Super Pitfall (Virtual Console / NES)

Pitfall Harry returns to adventuring in this “Super” sequel to Pitfall! and Pitfall II: Lost Caverns. Harry’s mission: to recover the famed Raj Diamond, and also to rescue his niece Rhonda and loyal lion sidekick, Quickclaw.

Now armed with a gun, Harry must navigate some 270 screens of 8-bit action-platforming. Valuable items will be collected along the way to aid your quest, but beware: dangers also abound, from snakes and spiders to falling rocks and boiling lava!

ESRB rated

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User Comments

1. Makaveli1980 03 Mar 2008, 21:19 GMT

Holy crap! I forgot all about this game. Played it lots as a kid. Can't remeber if it sucked but the nostalgia factor is through the roof. Will download for sure. As a side question. What's up with nintendo cutting VC releases from 3 a week to 2? That sucks.

2. Serpent 06 Mar 2008, 01:13 GMT

Yea, It has that nostalgia factor but its not that good to be honest.

3. Sharecrow 07 Mar 2008, 05:00 GMT

It looks like fun, but I am not sure I would download it. I sure loved Pitfall 2....

4. Mirokunite 09 Mar 2008, 08:13 GMT

Hmm, maybe Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure (SNES version) will make its way to the VC.

5. agent_lime 13 Mar 2008, 02:55 GMT

this kinda sucked

6. Clinker 13 Mar 2008, 20:00 GMT

Activision should be releasing their Atari 2600 games on the VC instead of this piece of crap.

7. sephiroth79 18 Mar 2008, 19:38 GMT

I had this game when I was little and I really did like it at first. It is however ridiculously hard, and I never really could get anywhere in it.

8. NHKagent 23 Mar 2008, 03:35 GMT

The only Pitfall Game I played was Pitfall 3D for playstation so many years ago.
I don't know...I may or may not download this title.

9. Brandex 26 Mar 2008, 19:05 GMT

I didn't care for this game as a kid. I remember a lot of screen flickering and poor hit detection. It's also really hard, but the game isn't fun enough to put up with its difficulty. The music is also really, really repetitive and boring.

10. Clinker 03 May 2008, 14:23 BST

I hope the AVGN reviews this game.

11. Ricardo91 03 Jul 2008, 00:12 BST

This is one of the games on Seanbaby's top 20 worst NES games list. http://www.seanbaby.com/nes/w20-18.htm

I haven't played it but can already tell that it sucks ass. Way to defile on of your all-time classics, Activision!

12. Mickeymac 12 Jul 2008, 07:53 BST

Looks like Loderunner meets Mega Man which defeats the porpous of Mega Man, Loderunner, and worst all, Pitfall.

13. slangman 12 Jul 2008, 16:54 BST

Is that the same music looping again and again in the game? Ugh i hope this never sees the light of day in europe.

14. deadbattery 04 Sep 2008, 13:44 BST

Boy, Nintendo sure has a knack for selecting bad games to be re-released on VC. I look at it this way; every crap game that gets re-released is one less crap game we have to dread being re-released in the future.

15. The Joker 72190 13 Oct 2008, 21:19 BST

I remember playing this as a kid. I always thought it was a rip-off of super mario bros. lol

16. JJ 25 Dec 2008, 20:27 GMT

If they're releasing this, then surely they'll release "The Mayan Adventure".

17. tatemon555 01 Jan 2009, 02:35 GMT

This looks like a good way to pass the time, but really isn't that appealing to me. Sure the grafx are good for NES, but me no want. I don't want to kill enemies as harmless as spiders, frogs, weird ghouls, and garden snakes.

18. Choptick 04 Jan 2009, 20:36 GMT

Just 3 minutes of listening to the music of this game would make you want to go on a killing spree. Pointless release

19. Ferret75 15 Jan 2009, 21:58 GMT

This game's awful. ;_;

20. PuppetMasterKuruku 22 Jan 2009, 02:36 GMT

The only redeeming factor of this game was when I made that ugly excuse for a Mario wannabe the main villain and final boss of a Klik & Play Mario game I made way back when. You could play as Mario, Luigi, Wario, and Foreman Spike (Waluigi didn't exist yet, and even then, I wouldn't have made sprites for him), and you had to take this guy down.

You fought him on foot in his first form, in a one-on one match. You could jump on him and throw fireballs, and he'd do the same, except he threw the eels from Pitfall 2. His second form had him flying around in Wily's UFO dropping Atari 2600 ET's. The first half of the boss fight took place on a screen from Urban Champion, and the second half was one of the screens from the NES Spelunker. I was obviously going for a crappy game theme, and I picked some of the worst games I'd played at that time.

It was stupid as hell, but definitely funny. I wish I still had it.

21. seanehawk 31 Jan 2009, 21:43 GMT

This game looks terrible.

22. Ferret75 24 Feb 2009, 23:29 GMT

This game looks like crap, and likely is.

23. Bass X0 13 Apr 2009, 14:06 BST

The listing to this game was actually referring to Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure.

24. slangman 17 Apr 2009, 12:36 BST

I wonder if the rating was a mistake? Less chance of seeing this crap

25. TwistedVivid 20 Apr 2009, 06:00 BST

AVGN Needs to Review this game

26. 03bgood 13 May 2009, 22:46 BST

@ comments 10 & 25
You're both right, someone should suggest James Rolfe (AVGN) to review this awful game!

27. Super Smash Bros. Fan1999 23 May 2009, 06:32 BST

If this game ever dares to appear on the Virtual Console, I'm giving NOA a wake-up call! And your right, the Angry Video Game Nerd NEEDS to review this pile of garbage. What's next? Deadly Tower?