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'''''Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure''''' is a platform game developed and published by [[Activision]] in 1994. It is part of the ''Pitfall'' series, and is notable for being one of the few games to be released on both the [[Sega 32X]] and [[Sega Mega-CD]] [[Sega Mega Drive]] add-ons, as well as being a stand-alone title for the standard Mega Drive system. It was also released for the Atari Jaguar, Super Nintendo, Windows and more recently the [[Game Boy Advance]]. The Mega Drive version has since been released on the [[Wii]]'s [[Virtual Console]] service.
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'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' (ピットフォール) is a platform game developed and published by [[Activision]] in 1994. It is part of the ''Pitfall'' series, and is notable for being one of the few games to be released on both the [[Sega 32X]] and [[Sega Mega-CD]] [[Sega Mega Drive]] add-ons, as well as being a stand-alone title for the standard Mega Drive system.
  
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==Gameplay==
 
In the game the player controls Pitfall Harry Jr., the son of the hero from the first game(s) who must rescue his father. The original Atari 2600 ''Pitfall!'' game is also hidden and can be played.
 
In the game the player controls Pitfall Harry Jr., the son of the hero from the first game(s) who must rescue his father. The original Atari 2600 ''Pitfall!'' game is also hidden and can be played.
  
The game was highly praised for its detailed graphics and smooth animations, similar to ''[[Disney's Aladdin]]''. Though the 32X version of the game has a larger color palette, it is let down by slower framerates (despite the systems superior processing power, hinting that this version was rushed out and/or not carefully programmed). The Mega-CD version, as well as including a CD audio soundtrack, contains full motion video sequences and extra stages. Compared to the 32X version, it runs stable. The SNES version has brighter, more balanced color palette, but technical issues such as slowdown, missing animations etc. The "definitive" version is a tie between the Mega-CD, Jaguar and PC version.
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Controls can be configured. The game supports the 6 button controller. {{A}} shoots the selected weapon, {{B}} jumps and {{C}} is for a physical attack. {{X}}, {{Y}} and {{Z}} can be used to access rocks, boomerang or smart bomb respectively. On a 3 button controller, {{Start}} cycles through available weapons. Holding {{Start}} pressed for some time pauses the game. Pushing {{down}} and {{B}} together makes Harry Jr. crawl. Levers are used by pushing {{up}}.
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All stages contain a magnitude of secrets to collect, including hidden letters that for the word "Pitfall".
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===Levels===
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==History==
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===Development===
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''Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure'' was one of three [[Super NES]] games announced by Activision during 1993 based on its older Atari 2600 back catalogue. All were stopped mid-production presumably due to quality concerns - the others; ''River Raid: The Mission of No Return'' (based on the 1982 game ''River Raid'') and ''Kaboom!: Return of the Mad Bomber'' (based on the 1981 game, ''Kaboom!'') were not released, while ''Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure'' was delayed by a year and given a complete graphical makeover. The lead platform also transitioned from the Super NES to the Sega Mega Drive.
  
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Animation for ''Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure'' was created by Kroyer Films (of ''[[wikipedia:FernGully: The Last Rainforest|FernGully: The Last Rainforest]]'' fame). Outlines of characters were drawn by hand on paper, and then sent to Activision for scanning, colouring and editing. Bill Kroyer claims to have no knowledge about ''[[Disney's Aladdin]]'', which pioneered these techniques during 1993.
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===Release===
 
One weird thing is that the Nordic rental version had different artwork. The hero is almost the same but under him you'll see two crocodiles.
 
One weird thing is that the Nordic rental version had different artwork. The hero is almost the same but under him you'll see two crocodiles.
  
==Gameplay==
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===Legacy===
Controls can be configured. The game supports the 6 button controller. {{A}} shoots the selected weapon, {{B}} jumps and {{C}} is for a physical attack. {{X}}, {{Y}} and {{Z}} can be used to access rocks, boomerang or smart bomb respectively. On a 3 button controller, {{Start}} cycles through available weapons. Holding {{Start}} pressed for some time pauses the game. Pushing {{down}} and {{B}} together makes Harry Jr. crawl. Levers are used by pushing {{up}}.
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''Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure'' was also released for the Atari Jaguar, [[Super NES]], Windows and later, the [[Game Boy Advance]]. The Mega Drive version has since been released on the [[Wii]]'s [[Virtual Console]] service.
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==Versions==
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While the 32X version of the game has a larger color palette, it is let down by slower framerates for the foregrounds and sprites, due in part to the system's inability to draw its high colour graphics as fast as its 64-colour Mega Drive counterpart (which incidentally is still responsible in this case for the backgrounds, which update at the full 60FPS).
  
All stages contain a magnitude of secrets to collect, including hidden letters that for the word "Pitfall".
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The Mega-CD version, as well as including a CD audio soundtrack, contains [[full motion video]] sequences and extra stages. Compared to the 32X version, it runs stable. The Super NES version has brighter, more balanced color palette, but technical issues such as slowdown, missing animations etc. The "definitive" version is a tie between the Mega-CD, Jaguar and PC version.
  
===Extra stages===
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The extra stages in the Mega-CD version are located after the nightime jungle stage. They were meshed into the game and don't require any special method to be accessed. These stages mainly reuse graphics instead of having newly drawn ones. Difficulty wise, they compare to the end game stages of the regular version.
*The extra stages in the [[Sega Mega-CD]] version are located after the nightime jungle stage. They were meshed into the game and don't require any special method to be accessed. These stages mainly reuse graphics instead of having newly drawn ones. Difficulty wise, they compare to the end game stages of the regular version.
 
