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Pitfall Harry's quest for treasure never ends!
Pitfall Harry has undertaken his most dangerous and challenging adventure yet! Deep
inside a jungle infested with wild animals, and even deeper into the underground caves
below, guide Harry as he locates money bags and assorted treasure, with the ultimate
goal of finding a priceless crystal orb! Evade the deadly bite of crocodiles, bats,
scorpions, poisonous frogs and many more, and also steer clear of lava pits, falling
stalagtites and other terrain hazzards! Harry is counting on you!
This project is essentially a port of the SG-1000 version of Pitfall II - Lost
Caverns. Since Activision already released Pitfall II - Lost Caverns on the
ColecoVision back in the eighties (it was based on the Atari 2600 game), I decided to
rename this proposed SG-1000 port Pitfall II Arcade, which is conveniently
appropriate since the SG-1000 version is actually based on the
arcade game of the same name.
This game is really one of the best in the SG-1000's library, and I feel it's also
superior to the existing Pitfall II game on ColecoVision. For one thing, the
graphics are a little better, and the SG-1000 version effectively unites elements from
the first and second Pitfall games, and even adds some new elements like falling
stalagtites. The limited amount of lives also adds much to the challenge of the game.
So it should be no surprise to anyone that I would want to see this great SG-1000 game
ported to the ColecoVision, and thanks to my good buddy Stephen Seehorn, the game was
ported successfully during the summer of 2010.
Click here
to see a YouTube video of the original SG-1000 version.
- Stephen Seehorn : Software port and beta-testing
- Luc Miron : Game manual, cart label, software beta-testing
- Todd Scheele : Software beta-testing
- Chris Coles : Box and manual artwork
- Dale Crum / Doc4 : Box and manual layout (http://doc4design.com)
- Oliver Puschatzki : Box printing services
- Fred Quimby : Cartridge PCB design
- Albert Yarusso / AtariAge : Electronic sourcing and assemblies
SPECIAL THANKS : Bruce Tomlin, Jacob Hawk and all AtariAge forum members.
Pitfall II © 1984 Activision Inc.
Original SG-1000 game © 1985 Sega
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