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What are Archive Reviews? Archive Reviews are of products released long before this web site's origins in 1999. They are meant as reference, both to the games loved by those of us at Techtite.com in the "good old days" of gaming, and as a source to link to whenever we mention these "classic" games in a more recent review.
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Pitfall
(Activision, 1980's, Various Systems)A Techtite "Archive Review"Many of the titles made by third party game design teams not only helped sales of the original Atari 2600; they were often the games that kept the system afloat. Pitfall was definitely among those games. With a format that was easy to learn and difficult to master, this would probably be the first title that any new owner of a 2600 would be directed to. It was in a sense the Mario, Sonic, or Crash Bandicoot of the 2600. Okay; that's enough praise. Let's just review. The game was simple: move Pitfall harry from screen to screen, and keep him alive at the same time. Two avenues were possible; either underground or in the above jungle. The above jungle had you either jump from crocodile to crocodile over a pond, or from vine to vine. The underground areas would seem to be easier, but you had to jump over giant scorpions, and in a day and age where jumping was not easy as pie, it was much harder than it looked. The premise sounds simple but it was actually very addictive. It helped of course that the music and vibrant color schemes made it one of the most visually stunning games on the system back in those days. The original game would lead to a less played sequel, which may have lost a little bit of the original game's charm, but it even had its own theme song, which was actually very toe-tapping. Yet no sequel could overshadow a game that to this day is one of the irrefutable classics in home video gaming.
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