  
 
==Production credits==
 
==Production credits==
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*'''Producers:''' Nathalie Deschatres, John Spinale<!-- Nathalie "dark-scary-mysterious-and-mayany-tone-and-atmosphere" Deschatrês, John "chainsaw" Spinale in the manual -->
 
*'''Producers:''' Nathalie Deschatres, John Spinale<!-- Nathalie "dark-scary-mysterious-and-mayany-tone-and-atmosphere" Deschatrês, John "chainsaw" Spinale in the manual -->
 
*'''Programmed by:''' George Allan<!-- George "I-love-my-monster-t-shirt" Allan in the manual -->
 
*'''Programmed by:''' George Allan<!-- George "I-love-my-monster-t-shirt" Allan in the manual -->
 
*'''Lead Designer:''' John Spinale
 
*'''Lead Designer:''' John Spinale
 
*'''Level Design:''' Scott Krager, David Pavoni, John Spinale<!-- Scott "king-of-tume" Krager, David "yes-I-can-format-a-disk" Pavoni in the manual -->
 
*'''Level Design:''' Scott Krager, David Pavoni, John Spinale<!-- Scott "king-of-tume" Krager, David "yes-I-can-format-a-disk" Pavoni in the manual -->
*'''Additional Design:'''Nathalie Deschatres, Tin Guerrero, Sean Vesce<!-- Tin "Romario" Guerrero, Sean "doom meister" Vesce in the manual -->
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*'''Additional Design:''' Nathalie Deschatres, Tin Guerrero, Sean Vesce<!-- Tin "Romario" Guerrero, Sean "doom meister" Vesce in the manual -->
 
*'''Associate Producer:''' Kelly W Rogers
 
*'''Associate Producer:''' Kelly W Rogers
 
*'''Production Assistant:''' Sean Vesce
 
*'''Production Assistant:''' Sean Vesce
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*'''Additional Testing by:''' [[Lobotomy Software|Lobotomy Software Inc]], Gametest
 
*'''Additional Testing by:''' [[Lobotomy Software|Lobotomy Software Inc]], Gametest
 
*'''Development Tools:''' George Allan, Dan Chang<!-- "Development Tools for Tume" in the manual -->
 
*'''Development Tools:''' George Allan, Dan Chang<!-- "Development Tools for Tume" in the manual -->
*'''Background Conversion by Cygnus Multimedia'''
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*'''Background Conversion by:''' Cygnus Multimedia
:Les Pardew, Ruth Stahnke, Sharon Cunningham, Robert Swindlehurst, Winter Jenssen<!-- Ruth "let me go home" Stahnke in the manual -->
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*''':''' Les Pardew, Ruth Stahnke, Sharon Cunningham, Robert Swindlehurst, Winter Jenssen<!-- Ruth "let me go home" Stahnke in the manual -->
 
*'''Color Coordination:''' Lin Shen
 
*'''Color Coordination:''' Lin Shen
{{creditsheader|'''Original Animation by Kroyer Films'''}}
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{{creditsheader|Original Animation by Kroyer Films}}
 
*'''Director:''' Bill Kroyer
 
*'''Director:''' Bill Kroyer
 
*'''Supervising Art Director:''' Sue Kroyer
 
*'''Supervising Art Director:''' Sue Kroyer
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*'''Production Managers:''' Jan Naylor, Steve Kellener
 
*'''Production Managers:''' Jan Naylor, Steve Kellener
 
*'''Production Assistants:''' Josh Williams, Brian Masters
 
*'''Production Assistants:''' Josh Williams, Brian Masters
*'''Animation Processing by Freestyle'''
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*'''Animation Processing by:''' Freestyle
*'''Animation Rendering by Karen Johnson Productions'''
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*'''Animation Rendering by:''' Karen Johnson Productions
 
**'''Producer:''' Denise Roberts McKee<!-- Denise Roberts 'Mckee' in the manual -->
 
**'''Producer:''' Denise Roberts McKee<!-- Denise Roberts 'Mckee' in the manual -->
 
**'''Art Director:''' Karen Johnson
 
**'''Art Director:''' Karen Johnson
 
**'''Pixel Retouch Artists:''' Robert Churchill, Paul E Nunn, Mary Kay Omelina
 
**'''Pixel Retouch Artists:''' Robert Churchill, Paul E Nunn, Mary Kay Omelina
*'''Original Music and Sound Effects by Soundelux Media Labs'''
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*'''Original Music and Sound Effects by:''' Soundelux Media Labs
*'''Music and Sound Effects Conversion by [[Krisalis]]'''
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*'''Music and Sound Effects Conversion by:''' [[Krisalis]]
**'''Audio by:''' Matt Furniss
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**'''Audio by:''' [[Matt Furniss]]
**'''Music Driver by:''' S Hollingworth
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**'''Music Driver by:''' [[Shaun Hollingworth|S Hollingworth]]
 
*'''Special Thanks to:''' The Atari 2600, Esther the Squish, David Crane, Ritchie Brannan, Ashley Bennet, Gordon and Others, Peter Doctorow, Jefferson Eliot, Garry B Frank, Alan Gershenfeld, Brian Kelly, Tom Ketola, Robert Kotick, Howard Marks, The Mayan Civilization, Jim Mitchell, [[Tom Sloper]], Trish Wright, And the Fellas Down South<!-- Esther 'Chapman', Gary "curley" B. Frank, Alan "stormy" Gershenfeld, Tom "the finn" Ketola, Sean (Again!) Vesce in the manual -->
 
*'''Special Thanks to:''' The Atari 2600, Esther the Squish, David Crane, Ritchie Brannan, Ashley Bennet, Gordon and Others, Peter Doctorow, Jefferson Eliot, Garry B Frank, Alan Gershenfeld, Brian Kelly, Tom Ketola, Robert Kotick, Howard Marks, The Mayan Civilization, Jim Mitchell, [[Tom Sloper]], Trish Wright, And the Fellas Down South<!-- Esther 'Chapman', Gary "curley" B. Frank, Alan "stormy" Gershenfeld, Tom "the finn" Ketola, Sean (Again!) Vesce in the manual -->
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*'''Manual Copy:''' Scott Krager and David Pavoni
 
*'''Manual Copy:''' Scott Krager and David Pavoni
 
*'''Package Illustrator:''' Nadia Staroselska
 
*'''Package Illustrator:''' Nadia Staroselska
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*'''Manual Writer/Editor:''' Veronica Milito
 
*'''Manual Writer/Editor:''' Veronica Milito
 
*'''Special Thanks to:''' Mary, The Pizza Delivery Guy, Ralph the Goldfish (RIP), Michael Schwartz, Snoopy the Dwarf Hamster
 
*'''Special Thanks to:''' Mary, The Pizza Delivery Guy, Ralph the Goldfish (RIP), Michael Schwartz, Snoopy the Dwarf Hamster
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===Mega-CD version===
 
===Mega-CD version===
 
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*'''Producers:''' Nathalie Deschatres, John Spinale<!-- Nathalie 'Deschatrês' in the manual -->
 
*'''Producers:''' Nathalie Deschatres, John Spinale<!-- Nathalie 'Deschatrês' in the manual -->
 
