Metroidvania Works #05: Pitfall [Activision, 1982]

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United States Jeremy Parish | Video Works
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Pitfall! (1982)
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We've seen exploratory adventures, and we've seen platformers. But here's the first exploratory adventure in the form of a platformer: David Crane's Pitfall for Atari 2600. We're still digging through Metroidvania's roots, but those roots are starting to look more and more familiar…



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video games
atari 2600
david crane
pitfall
platformer
metroidvania
1982


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