Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure
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Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure Windows Front Cover

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Published by

Activision, Inc.

Developed by

Activision, Inc.

Released

1994

Platforms

Game Boy Advance, Genesis, Jaguar, SEGA 32X, SEGA CD, SNES, Wii, Windows

Genre

Perspective

Visual

Gameplay

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Description

Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure is a side-scrolling action game in which you play adventurer Pitfall Harry Jr in search of his father Pitfall Harry. You battle your way through the Mayan jungles, waterfalls, deserted mines and can bungee jump and boomerang your way to safety. There are 13 levels and the action is fast and gripping. You will need to be attentive—and quick. Or prepare to die.

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Screenshots

Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure Windows Where there is doubt a statue will point the way to go

Pre-Alpha demo release

Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure SNES When you see these scorpions...

Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure SNES Tough: going against two Jaguars at once

Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure Windows Vine Hopping

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Promo Images

Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure Other Front

Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure Magazine Advertisement

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Alternate Titles

"ピットフォールマヤの大冒険" -- Japanese spelling
"Pitfall: Maya no Daibōken" -- Japanese SNES title
"Pitfall: Das Maya-Abenteuer" -- German title

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User Reviews

Well produced but a tad generic.	Windows	Zovni (10627)

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Critic Reviews

Digital Press - Classic Video Games	SEGA CD	Jun 27, 2006	9.5 out of 10	95
PC Joker	Windows	Aug, 1995	88 out of 100	88
Video Games	SEGA CD	Feb, 1995	86 out of 100	86
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Windows	Nov, 1995		80
Game Players	SNES	Dec, 1994	78 out of 100	78
Computer Games Magazine	Windows	Oct 01, 1995		70
GamePro (US)	SEGA 32X	Nov, 1995	3 out of 5	60
Retro Game Reviews	SEGA 32X	Jan 25, 2018		50
IGN	Game Boy Advance	Jun 14, 2001	5 out of 10	50
The Video Game Critic	Jaguar	Oct 18, 2000	D	25

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Trivia

Ending (Spoiler!)

When Pitfall Harry Jr. finally finds his father, at the end of the game, the surprise is to see that ol' dad Pitfall Harry is shown in all his 8-bit glory, standing out of the standard 16-bit graphics of the game.

Hidden game

There's a cheatcode (see tips & tricks section) that lets you play the original Pitfall!.

Technology

Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure utilized the initial release of DirectX and was one of the first PC games to be released as a native Windows 95 executable.