Arcade / Arcade - Platformer (Multi-Screen) · 1984

Pitfall II - Lost Caverns

Published by Activision

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Information

Genre: Arcade - Platformer (Multi-Screen)
Controls: Joystick
Players: 1, Demo
Programmer(s): Crane, David, Cartwright, Steve
Format: NTSC
Year: 1984
Publisher: Activision
Country: Canada
Medium: Cartridge
Serial: EAB-035-04

Votes / Statistics

Rating: 8.7/10 · Votes: 24 · Downloads: 1,228 · Hits: 1,814

Additional Comments

One of the largest and most successful games ever created for the Atari 2600. Made possible by custom hardware built inside the game cartridge. Programmer David Crane designed and patented a component he called the Display Processor Chip (DPC), which could greatly enhance the 2600's graphics capabilities and could process music in three channels plus drums.

The PAL version of this game doesn't show a second rock on the left side of the first screen and also lacks the sunset sky of the NTSC version.

Screenshots (8)

Pitfall II - Lost Caverns — screenshot 1

Pitfall II - Lost Caverns — screenshot 2

Pitfall II - Lost Caverns — screenshot 3

Pitfall II - Lost Caverns — screenshot 4

Pitfall II - Lost Caverns — screenshot 5

Pitfall II - Lost Caverns — screenshot 6

Pitfall II - Lost Caverns — screenshot 7

Pitfall II - Lost Caverns — screenshot 8

Cover Art (4)

Ads (9)

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Comments (2)

AtariVidiot — 8 Nov 2013
Probably because of the frustration level...if you are *almost* to the medic plus, and the collision is slightly off so you touch a critter...you lose mass points and have to do it all over again. I remember how many of my friends would sigh and say "lets go outside".
Lockett — 7 May 2009
Probably the best game on the 2600; I'm surprised that nobody's commented on it yet.