This week’s podcast is all about the David Crane masterpiece, Pitfall! This Activision game was one of the best games for the Atari 2600 and I just loved it. On the show we talk about its creator, history, ports, sequels and other places that Pitfall! has popped up outside of Video Games. I am not alone this week. Jonathan is back with another Retro Rewind.
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Pitfall! Excellent! What a great topic – can’t wait to listen to it!
I still have my Seaquest Sub Club patch. It looks cool, but it doesn’t get me free sandwiches at Subway. Bah.
Enjoyed the story about trying to get your Pitfall patch! My vote for the top three Activion games are 1) Megamania 2)Chopper Command 3)River Raid
Enjoyed the story about trying to get your Pitfall patch! My vote for the top three Activion games are: 1) Megamania 2)Chopper Command 3)River Raid
Another great David Crane game was Freeway. It was fun! l Another great Activision game for the 2600 was Kaboom!. Kaboom! was one of the few games using the paddles that I liked.
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David Crane, creator of Pitfall! (Activision Blizzard), talks about his life and career as an interactive entertainment software designer, how his character, Pitfall Harry, was born,
and why his action/adventure game was a groundbreaking hit for the Vivendi-controlled
video game publishing company.
Video and computer games by Activision Blizzard created by cofounder David Crane:
Freeway
Kaboom!
Pitfall