*'''Associate Producer:''' Kelly W Rogers<!-- Kelly 'Walker' Rogers in the manual -->
 
*'''Associate Producer:''' Kelly W Rogers<!-- Kelly 'Walker' Rogers in the manual -->
*'''Genesis Code by''' George Allan
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*'''Genesis Code by:''' George Allan
 
*'''CD Conversion by:''' Tom McWilliams, George Allan
 
*'''CD Conversion by:''' Tom McWilliams, George Allan
 
*'''Lead Designer:''' John Spinale
 
*'''Lead Designer:''' John Spinale
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*'''Additional Testing by:''' Tyron Chookolingo, Sean Espinoza, Danny Lee, Doug Pearson, Lance Powell, David White, Sung Hoon Yoo, Gametest
 
*'''Additional Testing by:''' Tyron Chookolingo, Sean Espinoza, Danny Lee, Doug Pearson, Lance Powell, David White, Sung Hoon Yoo, Gametest
 
*'''Development Tools:''' George Allan, Dan Chang, PsyQ, Rob Northern Computing
 
*'''Development Tools:''' George Allan, Dan Chang, PsyQ, Rob Northern Computing
*'''Background Conversion by Cygnus Multimedia'''
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*'''Background Conversion by:''' Cygnus Multimedia
:Les Pardew, Ruth Stahnke, Sharon Cunningham, Robert Swindlehurst, Winter Jenssen
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*''':''' Les Pardew, Ruth Stahnke, Sharon Cunningham, Robert Swindlehurst, Winter Jenssen
 
*'''Color Coordination:''' Lin Shen
 
*'''Color Coordination:''' Lin Shen
{{creditsheader|'''Original Animation by Kroyer Films'''}}
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*'''Director:''' Bill Kroyer
 
*'''Director:''' Bill Kroyer
 
*'''Supervising Art Director:''' Sue Kroyer
 
*'''Supervising Art Director:''' Sue Kroyer
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*'''Production Managers:''' Jan Naylor, Steve Kellener
 
*'''Production Managers:''' Jan Naylor, Steve Kellener
 
*'''Production Assistants:''' Josh Williams, Brian Masters
 
*'''Production Assistants:''' Josh Williams, Brian Masters
**'''Animation Processing by Freestyle'''
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**'''Animation Processing by:''' Freestyle
**'''Animation Rendering by Karen Johnson Productions'''
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**'''Animation Rendering by:''' Karen Johnson Productions
 
*'''Producer:''' Denise Roberts Mckee
 
*'''Producer:''' Denise Roberts Mckee
 
*'''Art Director:''' Karen Johnson
 
*'''Art Director:''' Karen Johnson
 
*'''Pixel Retouch Artists:''' Robert Churchill, Paul E. Nunn, Mary Kay Omelina
 
*'''Pixel Retouch Artists:''' Robert Churchill, Paul E. Nunn, Mary Kay Omelina
**'''Original Music and Sound Effects by Soundelux Media Labs'''
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**'''Original Music and Sound Effects by:''' Soundelux Media Labs
 
*'''Soundtrack Produced by:''' Scott Martin Gershin, Kelly Walker Rogers<!-- The manual says "-designed- and produced" -->
 
*'''Soundtrack Produced by:''' Scott Martin Gershin, Kelly Walker Rogers<!-- The manual says "-designed- and produced" -->
 
*'''Composers:''' Lee Scott, Robert Higgins, David Kneupper<!-- David 'Kneuper' in the manual -->
 
*'''Composers:''' Lee Scott, Robert Higgins, David Kneupper<!-- David 'Kneuper' in the manual -->
 
*'''Sound Design:''' Michael Reagan, Caron Weidner<!-- Michael 'Regan' in the manual -->
 
*'''Sound Design:''' Michael Reagan, Caron Weidner<!-- Michael 'Regan' in the manual -->
{{creditsheader|'''FM SFX Provided by Krisalis'''}}
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*'''FM SFX Provided by:''' [[Krisalis]]
*'''FM SFX:''' Matt Furniss
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**'''FM SFX:''' [[Matt Furniss]]
*'''FM Driver by:''' S. Hollingworth
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**'''FM Driver by:''' [[Shaun Hollingworth|S. Hollingworth]]
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*'''Special Thanks to:''' The Atari 2600, Beam Software, Esther The Squish, David Crane, Peter Doctorow, Jefferson Eliot, Mary Eubank, Garry B. Frank, Alan Gershenfeld, Cindy Gershin, My Hamster, Brian Kelly, Tom Ketola, Renee MK, Robert Kotick, Ali Lexa, Mike Livesay, Howard Marks, The Mayan Civilization, Jim Mitchell, Tonnie Rogers, Sol Rosenberg, Tom Sloper, Michael Schwartz, Chuck Workman and the Fellas down south
 
*'''Special Thanks to:''' The Atari 2600, Beam Software, Esther The Squish, David Crane, Peter Doctorow, Jefferson Eliot, Mary Eubank, Garry B. Frank, Alan Gershenfeld, Cindy Gershin, My Hamster, Brian Kelly, Tom Ketola, Renee MK, Robert Kotick, Ali Lexa, Mike Livesay, Howard Marks, The Mayan Civilization, Jim Mitchell, Tonnie Rogers, Sol Rosenberg, Tom Sloper, Michael Schwartz, Chuck Workman and the Fellas down south
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*'''Manual Copy:''' Scott Krager and David Pavoni
 
*'''Manual Copy:''' Scott Krager and David Pavoni
 
*'''Package Illustration:''' TDC Group
 
*'''Package Illustration:''' TDC Group
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*'''Documentation Manager:''' Michael Rivera
 
*'''Documentation Manager:''' Michael Rivera
 
*'''Manual Writer/Editor:''' Veronica Milito
 
*'''Manual Writer/Editor:''' Veronica Milito
*'''Soundtrack created and mixed at Soundelux Media Labs'''
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:'''Soundtrack created and mixed at Soundelux Media Labs'''
*'''Sound Effects Conversion by Krisalis'''
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*'''Sound Effects Conversion by:''' [[Krisalis]]
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===32X version===
 
===32X version===
 
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*'''Consulting Producers:''' Nathalie Deschatres, John Spinale <!-- Nathalie Deschâtres in the manual -->
 
*'''Consulting Producers:''' Nathalie Deschatres, John Spinale <!-- Nathalie Deschâtres in the manual -->
 
