Games of the 8-, 16- & 32-bit era

Pitfall!

Title	Pitfall!
First release	1982
Developer	Activision
Publisher	Activision
Platforms	Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, MSX, SNES / Super Famicom, ZX Spectrum
Genre	platformer
Also known as	ピットフォール
Players	1 player
Co-op	No
ESRB rating	E Everyone
Releases	Atari 2600: 1982-04-20 (PAL), 1982-09-02 (NTSC-U) Atari 5200: 1983-03-02 MSX: 1984-01-01 ColecoVision: 1984-02-01 Commodore 64: 1984-04-01
Wikidata ID	Q1573878

Swinging on vines over bottomless tarpits allows Pitfall Harry to navigate treacherous jungle environments while hunting for treasure. Players collect money bags, silver bars, gold bars, and diamond rings to increase their score, but must avoid fatal obstacles like scorpions, alligators, snakes, and fires that deplete lives.

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Sources

Wikidata (Q1573878) · last updated 2026-09-27 · CC0

REG-Vault (atari2600/pitfall) · last updated 2026-10-30 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

REG-Vault (zxspectrum/pitfall) · last updated 2026-10-07 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

TheGamesDB (5317,80246,103525) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

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Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Activision · internal use only

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Image credits

Box art, Screenshots, Logos, Artwork (7): Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Activision · internal use only. REG-Vault page

Box art (1): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded, NTSC-U release) · © Activision · internal use only. TheGamesDB page

Box art, Screenshots, Logos, Artwork (6): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Activision · internal use only. TheGamesDB page

Screenshots (3): Source: libretro-thumbnails (upstream libretro-thumbnails (art by developers/publishers; see repo README)) · © Activision · internal use only.

Sprites (1): fan rips from sprite sites, credited per sheet (ripper, site, rights) in Sprites below; internal use only.

Logo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (“Pitfall! Logo.svg”)

Sprites

Atari 2600 version · 1 sheet · Pitfall on The Spriters Resource ↗ (1 sheets on the site; 1 stored here)

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Videos

Atari 2600 Longplay Pitfall! (old)

World-of-Longplays · Atari 2600 version · longplay · 20:10auto-matched
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Atari 2600 Game: Pitfall (1982 Activision) (Modified Version)

Old Classic Retro Gaming · Atari 2600 version · longplay · 24:00auto-matched
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