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Pitfall! was released for the Atari 2600 in September 1982. [21] The game was later released for the Intellivision in November 1982. [22] To promote the game, Activision held a promotion between November 15 and December 13, 1982, in various markets across the United States for a chance to win $5,000 in gold. [23]
Pitfall II: Lost Caverns is a video game developed by David Crane for the Atari 2600.It was released in 1984 by Activision.The player controls Pitfall Harry, who must explore in wilds of Peru to find the Raj Diamond, and rescue his niece Rhonda and their animal friend Quickclaw.
Pitfall II: The Lost Caverns is a 1985 arcade game developed by Sega. It is based upon Activision's two home console games Pitfall! (1982) and Pitfall II: Lost Caverns (1984) for the Atari 2600. It has been described by historian Brett Weiss as a "rare occurrence" of an Arcade game being influenced by a console game. [2]
These games were published by Atari, and many were also licensed to Sears, which released these games under its Tele-Games brand, often with different titles. [2] Sears's Tele-Games brand was unrelated to the company Telegames , which also produced cartridges for the Atari 2600 (mostly re-issues of M Network games.) [ 3 ]
Title Platform(s) Release date Developer(s) Ref(s) Boxing: Atari 2600: 1980: Activision Bridge: Atari 2600: 1980: Activision Checkers: Atari 2600: 1980: Activision
Crane and Miller formed Activision, the first company to independently publish games for the Atari 2600. The company grew to be massively successful, with Crane's game Pitfall! (1982) being one the biggest sellers for the company. [1] Crane continued to work for Activision making several games for the Atari 2600 and later the Commodore 64.
The Atari 2600 is a home video game console developed and produced by Atari, Inc. Released in September 1977 as the Atari Video Computer System (Atari VCS), it popularized microprocessor-based hardware and games stored on swappable ROM cartridges, a format first used with the Fairchild Channel F in 1976.
Missile Command (arcade port) (Atari 2600) by Atari, Inc. was released in 1981 and sold more than 2.5 million copies. [117] This made it the third best selling game on the console. [118] Pitfall! (Atari 2600) by Activision, released in 1982, [119] was one of the best selling games for the Atari 2600, selling over 4 million copies. [120]