*'''Associate Producer:''' Kelly W Rogers
 
*'''Associate Producer:''' Kelly W Rogers
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*'''Lead Designer:''' John Spinale
 
*'''Lead Designer:''' John Spinale
 
*'''Level Design:''' Tin Guerrero, Scott Krager, David Pavoni, John Spinale
 
*'''Level Design:''' Tin Guerrero, Scott Krager, David Pavoni, John Spinale
*'''Additional Design:'''Nathalie Deschatres, Sean Vesce
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*'''Additional Design:''' Nathalie Deschatres, Sean Vesce
 
*'''Quality Assurance Director:''' Jon Doellstedt
 
*'''Quality Assurance Director:''' Jon Doellstedt
 
*'''Quality Assurance Manager:''' David Arnspiger
 
*'''Quality Assurance Manager:''' David Arnspiger
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*'''256 Color Art:'''
 
*'''256 Color Art:'''
 
**'''Art Director:''' Danny Matson
 
**'''Art Director:''' Danny Matson
*'''Animation Rendering By Karen Johnson Productions'''
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*'''Animation Rendering by:''' Karen Johnson Productions
 
**'''Producer:''' Denise Roberts McKee
 
**'''Producer:''' Denise Roberts McKee
 
**'''Art Director:''' Karen Johnson, Mary Kay Omelina
 
**'''Art Director:''' Karen Johnson, Mary Kay Omelina
 
**'''Pixel Retouch Artists:''' Lance Dobersek, Paul E Nunn, Mary Kay Omelina
 
**'''Pixel Retouch Artists:''' Lance Dobersek, Paul E Nunn, Mary Kay Omelina
*'''Background Conversion By Cygnus Multimedia'''
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*'''Background Conversion by:''' Cygnus Multimedia
 
**'''Manager:''' Ruth Stahnke
 
**'''Manager:''' Ruth Stahnke
 
**'''Sub Manager:''' Tylor Lybbert
 
**'''Sub Manager:''' Tylor Lybbert
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**'''Additional Tile Art:''' Scott Krager
 
**'''Additional Tile Art:''' Scott Krager
 
**'''Animation and Rendering:''' Danny Matson
 
**'''Animation and Rendering:''' Danny Matson
*'''Background Conversion By Cygnus Multimedia'''
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*'''Background Conversion by:''' Cygnus Multimedia
*'''Original Animation By Kroyer Films'''
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*'''Original Animation by:''' Kroyer Films
 
**'''Director:''' Bill Kroyer
 
**'''Director:''' Bill Kroyer
 
**'''Supervising Art Director:''' Sue Kroyer
 
**'''Supervising Art Director:''' Sue Kroyer
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**'''Production Managers:''' Jan Naylor, Steve Kellener
 
**'''Production Managers:''' Jan Naylor, Steve Kellener
 
**'''Production Assistants:''' Josh Williams, Brian Masters
 
**'''Production Assistants:''' Josh Williams, Brian Masters
*'''Animation Processing By Freestyle'''
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*'''Animation Rendering By Karen Johnson Productions'''
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*'''Animation Rendering by:''' Karen Johnson Productions
*'''Original Music and Sound Effects By Soundelux Media Labs'''
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*'''Original Music and Sound Effects by:''' Soundelux Media Labs
 
**'''Soundtrack Produced By:''' Scott Martin Gershin, Kelly Walker Rogers
 
**'''Soundtrack Produced By:''' Scott Martin Gershin, Kelly Walker Rogers
 
**'''Composers:''' Lee Scott, Robert Higgins, David Kneupper
 
**'''Composers:''' Lee Scott, Robert Higgins, David Kneupper
 
**'''Sound Design:''' Michael Regan, Craon Weidner <!-- Caron Weidner in the manual -->
 
**'''Sound Design:''' Michael Regan, Craon Weidner <!-- Caron Weidner in the manual -->
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**'''FM SFX:''' Matt Furniss
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*'''Special Thanks To:''' The Atari 2600, Ryan Ayanian, David Crane, Mary Eubank, Alan Gershenfeld, Lary Goldberg, Our Hamster, Eric Johnson, Brian Kelly, Robert Kotick, Maryanne Lataif, Mark Long, Howard Marks, The Mayan Civilization, Jim Mitchell,[[Tom Sloper]], The Smashing Pumpkins, And the Fellas Down South <!-- "Our Hamster" is called "Snoopy the Hamster" in the manual -->
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*'''Special Thanks to:''' The Atari 2600, Ryan Ayanian, David Crane, Mary Eubank, Alan Gershenfeld, Lary Goldberg, Our Hamster, Eric Johnson, Brian Kelly, Robert Kotick, Maryanne Lataif, Mark Long, Howard Marks, The Mayan Civilization, Jim Mitchell, [[Tom Sloper]], The Smashing Pumpkins, And the Fellas Down South <!-- "Our Hamster" is called "Snoopy the Hamster" in the manual -->
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*'''Manual Copy:''' Scott Krager and David Pavoni
 
*'''Manual Copy:''' Scott Krager and David Pavoni
*'''Soundtrack designed and produced by Scott Gershin and Kelly Rogers'''
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*'''Soundtrack designed and produced by:''' Scott Gershin and Kelly Rogers
*'''Soundtrack created and mixed at Soundelux Media Labs'''
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Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure
System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Mega-CD, Sega 32X, Virtual Console
Publisher: Activision
Developer:
Distributor: Sony Electronic Publishing (EU)
Sound driver:
Sega Mega Drive
Sega 32X
Krisalis sound driver
Peripherals supported:
Sega Mega Drive
Sega 32X
Six Button Control Pad
Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
JP
(Sega Channel)
Sega Mega Drive
US
T-130036
Sega Mega Drive
EU
T-130036-50
Sega Mega Drive
PT
MD130036
Sega Mega Drive
AU
$99.9599.95[3][4]
Sega Mega Drive
BR
048310
Sega Mega-CD
US
$59.9559.95[5] T-130025
Sega Mega-CD
EU
T-130025-50
Sega 32X
US
$59.9559.95[6] T-13001B
Wii Virtual Console
JP
600pts600[10]
CERO: A
Wii Virtual Console
US
800pts800[8]
ESRB: Teen
Wii Virtual Console
EU
800pts800[7]
Wii Virtual Console
AU
800pts800

Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure (ピットフォール) is a platform game developed and published by Activision in 1994. It is part of the Pitfall series, and is notable for being one of the few games to be released on both the Sega 32X and Sega Mega-CD Sega Mega Drive add-ons, as well as being a stand-alone title for the standard Mega Drive system.

