Pitfall! Now! On! Android!

By Phil Nickinson  | Dec 21 2012 | 1:00 pm  | 23 Comments

Pitfall

Too many exclamation points?

We're downloading now!

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There are 23 comments

mobrules says:

Awesome game!!!! Thanks for letting us know it was available.

Atomic Playboy says:

I think Phil's a little excited.

Just a little.

Atomic Playboy says:

Also: the Play Store link is borked.

Phil Nickinson says:

Fixed.

Atomic Playboy says:

I love you guys.

impaler says:

Had it on iOS for months.

Oskiee says:

had it on atari for 30 years.

Illustrator Joe says:

lol pwned.

biln says:

Pitfall on the intellivision was the best

atlas9171 says:

Yes it was, miss my intellivision systems.

dbhart5 says:

Thanks for the heads up Phil. It's pretty slick. Now if we could only get a new Joust.

GUHoya94 says:

omg Omg OMG!!! I loved this game!

drhere says:

I remember the old version on the Atari 2600, I got Activision Anthology in order to play the old version (which has bad controls on my Gnex--+1 to Sixaxis for making it playable), may try this one too.

Jacques says:

Ah, a classic! They need to bring back Chopper Command while they're at it. :)

trees247 says:

no words.......

mak916 says:

I can't believe it's finally on Android! Now if they can just get Burger Time.

proglowdetail says:

Hell yeah

zshen says:

Bah..I was excited. It's just a glorified Temple Run. Now fully disappointed.

kurioskurion says:

My thoughts exactly... Meh

phor11 says:

Same here.

This type of "infinite run" gameplay doesn't give me even a hint of nostalgia for the original. Seems like a bit of a cash grab to attach that little blurb of the original in the beginning and the Pitfall name to Temple Run.

Does anyone know if the in-app purchasing is the same as it is on iOS?

MrClarenceCat says:

Disappointed and disgusted as I know there is a huge market for real retro games - not for some crappy Temple Run knockoff that is trying to cash in (yes it's free but there are in app purchases).

moderndrummer17 says:

Agreed! Not the old PitFall we used to play... bring Harry back like in the Lost Expedition Style!

Alvin Brinson says:

It would be Ok, except Activision chose to not bother optimizing the graphics. Tegra 2 is absolutely murdered by this game, it lags and stutters hard. Couldn't even exit the game, I had to battery pull. For a game with 3d graphics this simple, that's inexcusable. I can play games with graphics that look 10x better without any lag or stutter at all.