<s>
Pitfall	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
is	O
a	O
platform	O
video	O
game	O
designed	O
by	O
David	O
Crane	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
and	O
released	O
by	O
Activision	O
in	O
1982	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
controls	O
Pitfall	B-Application
Harry	I-Application
and	O
is	O
tasked	O
with	O
collecting	O
all	O
the	O
treasures	O
in	O
a	O
jungle	O
within	O
20	O
minutes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
screen	O
has	O
one	O
or	O
more	O
hazards	O
:	O
quicksand	O
,	O
tarpits	O
,	O
rolling	O
logs	O
,	O
crocodiles	O
,	O
snakes	O
,	O
scorpions	B-Application
,	O
campfires	O
,	O
and	O
swinging	O
vines	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pitfall	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best-selling	B-Application
games	I-Application
on	I-Application
the	I-Application
Atari	I-Application
2600	I-Application
,	O
with	O
over	O
four	O
million	O
copies	O
sold	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
several	O
sequels	O
,	O
beginning	O
with	O
Pitfall	B-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
Lost	I-Application
Caverns	I-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
also	O
developed	O
by	O
Crane	O
;	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
in	O
1984	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
controls	O
Pitfall	B-Application
Harry	I-Application
through	O
255	O
horizontally	O
connected	O
screens	O
of	O
jungle	O
in	O
an	O
attempt	O
to	O
recover	O
32	O
treasures	O
in	O
a	O
20-minute	O
time	O
period	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Along	O
the	O
way	O
,	O
players	O
must	O
maneuver	O
around	O
pits	O
,	O
quicksand	O
,	O
rolling	O
logs	O
,	O
fire	O
,	O
rattlesnakes	O
,	O
scorpions	B-Application
,	O
and	O
crocodiles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Harry	O
may	O
jump	O
over	O
or	O
otherwise	O
avoid	O
these	O
obstacles	O
by	O
climbing	O
,	O
running	O
,	O
or	O
swinging	O
on	O
vines	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
tunnels	O
also	O
contain	O
scorpions	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pitfall	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
was	O
created	O
by	O
David	O
Crane	O
,	O
a	O
programmer	B-Application
who	O
worked	O
for	O
Activision	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
1980s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
swinging	O
vines	B-Application
are	O
created	O
by	O
repeatedly	O
displaying	O
a	O
one	O
pixel	O
wide	O
sprite	O
at	O
different	O
offsets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pitfall	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
originally	O
sold	O
,	O
anyone	O
who	O
scored	O
above	O
20,000	O
points	O
could	O
send	O
Activision	O
a	O
picture	O
of	O
their	O
television	O
screen	O
to	O
receive	O
a	O
Pitfall	B-Application
Harry	I-Application
Explorer	O
Club	O
patch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
television	O
commercial	O
for	O
Pitfall	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Pitfall	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
was	O
the	O
best-selling	O
home	O
video	O
game	O
from	O
late	O
1982	O
to	O
the	O
first	O
quarter	O
of	O
1983	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
mid-January	O
1983	O
,	O
it	O
had	O
been	O
the	O
top-selling	O
game	O
on	O
the	O
Billboard	O
chart	O
for	O
seven	O
weeks	O
—	O
much	O
more	O
successful	O
than	O
E.T.	B-Application
,	O
which	O
Atari	O
had	O
paid	O
$21	O
million	O
to	O
license	O
—	O
and	O
remained	O
in	O
the	O
number	O
one	O
position	O
for	O
64	O
weeks	O
in	O
a	O
row	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best-selling	B-Application
games	I-Application
on	I-Application
the	I-Application
Atari	I-Application
2600	I-Application
,	O
with	O
over	O
four	O
million	O
copies	O
sold	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Danny	O
Goodman	O
of	O
Creative	B-General_Concept
Computing	I-General_Concept
Video	O
&	O
Arcade	O
Games	O
stated	O
that	O
Pitfall	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Arcade	O
Express	O
reviewed	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
version	O
of	O
Pitfall	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Goodman	O
was	O
surprised	O
that	O
the	O
Intellivision	B-Operating_System
version	O
's	O
graphics	O
had	O
not	O
greatly	O
improved	O
on	O
the	O
2600	O
's	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Video	O
Games	O
in	O
March	O
1983	O
criticized	O
Activision	O
for	O
not	O
enhancing	O
the	O
Intellivision	B-Operating_System
version	O
's	O
graphics	O
:	O
"	O
We	O
all	O
know	O
you	O
can	O
do	O
more	O
with	O
graphics	O
on	O
Intellivision	B-Operating_System
than	O
on	O
the	O
VCS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
2600	O
version	O
of	O
Pitfall	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
2004	O
,	O
Pitfall	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
Entertainment	O
Weekly	O
listed	O
it	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
