Staff Blog: Mysteries of the BaD - Pitfall 2

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Mysteries of the BaD - Pitfall 2

On 02/04/2019 at 09:09 AM by Matt Snee

When I was a kid, one of the most mesmerizing and frustrating games I played was Pitfall 2. I don't remember if I played it on a PC or an Apple computer at the time, but after school I would start it and play it for hours. I never beat it...it's insanely difficult, and I still wonder if it CAN be beaten, and what happens when you do.

It's a pretty forgotten game now, but Retro Gamer Magazine listed it #1 in the 25 best Atari 2600 games...which is kind of insane. Otherwise, no one ever talks about this game that I know of.

But for a while, until I finally gave up or another game came along - the mysteries of this game totally obsessed me.

Comments

Joaquim Mira Media Manager

02/04/2019 at 09:35 AM

It can be beat.

Also they made an arcade version.

Matt Snee Staff Writer

02/04/2019 at 09:37 AM

Maybe... but not by normal humans!

Joaquim Mira Media Manager

02/04/2019 at 09:44 AM

Aliens. That's the only conclusion we can reach.

Matt Snee Staff Writer

02/04/2019 at 10:30 AM

Definitely aliens.

Cary Woodham

02/04/2019 at 10:05 AM

I never played PItfall 2 until it was on the Activision Anthology collection on PS2. Have you ever played that collection? It rivals the PSOne Namco Museums as far as quality and presentation value is concerned.

Jamie Alston Staff Writer

02/04/2019 at 11:18 AM

I remember having the Activision Anthology, but I don't recall my time spent with Pitfall 2. I' pretty sure I did try it though.

daftman

02/04/2019 at 12:09 PM

I remember playing the first Pitfall on an Activision collection for PS1. Yeah, I never finished that either lol.

Super Step Contributing Writer

02/04/2019 at 12:22 PM

I can see why it's so high up that list. This is the closest to an NES game I've seen an Atari game be ...

Matt Snee Staff Writer

02/04/2019 at 01:12 PM

That screenshot is from the C64 version. But the 2600 version doesn’t look too bad either.

Super Step Contributing Writer

02/04/2019 at 10:27 PM

I was meaning more in terms of gameplay but it does look good for an Atari game.

Matt Snee Staff Writer

02/05/2019 at 01:25 AM

Yeah that surprises me too, I would have thought it came out for a later Atari.

KnightDriver

02/04/2019 at 12:33 PM

Oh man, this exists! I have the console game on some collection and probably tried it. I wonder if the arcade version is there too. Gonna have to check.

goaztecs

02/04/2019 at 12:45 PM

I'm surprised there hasn't been a recent version of this game either on console or mobile. It seems like a perfect game for mobile because of gameplay.