seem to remember and someone else. But the challenge? Complete the first three or four screens of the classic version of pitfall. You get thru the screens and complete the challenge. Really cool.
10:58 XD gotta love how his dad is still in 8-bit (if that's what Atari2600s graphics were called, looks like less) pretty funny and clever especially since his dad looked like a regular sized guy from his shadow in this clip 9:24
After Jumanji it's gonna be mindblowing if Jack Black stars a Pitfall liveaction
I loled so hard at the reveal of the dad in the mayan adventure and him being 8 bit.
Tbh, I always ran right to left in Pitfall! Also surprising no mention of the different ports of Pitfall II where the Atari 5200/Atari 400 computer port had an entirely new cavern to play once you beat the main game.
WHAAAT!!!!! now I'm curious. Headed to the attic.
The DPC chip was not just 2K of Ram. It actually did graphics and sound.
I'd like to see a Complete history of Lemmings. That's also a very fun puzzle franchise.
Watch Nostalgia Nerd's DMA Design video and Kim Justice's Psygnosis episode and you pretty much get the complete history of Lemmings. :)
Train the Dragon
Watching a Lemmings video would be very taxing.
I'd like to see a man eat his own head. That would be a fun puzzle.
Watching someone play lemmings might be tedious, but hearing the history of development wouldn't be quite interesting.
Babbleplay
Would you say a documentary about Lemmings would be Taxing to watch?
I'd love to see Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure get ported over to consoles and Steam! That game was awesome!
+Cyberbrickmaster1986 is it not on steam already? Man they should get on that
I did a quick search on the Steam store page, and nope, it's not there. Though I would like it more if it was available on GOG.com.
Great work Dan. By the way, you can play Pitfall 2 in Infinite warfare spaceland zombies arcade.
You could go left in the original 2600 version, and you can actually play it in Mayan adventures. For example, on the Megadrive, 32X and CD press down, then A 26 times on the title screen. For the SNES press A 6 times the hold select and press start. For the PC you head off into a secret area (this also works on the Megadrive version).
I preferred Keystone Kapers on the 2600 to Pitfall. Pitfall was excellent though, no doubts about that.
+Neffers keystone kapers was great for sure :D