Pitfall II -- Rhonda was the "beginning of the end"?

[+Propane13]

Found this blog entry on telltalegames.com, the group that's bringing HomeStarRunner to WiiWare.

It's on the right hand side under "dev blog".

 

Thought you'd all enjoy the entry-- I didn't see it posted in this forum.

http://www.telltalegames.com/strongbad/devblog/id-8

 

-John

[Lord Helmet]

Funny. That article implies that the first game to actually "end" was Pitfall II, which is not the case at all.

[Video]

Exactly...Lots of games had ends...Such as any sports game (and lots of those existed before Pitfall)

 

Now just ending...There's Pong. Try that one

 

Now they could mean haveing a meaningful end, not just stopping, in that case...Uh...I don't know. Maybe, but I'm sure some other game has beaten it. (I don't remember what pitfall does at the end, but Pitfall II has the little dance)

Edited July 9, 2008 by Video

[Tom_Explodes]

Lots of games end before that! When you die... right?

[supercat]

Now they could mean haveing a meaningful end, not just stopping, in that case...Uh...I don't know. Maybe, but I'm sure some other game has beaten it. (I don't remember what pitfall does at the end, but Pitfall II has the little dance)

 

What about Adventure? That had a victory tune.

[moycon]

What about Adventure? That had a victory tune.

 

I would always hit the "game select" switch when the victory tune just started playing and turn it into a funky disco-tronic sound.

[SRGilbert]

Funny. That article implies that the first game to actually "end" was Pitfall II, which is not the case at all.

I just read that to mean it was the first game the writer had played that had an ending to it. I guess he hadn't played a lot of games before that.

[Impaler_26]

Haunted House also has an end.

[Godzilla]

Pitfall II was very significant, though, but for a polar opposite reason than a game with an ending. It introduced the now-everywhere checkpoint system and essentially an immortal protagonist. Everything from God of War II back through the ages owes a debt to PF2

[PressureCooker2600]

Word up!!!

[lhfreak]

Wasn't Superman the first game to have an end? (tune and all?)

 

Just wondering...

[midnight magicman]

I think Adventure was programmed b4 Superman, but Superman was released 1st. So I'd say

 

Superman (79)

Adventure (80)

Haunted House (81)

&

E.T. (82)

 

all predate

 

Pitfall 2 (84)

 

Peace

[supercat]

I think Adventure was programmed b4 Superman, but Superman was released 1st.

 

When Atari wanted a Superman game, they asked Warren Robinett to do it. He wasn't interested, but let Atari give his WIP adventure game to someone else to make Superman. I don't know which game was completed first.

[Zwackery]

I guess the blogger missed this arcade classic...