~llama Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 how many people in here have actually made it the whole 20 minutes on Pitfall? I haven't, the farthest ive gotten is... 2:30 left on the clock, IIRC... i know its been done, but lol do i just suck at Pitfall or is it really that hard? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Csonicgo Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 I've nevver made it.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adams_ale Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 I always get distracted by the phone or miscellaneous other nuisances so I never get to finish. Twenty minutes of solitude in nonexistent in my house and seeing as how there is no pause button I usually just reset. In fact I too have never beaten Pitfall but I always do pretty good until I get distracted. I'm going to play it now and I'll get back to you if I actually do make it through the 20 minutes. It's 12:45 so I stand a healthy chance at being able to play through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 I can complete Pitfall pretty much every time with no trouble. Pitfall 2, on the other hand ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~llama Posted December 23, 2003 Author Share Posted December 23, 2003 Pitfall 2, on the other hand ... hahaha yeah i stopped playing Pitfall 2 because its too hard for me, i can't ever make it more than five or ten screens into it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Csonicgo Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 pitfall 2 I can beat. It's easy. and fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susuwatari Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 Pitfall 2 doesn't have time limit or lives limit so it's easy compared to original Pitfall. Suggestion for hackers: turn the unused B&W switch to pause the game. I mean that's probably only a few line of codes to watch the Color/B&W switch and to suspend the game (and timer) when the switch is in B&W position. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 Pitfall 2 doesn't have time limit or lives limit so it's easy compared to original Pitfall. Yeah, yeah. But I always end up bumping into a stupid bat or frog or what-not and getting sent all the way back to some distant red cross. After a few times of this I end up getting totally frustrated and shut the darned thing off! I’ve never finished the game! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~llama Posted December 23, 2003 Author Share Posted December 23, 2003 thats what i do, too... having to go back so far makes me hate life and then i turn it off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~llama Posted December 23, 2003 Author Share Posted December 23, 2003 whee! i just got within a minute of finishing Pitfall! but now im tired... so i'll try for the whole thing tomorrow. EDIT: well, i tried again and got back to the same... :57 left or thereabouts and died, about five times in a row. ~llama after five straight near-20-minute games of Pitfall: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DamonicFury Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 I have to agree with those who say Pitfall II is easier than Pitfall, although neither one is really easy! My biggest frusration in Pitfall 2 was that point where you need a balloon to get to higher levels... and, having no manual, I had no idea there WERE balloons in the game! I finally lucked into jumping at the spot I needed to jump out, and was pleasantly surprised by the baloon's appearance! I have, however, beat Pitfall. It was over ten years ago during a summer in which I was REALLY bored. I mapped out the best way through the underground passages, and with a good bit of practice finally beat the game. I was terribly disappointed that the game simply ended once you picked up that last treasure - the rumor I heard when I was a kid was that you were showered with treasures from the sky if you could beat the game. Oh, those wacky school yard rumours! :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.Yancey Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 The most difficult thing for me is completing the entire game without running out of time. Collecting the final treasure takes a quite a bit of time. Even if you don't get a perfect score of 114,000, you must collect all the treasures to consider yourself having "Completed" the game. I think Pitfall II was easier than Pitfall. I hated the "Sad" music that played when I was being "sent back". I have maxed Pitfall at 114,000 (but with only :07 time remaining--that was close), and 199,000 on Pitfall II. Getting past those Condors on II is the toughest thing in the entire game! Pitfall would have beeen super tough if David Crane had left the game giving the player only one life. This was only modified to three lives at the last minute. Keep trying, you'll make it. And don't forget to send in your scores to Ron at Twin Galaxies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 I love both Pitfall games dearly. I can pretty much run on II, but I'm not as good with Pitfall! And while I can generally last out the 20mins (unless I'm having a bad day), I have NEVER found all the treasures, mainly because I have no patience for those underground passages, and that's the only way to do it. maybe someday..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariDude Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 I like the Pitfall games but never had the patience to play the entire game from start to finish. It would have been nice to have a feature where someone could enter a code and continue where they left off. I am sure that I would have finished it if that sort of feature was added. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hepcat Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 I've survived the whole 20 minutes several times, but I don't think I ever broken 100,000. As for Pitfall II, it's not too hard to finish, but getting a perfect score is a challenge. --Jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCmodeler Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 thats what i do, too... having to go back so far makes me hate life and then i turn it off. The problem is not the game. The problem is your lack of patience. In Pitfall 2 all you have to do is wait for the enemy to pass, and then run. So it becomes a game of Wait-Run-Wait-Run. If you lack patience to wait, then you will keep dying. As for the original Pitfall, if you run to the left it's a lot easier to survive, because the logs roll the same direction that you are running. http://www.gamefaqs.com provides a walkthrough to explain how to beat the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassidy Nolen Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 I can last all 20 in Pitfall 1, but only go to the left. I die every time I try to time the jumps to the right... Score, I do not remember, but 70K sounds right. As for Pit2, I can't make it more than a few seconds into the game. There is a ladder that goes down like 10 levels, and I can't figure out how to get 'on' the ladder. I always fall down and die. Frustrating, because I think I would really like it. Cassidy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjk7382 Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 I've survived the whole 20 minutes several times, but I don't think I ever broken 100,000. As for Pitfall II, it's not too hard to finish, but getting a perfect score is a challenge. --Jason True about Pitfall II, I can beat it every time I play it, but I have yet to get a perfect score. I think my highest is 197000 or somthing close to the max of 199,000. And Pitfall I can't get more than 5 treasures without losing all of my lives. So in my opinion, Pifall I sucks, and Pitfall II is the better of the two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Galaga Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 Here's a screenshot composite map for Pitfall II: http://www.atariage.com/2600/archives/stra...ommodore64.html I have never finished it yet, I run into the same problems the rest of you have and quit for a while! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 <-- I've gotten a perfect score on P2 once. ONCE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjk7382 Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 <-- I've gotten a perfect score on P2 once. ONCE Congrats Inky (and everyone else who has achieved a perfect on P2) I try for a perfect score every once in a while, but right after you die, you know that you need to start over and that is when I quit and try another day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~llama Posted December 23, 2003 Author Share Posted December 23, 2003 The problem is not the game. The problem is your lack of patience. In Pitfall 2 all you have to do is wait for the enemy to pass, and then run. So it becomes a game of Wait-Run-Wait-Run. If you lack patience to wait, then you will keep dying. I guess thats why I'm bad at Pitfall 2 then As for the original Pitfall, if you run to the left it's a lot easier to survive, because the logs roll the same direction that you are running. http://www.gamefaqs.com provides a walkthrough to explain how to beat the game. why has it never occured to me to run left? lol i feel like a total idiot now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCorcoran Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 I've survived the full 20 minutes numerous times. My problem is I can never get to the last treasure in time for a perfect score... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCorcoran Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 Sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Indeed. Who will watch the watchers? Working for the government, we have an agency that watches over all online activities. Who watches them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 My problem is I can never get to the last treasure in time for a perfect score... Then your mapping may not be perfect or you are wasting too much time waiting somewhere else. There are about 90 sec left when done perfectly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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