ten	O
best	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pitfall	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
is	O
considered	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
influential	O
games	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
Pitfall	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
and	O
its	O
sequel	O
Pitfall	B-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
Lost	I-Application
Caverns	I-Application
have	O
been	O
included	O
as	O
playable	O
easter	O
eggs	O
in	O
several	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Duty	I-Application
titles	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Duty	I-Application
:	I-Application
Infinite	I-Application
Warfare	I-Application
,	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Duty	I-Application
:	I-Application
Black	I-Application
Ops	I-Application
Cold	I-Application
War	I-Application
and	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Duty	I-Application
:	I-Application
WWII	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
sequel	O
developed	O
by	O
David	O
Crane	O
,	O
Pitfall	B-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
Lost	I-Application
Caverns	I-Application
,	O
was	O
published	O
in	O
1984	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
last	O
major	O
games	O
for	O
the	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
reworked	O
into	O
1987	O
's	O
Super	B-Application
Pitfall	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	O
Entertainment	O
System.Pitfall	O
:	O
The	O
Mayan	O
Adventure	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
style	O
of	O
contemporaneous	O
16-bit	O
platform	O
games	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Nintendo	I-Application
Entertainment	I-Application
System	I-Application
and	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
in	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
later	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
CD	I-Device
in	O
1994	O
,	O
the	O
32X	B-Device
,	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
Jaguar	I-Device
in	O
1995	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
in	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
Pitfall	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
1998	O
,	O
Pitfall	B-Application
3D	I-Application
:	I-Application
Beyond	I-Application
the	I-Application
Jungle	I-Application
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
and	O
,	O
without	O
the	O
3D	O
designation	O
,	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Color	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
features	O
Bruce	O
Campbell	O
as	O
the	O
voice	O
of	O
Pitfall	B-Application
Harry	I-Application
Jr.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2004	O
,	O
Pitfall	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Lost	I-Application
Expedition	I-Application
was	O
released	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
,	O
GameCube	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Xbox	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
includes	O
both	O
the	O
original	O
Pitfall	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
and	O
Pitfall	B-Application
II	I-Application
games	O
as	O
extras	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
as	O
Pitfall	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Big	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
in	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
,	O
Activision	O
released	O
Pitfall	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
for	O
iOS	B-Application
followed	O
by	O
a	O
version	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
a	O
3D	O
endless	O
runner	O
in	O
the	O
style	O
of	O
Temple	B-Application
Run	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1983	O
,	O
Pitfall	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
made	O
its	O
animated	O
television	O
debut	O
as	O
a	O
segment	O
on	O
the	O
CBS	O
Saturday	O
Supercade	O
cartoon	O
lineup	O
,	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
Pitfall	B-Application
Harry	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
only	O
one	O
season	O
,	O
Pitfall	B-Application
Harry	I-Application
,	O
Frogger	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Jr.	I-Application
were	O
replaced	O
by	O
Kangaroo	B-Application
and	O
Space	B-Device
Ace	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
abbreviated	O
version	O
of	O
Pitfall	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
is	O
a	O
demonstration	O
project	O
included	O
with	O
Garry	B-Application
Kitchen	I-Application
's	I-Application
GameMaker	I-Application
,	O
published	O
by	O
Activision	O
in	O
1985.Pitfall	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
ClonesTrapfall	O
by	O
Ken	O
Kalish	O
is	O
a	O
direct	O
clone	O
for	O
the	O
TRS-80	B-Device
Color	I-Device
Computer	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
licensed	O
to	O
Microdeal	O
as	O
Cuthbert	O
in	O
the	O
Jungle''	O
for	O
the	O
Dragon	B-Device
32	I-Device
.	O
</s>