Gameplay

In the game the player controls Pitfall Harry Jr., the son of the hero from the first game(s) who must rescue his father. The original Atari 2600 Pitfall! game is also hidden and can be played.

Controls can be configured. The game supports the 6 button controller. A shoots the selected weapon, B jumps and C is for a physical attack. X, Y and Z can be used to access rocks, boomerang or smart bomb respectively. On a 3 button controller,  START  cycles through available weapons. Holding  START  pressed for some time pauses the game. Pushing Down and B together makes Harry Jr. crawl. Levers are used by pushing Up.

All stages contain a magnitude of secrets to collect, including hidden letters that for the word "Pitfall".

Levels

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Ceiba Jungle

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Xibala Falls

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Tazamul Mines

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Lost City of Copan

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Copan Temple

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Lakamul Rainforest

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Yaxchilan Lagoon

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Runaway Minecar

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Tikal Ruins

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Temple of Tikal

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Warrior Spirit

History

Development

Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure was one of three Super NES games announced by Activision during 1993 based on its older Atari 2600 back catalogue. All were stopped mid-production presumably due to quality concerns - the others; River Raid: The Mission of No Return (based on the 1982 game River Raid) and Kaboom!: Return of the Mad Bomber (based on the 1981 game, Kaboom!) were not released, while Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure was delayed by a year and given a complete graphical makeover. The lead platform also transitioned from the Super NES to the Sega Mega Drive.

Animation for Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure was created by Kroyer Films (of FernGully: The Last Rainforest fame). Outlines of characters were drawn by hand on paper, and then sent to Activision for scanning, colouring and editing. Bill Kroyer claims to have no knowledge about Disney's Aladdin, which pioneered these techniques during 1993.

Release

One weird thing is that the Nordic rental version had different artwork. The hero is almost the same but under him you'll see two crocodiles.

Legacy

Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure was also released for the Atari Jaguar, Super NES, Windows and later, the Game Boy Advance. The Mega Drive version has since been released on the Wii's Virtual Console service.

Versions

While the 32X version of the game has a larger color palette, it is let down by slower framerates for the foregrounds and sprites, due in part to the system's inability to draw its high colour graphics as fast as its 64-colour Mega Drive counterpart (which incidentally is still responsible in this case for the backgrounds, which update at the full 60FPS).

The Mega-CD version, as well as including a CD audio soundtrack, contains full motion video sequences and extra stages. Compared to the 32X version, it runs stable. The Super NES version has brighter, more balanced color palette, but technical issues such as slowdown, missing animations etc. The "definitive" version is a tie between the Mega-CD, Jaguar and PC version.

The extra stages in the Mega-CD version are located after the nightime jungle stage. They were meshed into the game and don't require any special method to be accessed. These stages mainly reuse graphics instead of having newly drawn ones. Difficulty wise, they compare to the end game stages of the regular version.

Production credits

Mega Drive version

  • Producers: Nathalie Deschatres, John Spinale
  • Programmed by: George Allan
  • Lead Designer: John Spinale
  • Level Design: Scott Krager, David Pavoni, John Spinale
  • Additional Design: Nathalie Deschatres, Tin Guerrero, Sean Vesce
  • Associate Producer: Kelly W Rogers
  • Production Assistant: Sean Vesce
  • Background Art: Lin Shen, Tim May
  • Additional Tile Art: Scott Krager
  • Animation and Rendering: Danny Matson
  • Additional Rendering: Evelyn Hom, Kara Blohm
  • Art Processing: Thomas Lamb, Christopher Smith
  • Quality Assurance Director: Jon Doellstedt
  • Lead Tester: Tin Guerrero
  • Game Testers: Chuck Bonini, Brian Clarke, Michael Dunn, Andrew Held, Abe Heward, Dan Kamins, Seiken Nakama, Matt Pekarek, Chris Pike, Kenny Ramirez, Mike Schneider, Christopher Smith, Dustin Sorenson, Rawson Law Stovall
  • Additional Testing by: Lobotomy Software Inc, Gametest
  • Development Tools: George Allan, Dan Chang
  • Background Conversion by: Cygnus Multimedia
  • : Les Pardew, Ruth Stahnke, Sharon Cunningham, Robert Swindlehurst, Winter Jenssen
  • Color Coordination: Lin Shen
Original Animation by Kroyer Films
  • Director: Bill Kroyer
  • Supervising Art Director: Sue Kroyer
  • Animators: Joe McDonough, Charles Harvey, Jaqueline Corley, Jeff Johnson, Roger Vizard, Thomas Decker
  • Effects Animators: Sari Gennis, Kathleen Quaife Hodge, Brett Hisey
  • Assistant Animators: Jan Naylor, Ricardo Echevarria, Bob Miller
  • Color Stylist: Christopher Naylor, Leslie Hinton
  • Layout Supervisor: Anthony Christov
  • Background Printer and Box Illustrator: Nadia Staroselska
  • Character Designs: David Boudreau
  • Additional Animation: Shane Zalvin, Wendy Perdue, Chris Sauve, Sue Zytka, Mark Pudleiner
  • Production Managers: Jan Naylor, Steve Kellener
  • Production Assistants: Josh Williams, Brian Masters
  • Animation Processing by: Freestyle
  • Animation Rendering by: Karen Johnson Productions
    • Producer: Denise Roberts McKee
    • Art Director: Karen Johnson
    • Pixel Retouch Artists: Robert Churchill, Paul E Nunn, Mary Kay Omelina
  • Original Music and Sound Effects by: Soundelux Media Labs
  • Music and Sound Effects Conversion by: Krisalis
  • Special Thanks to: The Atari 2600, Esther the Squish, David Crane, Ritchie Brannan, Ashley Bennet, Gordon and Others, Peter Doctorow, Jefferson Eliot, Garry B Frank, Alan Gershenfeld, Brian Kelly, Tom Ketola, Robert Kotick, Howard Marks, The Mayan Civilization, Jim Mitchell, Tom Sloper, Trish Wright, And the Fellas Down South
Source:
In-game credits


