Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure (1994 Video Game) User Reviews

The Adventure that I Forgot.

[darkclowngirl-16040 · 7/10 · 24 May 2024]

Reviewed on: Super Nintendo

Content Rating: T

Grade: B

Pitfall is one of those games where, even after you play it, it's difficult to remember that it exists. This was actually the first video game I ever played, and I remember it being too hard for me to pass the first level. I've now managed to play through the whole thing, and I just want to say that this game is okay. Just okay. It's not particularly good, it's not particularly bad; it's just a passable adventure game.

The story of Pitfall revolves around a guy who goes out exploring a Mayan jungle with his father, and when the guy's not looking, his father gets kidnapped by unseen forces. Now he has to embark on this journey to save him. What follows is ten levels of snapping enemies with you whip, trying to find the exit to the level and move forward. I'd also like to note there are only five environments; once you reach level 6, it's just the same environment again, just different level design. Also, most of the bosses in this game are jaguars.

Playing as this guy does feel pretty smooth, and the animations are really a sight to behold, especially with the skeletons, but the game can feel pretty repetitive, and I wasn't particularly interested in revisiting any of the levels once I finished the game. It's really short; it takes only about an hour to finish the entire thing, and I do love the reveal of who the father is, but I've already forgotten most of the game already.

Pitfall is a pretty standard adventure game with nothing really going for it. It's not great, it's not terrible, it's just a serviceable adventure game. Nothing really special about it.

The first game in history that I ever beat

[ThunderKing6 · 10/10 · 10 November 2021]

Before Super Mario, Pokemon, GTA... There was Pitfall. I have no idea how I got this game, but the fact remains I had it and it was the first game I ever beat.

This game introduced me to myself too. This game let me know that I am or was a video game rager. Yes I admit it, I rage hard when I play video games. I once smashed my Xbox 360 controller after I failed a GTA 4 mission; that's a story for another day. I played Pitfall game as a single digit year old and some missions like the mine and the double Cat boss missions pissed me off, and I would rage. I remember quitting the game for a while then returning to afterwards defeating the game, and it felt so good that I persisted and defeated my first video game.

Pitfall days were iCONIC

Pitfull was a platform game that was a lot more versatile than that of Mario games. The graphics, gameplay and abilities were better than Mario during the 90s.

The story was your dad got captured by a monster and you most travel the Mayan jungle, mines and temples in search for your dad. The abilities the guy had was jumping, running, whipping and throwing projectiles that you could save throughout the game.

I beat this game once, maybe twice, and that was enough for me. I still have the CD version to this day.

Again, I have no idea where this game came from. But hey, it was the first game I defeated.