Editing Pitfall! (section)

==Release==
''Pitfall!'' was released for the Atari 2600 in September 1982.{{sfn|Blanchet|1982|p=C6}} The game was later released for the [[Intellivision]] in November 1982.{{sfn|CashBox|1982|ref=CashBoxHomeVideo}} 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.{{sfn|CashBox|1982b|ref=CashBoxPrize}} A TV commercial for ''Pitfall!'' notably starred actor [[Jack Black]] in his first acting role, at age 13.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Friend |first=Tad |date=2015-05-11 |title=Jack Black Visits Barcade |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/05/18/game-the-pictures-tad-friend |access-date=2025-05-30 |work=The New Yorker |language=en-US |issn=0028-792X}}</ref> In January 1984, it was announced that ''Pitfall!'' would be released along with other Activision games such as ''[[River Raid]]'', ''[[Megamania]]'', and ''[[Beamrider]]'' for the [[Atari 5200]], [[ColecoVision]], [[Commodore 64]], and [[MSX]].{{sfn|The Video Game Update|1984|ref=VGU1984}}{{sfn|Onosko|1982|p=41}}{{sfn|Weiss|2014|p=171}}{{sfn|Fox|2013|p=216}} ''Pitfall!'' was subsequently released for the ColecoVision in February, the [[Atari 8-bit computers]] and Atari 5200 in March, and the Commodore 64 in June.{{sfn|The Video Game Update|1984b|ref=VGU19842}}{{sfn|Atari Computers|1984|ref=Atari1984}}{{sfn|The Video Game Update|1984c|ref=VGUDec1984}} It was released in Japan for the MSX in September 1984.{{sfn|MSX Magazine|1984|ref=MSX}}

''Pitfall!'' was included in various video games collections, including ''Activision Classics'' (1998) for the PlayStation, ''[[Activision Anthology]]'' (2002) for [[PlayStation 2]], and ''Activision Hits Remixed'' in 2006 for the [[PlayStation Portable]].{{sfn|Weiss|2014|p=171}} The game was also a secret extra in Activision-published titles like ''[[Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure]]'' (1994), ''[[Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare]]'' (2016), and ''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War]]'' (2020).{{sfn|Rogers|Miller|1994}}{{sfn|Takashi|2016}}{{sfn|Park|2020}}