  • Manual Copy: Scott Krager and David Pavoni
  • Package Illustrator: Nadia Staroselska
  • Package Design: Ron Graening
  • Documentation Manager: Michael Rivera
  • Manual Writer/Editor: Veronica Milito
  • Special Thanks to: Mary, The Pizza Delivery Guy, Ralph the Goldfish (RIP), Michael Schwartz, Snoopy the Dwarf Hamster
Source:
US manual

Mega-CD version

  • Producers: Nathalie Deschatres, John Spinale
  • Associate Producer: Kelly W Rogers
  • Genesis Code by: George Allan
  • CD Conversion by: Tom McWilliams, George Allan
  • Lead Designer: John Spinale
  • Level Design: Tin Guerrero, Scott Krager, David Pavoni, John Spinale
  • Additional Design: Nathalie Deschatres, Sean Vesce
  • Production Coordinators: Tin Guerrero, Scott Krager
  • Production Assistant: Rawson Law Stovall
  • Background Art: Lin Shen, Tim May
  • Additional Tile Art: Scott Krager
  • Animation and Rendering: Danny Matson
  • Additional Rendering: Evelyn Hom, Kara Blohm
  • Art Processing: Thomas Lamb, Christopher Smith
  • Quality Assurance Director: Jon Doellstedt
  • Lead Tester: Andrew Held
  • Game Testers: Chuck Bonini, Brian Clarke, Matthew Gibbs, Abe Heward, Kenny Ramirez, Mike Schneider, Dustin Sorenson, Mike Turner
  • Additional Testing by: Tyron Chookolingo, Sean Espinoza, Danny Lee, Doug Pearson, Lance Powell, David White, Sung Hoon Yoo, Gametest
  • Development Tools: George Allan, Dan Chang, PsyQ, Rob Northern Computing
  • Background Conversion by: Cygnus Multimedia
  • : Les Pardew, Ruth Stahnke, Sharon Cunningham, Robert Swindlehurst, Winter Jenssen
  • Color Coordination: Lin Shen
Original Animation by Kroyer Films
  • Director: Bill Kroyer
  • Supervising Art Director: Sue Kroyer
  • Animators: Joe Mcdonough, Charles Harvey, Jaqueline Corley, Jeff Johnson, Roger Vizard, Thomas Decker
  • Effects Animators: Sari Gennis, Kathleen Quaife Hodge, Brett Hisey
  • Assistant Animators: Jan Naylor, Ricardo Echevarria, Bob Miller
  • Color Stylist: Christopher Naylor, Leslie Hinton
  • Layout Supervisor: Anthony Cristov
  • Background Painter: Nadia Staroselska
  • Character Designs: David Boudreau
  • Additional Animation: Shane Zalvin, Wendy Perdue, Chris Sauve, Sue Zytka, Mark Pudleiner
  • Production Managers: Jan Naylor, Steve Kellener
  • Production Assistants: Josh Williams, Brian Masters
    • Animation Processing by: Freestyle
    • Animation Rendering by: Karen Johnson Productions
  • Producer: Denise Roberts Mckee
  • Art Director: Karen Johnson
  • Pixel Retouch Artists: Robert Churchill, Paul E. Nunn, Mary Kay Omelina
    • Original Music and Sound Effects by: Soundelux Media Labs
  • Soundtrack Produced by: Scott Martin Gershin, Kelly Walker Rogers
  • Composers: Lee Scott, Robert Higgins, David Kneupper
  • Sound Design: Michael Reagan, Caron Weidner
  • FM SFX Provided by: Krisalis
  • Special Thanks to: The Atari 2600, Beam Software, Esther The Squish, David Crane, Peter Doctorow, Jefferson Eliot, Mary Eubank, Garry B. Frank, Alan Gershenfeld, Cindy Gershin, My Hamster, Brian Kelly, Tom Ketola, Renee MK, Robert Kotick, Ali Lexa, Mike Livesay, Howard Marks, The Mayan Civilization, Jim Mitchell, Tonnie Rogers, Sol Rosenberg, Tom Sloper, Michael Schwartz, Chuck Workman and the Fellas down south
Source:
In-game credits


  • Manual Copy: Scott Krager and David Pavoni
  • Package Illustration: TDC Group
  • Package Design: Ron Graening
  • Documentation Manager: Michael Rivera
  • Manual Writer/Editor: Veronica Milito
Soundtrack created and mixed at Soundelux Media Labs
Source:
US manual

32X version

  • Consulting Producers: Nathalie Deschatres, John Spinale
  • Associate Producer: Kelly W Rogers
  • Production Coordinators: Tin Guerrero, Scott Krager
  • Original Genesis Programming: George Allan
  • Original Sega CD Programming: Tom McWilliams, George Allan
  • 32X Conversion: Zombie Virtual Reality Entertainment, Big Bang Software
  • 32X Programmers: Robert Champagne, Chris Phillips
  • Lead Designer: John Spinale
  • Level Design: Tin Guerrero, Scott Krager, David Pavoni, John Spinale
  • Additional Design: Nathalie Deschatres, Sean Vesce
  • Quality Assurance Director: Jon Doellstedt
  • Quality Assurance Manager: David Arnspiger
  • Lead Tester: Rawson Stovall
  • Game Testers: Chuck Bonini, Abe Heward, Roy Houlette, Douglas Jacobs, Lucas Johnson Yahraus, David King, David Meyers, Kenny Ramirez, Mike Schneider
  • Development Tools: George Allan, Dan Chang, Psyq, Rob Northern Computing, Snasm
  • Package Design: Ron Graening
  • Documentation Manager: Michael Rivera
  • Copywriter: Veronica Milito
  • Manual Layout: Sylvia Orzel
  • 256 Color Art:
    • Art Director: Danny Matson
  • Animation Rendering by: Karen Johnson Productions
    • Producer: Denise Roberts McKee
    • Art Director: Karen Johnson, Mary Kay Omelina
    • Pixel Retouch Artists: Lance Dobersek, Paul E Nunn, Mary Kay Omelina
  • Background Conversion by: Cygnus Multimedia
    • Manager: Ruth Stahnke
    • Sub Manager: Tylor Lybbert
    • Artists: Paul Bangerter, Kari Christensen, Carson Davidson, Matt Davis, Mary Gurr, Sterling Hirsch, Kathleen Lowe, Murphy Michaels, Eric Nunamaker, Jason Price, Brad Swindlehurst, Alan Twe, Ryan Wood
  • Original Art:
    • Background Art: Lin Shen, Tim May
    • Additional Tile Art: Scott Krager
    • Animation and Rendering: Danny Matson
  • Background Conversion by: Cygnus Multimedia
  • Original Animation by: Kroyer Films
    • Director: Bill Kroyer
    • Supervising Art Director: Sue Kroyer
  • Animators: Joe McDonough, Charles Harvey, Jaqueline Corley, Jeff Johnson, Roger Vizard, Thomas Decker
    • Effects Animators: Sari Gennis, Kathleen Quaife Hodge, Brett Hisey
    • Assistant Animators: Jan Naylor, Richardo Echevarria, Bob Miller
    • Color Stylist: Christopher Naylor, Leslie Hinton
    • Layout Supervisor: Anthony Christov
    • Background Painter: Nadia Staroselska
    • Character Designs: David Boudreau
    • Additional Animation: Shane Zalvin, Wendy Perdue, Chris Sauve, Sue Zytka, Mark Pudleiner
    • Production Managers: Jan Naylor, Steve Kellener
    • Production Assistants: Josh Williams, Brian Masters
  • Animation Processing by: Freestyle
  • Animation Rendering by: Karen Johnson Productions
  • Original Music and Sound Effects by: Soundelux Media Labs
    • Soundtrack Produced By: Scott Martin Gershin, Kelly Walker Rogers
    • Composers: Lee Scott, Robert Higgins, David Kneupper
    • Sound Design: Michael Regan, Craon Weidner
  • Sound Effects Conversion by: Krisalis
  • Special Thanks to: The Atari 2600, Ryan Ayanian, David Crane, Mary Eubank, Alan Gershenfeld, Lary Goldberg, Our Hamster, Eric Johnson, Brian Kelly, Robert Kotick, Maryanne Lataif, Mark Long, Howard Marks, The Mayan Civilization, Jim Mitchell, Tom Sloper, The Smashing Pumpkins, And the Fellas Down South
Source:
In-game credits


