Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure

by Activision

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• ASIN: B00002STXY
• Media: Video Game
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #12,754 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

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Manufacturer Description

Swing from vines soar off bungees and take a ride in an abandoned mine car as you venture through five action-packed worlds! Watch out for sinister gargoyles deadly crocodiles ghostly skeletons and lethal traps-like fiery pendulums and the wall of tongues! Hidden in the game is the entire original Atari 2600 version of Pitfall!

Product Description

The spirit of an evil Mayan warrior has kidnapped Pitfall Harry in PITFALL: The Mayan Adventure. Now, it is up to Harry, Jr. to complete the expedition and save his father. He will have to swing from vines, take bungee jumps, and ride in an empty mine car. While he's busy swinging and jumping, gargoyles, crocodiles, skeletons, and traps await his arrival. If you're skilled, you will be able to find the original Atari 2600 version of PITFALL. Help the next generation find treasure, in PITFALL: The Mayan Adventure.

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The new and updated Pitfall, November 15, 2000

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jasenao (Dothan, Alabama, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure (Video Game)

I've been a fan of Pitfall since I was a young kid when I used to play the original Pitfall on the Atari 2600 all the time. "Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure" is a great update to the Activision classic. You take Pitfall Harry on a journey through many different levels ranging from a waterfall level to a runaway mine cart level, and many others such as a lost ruins level. Pitfall Harry is on a mission to save his dad (the one that was in the original Pitfall), and it's your mission to get him there.

This game has some of the best graphics for the Super Nintendo and you'll see that throughout the game. It has good controls, the sound and music couldn't have been done any better, and it's a lot of fun. Pitfall Harry has many weapons you can use, including a belt, rocks, and many other powerups that you can find. You can also keep hold of the attack button for a few seconds and make Pitfall Harry use an extra strong attack. At the end of some of the levels there's a boss you have to defeat to get to the next level. While you make your way through the game, you will have to use many tactics to get through the levels, such as using whips to make your way across vines. The enemies are plentiful with snakes, spiders, skeleteons, etc.

"Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure" isn't an impossible game to beat, but it does have a good challenge. And once you do beat the game, it's always fun to start from the beginning and play it all over again. To keep the replay value from falling through, you can find the original Atari 2600 version of Pitfall somewhere in the game. Which, for anybody who grew up with the Atari, is a major plus. If you like fun adventure and action games, I definitely recommend getting this one.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pitfall isn't that bad of a game., November 21, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure (Video Game)

Graphics are excellent for a super nintendo game. Challenging at first, since you are unable to save a game if you have quit. But overall, it's pretty good.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars SOOOOO CLASSIC, February 11, 2010

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All Access Customer "Bain B. Smith" (Katy, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure (Video Game)

i just bought it for snes and it is such a reminder of the mid 90's for me back when i used to play it on my now-stepfather's former-genesis hahah it was so fun back in 96 when i was 4-5 and its just as fun to me today as it was then. it just brings up memories of me trying to time my characters jumps to jump over objects/pits and him swinging a rope or something like that. mannn if you have the money and the system, get THIS game, it truely ROCKS HARRRDDDD!!!!

p.s. for anyone confused by the phrase "now-stepfather's former-genesis", by "now-stepfather" i meant that he is my stepfather of almost 12 years but at the time he was my moms boyfriend and by "former-genesis" i meant that he had a Sega Genesis but he has not had on in about 14 or so years