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 Genesis Through the swamps...

Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure Game Boy Advance These rubber plants launch you into the air.

Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure SNES These birds can be very dangerous

Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure Game Boy Advance Start of the first scenario

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Promo Images

Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure Magazine Advertisement

Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure Other Front

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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 (10633)

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Critic Reviews

Digital Press - Classic Video Games	SEGA CD	Jun 27, 2006	9.5 out of 10	95
Consoles Plus	Jaguar	Nov, 1995	90 out of 100	90
Mega Fun	SEGA CD	May, 1995	85 out of 100	85
neXGam	Jaguar	2005	7.1 out of 10	71
Eurogamer.net (UK)	Wii	Jul 26, 2009	7 out of 10	70
The Atari Times	Jaguar	Aug 03, 1996	65 out of 100	65
Sega-16.com	SEGA 32X	Feb 06, 2009	6 out of 10	60
Retro Game Reviews	Genesis	Jan 25, 2018		60
Eurogamer.net (UK)	Game Boy Advance	Oct 14, 2001	5 out of 10	50
GameSpot	Game Boy Advance	Jun 05, 2001	4.3 out of 10	43

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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.