  • Manual Copy: Scott Krager and David Pavoni
  • Soundtrack designed and produced by: Scott Gershin and Kelly Rogers
Soundtrack created and mixed at Soundelux Media Labs
Source:
US manual

Magazine articles

Main article: Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Mega Drive/Mega-CD print advert in Computer & Video Games (UK) #157: "December 1994" (1994-11-15)
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Mega Drive/Mega-CD UK print advert in Computer & Video Games (UK) #158: "January 1995" (1994-12-15)
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Mega Drive/Mega-CD print advert in CD Consoles (FR) #2: "Décembre 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
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Mega Drive/Mega-CD print advert in MAN!AC (DE) #1995-02: "02/95" (1995-01-11)
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Artwork

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
89 №38
91 №157, p51[1]
74 №64, p40[15]
89
81 №70
77 №0712, p126-127[16]
83 №64, p80[17]
84 №7, p15
85 №37, p78-79[18]
88 №27, p48-49
89 №34, p50-51[19]
85 №1/95, p36[20]
89 №27, p92-94[2]
92 №48, p90-93
85 №1/95, p109[21]
89 №12, p88-89
91 №62, p50-52
89 №40, p74-75
86 №46, p10
88 №27
90 №72, p64[22]
86 №12/94, p104-105[23]
Sega Mega Drive
86
Based on
22 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
70
[24]
Cool Gamer (RU)
70
[25]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
91
[1]
Computer + Video Giochi (IT)
93
[26]
Digitiser (UK)
83
[27]
Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US) NTSC-U
100
[28]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
70
[15]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
70
[29]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 4 (RU)
70
[30]
Freak (IL)
81
[31]
GameFan (US) NTSC-U
89
[32]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
77
[16]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
83
[17]
GamesMaster (UK) PAL
81
[33]
Gamestar (AU)
91
[3]
Games World: The Magazine (UK) PAL
84
[34]
Hobby Consolas (ES)
90
[35]
Joypad (FR) PAL
85
[18]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
78
[36]
Mega (UK) PAL
88
[37]
Mega Force (FR) PAL
89
[19]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
85
[20]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
89
[2]
Player One (FR)
92
[38]
Play Time (DE) PAL
85
[21]
Sega Magazin (DE)
79
[39]
Sega Magazine (UK) PAL
89
[40]
Sega News (CZ)
73
[41]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
91
[42]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
89
[43]
Sega Mega Drive Review (RU)
78
[44]
Sonic the Comic (UK) PAL
86
[45]
Todo Sega (ES)
89
[46]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
89
[47]
Video Games (DE) PAL
86
[48]
VideoGames (US)
90
[22]
Sega Mega Drive
84
Based on
36 reviews

Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure

Mega Drive, US
PitfalltMA MD US Box.jpg
Cover
PitfalltMA MD US Cart.jpg
Cart
PitfalltMA MD US Manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, EU
PtMA MD EU Box.jpg
Cover
PitfalltMA MD EU Cart.jpg
Cart
Mega Drive, BR
PitfalltMA MD BR Box.jpg
Cover
PitfalltMA MD BR cart.jpg
Cart
Pitfall -The Mayan Adventure MD BR Manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, SE (rental)

Mega-CD version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
76 №67, p34[49]
80 №0803, p74
80 №41
85 №6/95, p84[50]
40 №4, p93-94[51]
90 №52, p119[52]
90 №41, p57
90 №73
86 №3/95, p87[53]
Sega Mega-CD
80
Based on
9 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
76
[49]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
80
[54]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
88
[5]
Joypad (FR)
80
[55]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
80
[56]
Mega Fun (DE)
85
[50]
Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
25
[51]
Player One (FR)
90
[52]
Play Time (DE)
85
[57]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
90
[58]
Video Games (DE) PAL
86
[59]
VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
90
[60]
Sega Mega-CD
80
Based on
12 reviews

Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure

Mega-CD, US
PitfalltMA MCD US Box Back.jpgPitfalltMA MCD US Box Front.jpg
Cover
PitfalltMA MCD US Disc.jpg
Disc
Pitfall mcd us manual.pdf
Manual
Mega-CD, EU
PitfalltMA MCD EU Box Back.jpgPitfalltMA MCD EU Box Front.jpg
Cover
Pitfall MCD EU disc.jpg
Disc

32X version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
66 №75, p38/158-159[61]
71
62 №0810, p46[62]
Sega 32X
66
Based on
3 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
66
[61]
GameFan (US) NTSC-U
71
[63]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
62
[62]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
68
[6]
GamePro (UK)
81
[64]
Next Generation (US)
50
[65]
Sega 32X
66
Based on
6 reviews

Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure

32X, US
Pitfall32XUSBack.jpgPitfalltMA 32X US Box Front.jpg
Cover
PtMA 32X US Cart.jpg
Cart
Pitfall32XUSManual.pdf
Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega-CD
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
553,413,840 CD (US) T-130025
Sega 32X
 ?
CRC32 f9126f15
MD5 e091e542f7ea29ef3daf6022b36e219b
SHA-1 ee864d1677c6d976d0846eb5f8d8edb839acfb76
3MB Cartridge (US)

External links

  • Sega of Japan Virtual Console pages: Mega Drive
  • Nintendo catalogue pages: US

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 File:CVG UK 157.pdf, page 51 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 157.pdf_p51" defined multiple times with different content
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 File:MeanMachinesSega27UK.pdf, page 92 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega27UK.pdf_p92" defined multiple times with different content
  3. 3.0 3.1 File:Gamestar AU 09.pdf, page 71 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Gamestar AU 09.pdf_p71" defined multiple times with different content
  4. File:Megazone AU 47.pdf, page 22
  5. 5.0 5.1 File:GamePro US 068.pdf, page 54 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:GamePro US 068.pdf_p54" defined multiple times with different content
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 File:GamePro US 076.pdf, page 68 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:GamePro US 076.pdf_p68" defined multiple times with different content
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 http://www.nintendolife.com:80/games/megadrive/pitfall_the_mayan_adventure (Wayback Machine: 2017-08-19 20:43)
  8. http://www.nintendo.com:80/games/detail/2XhX2eHJPQWFJcNGBkuB51RAme5_8JVT (Wayback Machine: 2011-02-15 08:52)
  9. https://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/vc/software/11.html (Wayback Machine: 2018-03-06 22:05)
  10. http://vc.sega.jp:80/vc_pitfall (Wayback Machine: 2009-10-29 15:21)
  11. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 50
  12. GamePro, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 152
  13. Computer & Video Games, "February 1995" (UK; 1995-01-15), page 99
  14. Mega Force, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-12-02), page 97
  15. 15.0 15.1 File:EGM US 064.pdf, page 42 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:EGM US 064.pdf_p42" defined multiple times with different content
  16. 16.0 16.1 File:GamePlayers US 0712.pdf, page 128 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:GamePlayers US 0712.pdf_p128" defined multiple times with different content
  17. 17.0 17.1 File:GamePro US 064.pdf, page 82 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:GamePro US 064.pdf_p82" defined multiple times with different content
  18. 18.0 18.1 File:Joypad FR 037.pdf, page 78 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Joypad FR 037.pdf_p78" defined multiple times with different content
  19. 19.0 19.1 File:MegaForce FR 34.pdf, page 50 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MegaForce FR 34.pdf_p50" defined multiple times with different content
  20. 20.0 20.1 File:MegaFun DE 1995-01.pdf, page 36 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MegaFun DE 1995-01.pdf_p36" defined multiple times with different content
  21. 21.0 21.1 File:PlayTime DE 1995-01.pdf, page 109 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:PlayTime DE 1995-01.pdf_p109" defined multiple times with different content
  22. 22.0 22.1 File:VideoGames US 72.pdf, page 64 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:VideoGames US 72.pdf_p64" defined multiple times with different content
  23. File:VideoGames DE 1994-12.pdf, page 100
  24. 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 177
  25. Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 157
  26. Computer + Video Giochi, "Dicembre 1994" (IT; 1994-xx-xx), page 108
  27. Digitiser (UK) (1995-01-02)
  28. Electronic Games (1992-1995), "November 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 116
  29. Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 347
  30. Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 4, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 213
  31. Freak, "1/95" (IL; 1995-xx-xx), page 1
  32. GameFan, "Volume 2, Issue 12: December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 26
  33. GamesMaster (UK) "Series 4, episode 8" (1994-11-08, 24:00) (+9:27)
  34. Games World: The Magazine, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-xx), page 15
  35. Hobby Consolas, "Diciembre 1994" (ES; 1994-xx-xx), page 114
  36. MAN!AC, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-09), page 73
  37. Mega, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-30), page 24
  38. Player One, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-1x-xx), page 90
  39. Sega Magazin, "Dezember 1994" (DE; 1994-11-17), page 31
  40. Sega Magazine, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-15), page 88
  41. Sega News, "Říjen 1996" (CZ; 1996-xx-xx), page 24
  42. Sega Power, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-17), page 50
  43. Sega Pro, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-01), page 74
  44. Sega Mega Drive Review, "1" (RU; 1995-04-03), page 113
  45. Sonic the Comic, "3rd March 1995" (UK; 1995-02-18), page 10
  46. Todo Sega, "Enero 1995" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 34
  47. Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 21
  48. Video Games, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-23), page 104
  49. 49.0 49.1 File:EGM US 067.pdf, page 34 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:EGM US 067.pdf_p34" defined multiple times with different content
  50. 50.0 50.1 File:MegaFun DE 1995-06.pdf, page 84 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MegaFun DE 1995-06.pdf_p84" defined multiple times with different content
  51. 51.0 51.1 File:NextGeneration US 04.pdf, page 95 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:NextGeneration US 04.pdf_p95" defined multiple times with different content
  52. 52.0 52.1 File:PlayerOne FR 052.pdf, page 119 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:PlayerOne FR 052.pdf_p119" defined multiple times with different content
  53. File:VideoGames DE 1995-03.pdf, page 83
  54. Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 3 March 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 74
  55. Joypad, "Avril 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 54
  56. MAN!AC, "05/95" (DE; 1995-04-12), page 47
  57. Play Time, "7/95" (DE; 1995-06-07), page 108
  58. Sega Pro, "February 1995" (UK; 1994-12-29), page 57
  59. Video Games, "3/95" (DE; 1995-02-23), page 87
  60. VideoGames, "February 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 80
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  62. 62.0 62.1 File:GamePlayers US 0810.pdf, page 46 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:GamePlayers US 0810.pdf_p46" defined multiple times with different content
  63. GameFan, "Volume 3, Issue 9: September 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 16
  64. GamePro, "December 1995" (UK; 1995-10-28), page 29
  65. Next Generation, "October 1995" (US; 1995-09-19), page 118


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