Editing Pitfall! (section)

==Reception==
{{Video game reviews
| title = {{Dark mode invert|Reception}}
| A2600 = true
| INT = true
| rev1 = ''Arcade Express''
| rev1_A2600 = 8/10{{sfn|Arcade Express|1982|ref=ArcExpress}}
| rev2 = ''[[Electronic Games]]''
| rev2_INT = 7/10{{sfn|Electronic Games|1983|ref=EC1983}}
| rev4 = ''Micro & Video''
| rev4_A2600 = 5/5{{sfn|Machado|1983|pp=20-21}}
| rev4_INT = 4/5{{sfn|Machado|1983|pp=20-21}}
| rev5 = ''Video Games Player''
| rev5_A2600 = A{{sfn|Video Games Player|1982|ref=VGP}}
| rev3 = ''JoyStik How to Win at Video Games''
| rev3_A2600 = 5/5{{sfn|White|1983|p=57}}
}}
In contemporary reviews, critics praised the gameplay and graphics in publications like ''Arcade Express'' and ''[[Electronic Fun with Computers & Games]]'', with the former stating that it "may well be the best adventure game yet produced for the VCS".{{sfn|Arcade Express|1982|ref=ArcExpress}}{{sfn|Renzy|1982|p=12}} The reviewer for ''Blip'' stated that the game was similar to ''[[Donkey Kong (arcade game)|Donkey Kong]]'' (1981), but that "this is one case where inspiration didn't lead to imitation. ''Pitfall'' is its own game. It's also a heck of a lot of fun."{{sfn|Blip|1983|ref=BlipMag}} In ''JoyStik: How to Win at Video Games'', the game was named as one of the ten best games of 1982.{{sfn|White|1983|p=63}} The Atari 2600 version of ''Pitfall!'' was awarded "Best Adventure Video Game" at the 4th annual [[Arkie Awards]] in 1983.{{sfn|Kunkel|Katz|1983|pp=30; 108}}

Reviewing the Intellivision version in 1983, both Phil Wiswell in ''Video Games'' and Ignácio Machado of ''Micro & Video'' wrote that the game was too similar to the Atari 2600 version, with Wiswell saying the release did not take advantage enough of Intellivision's graphical capabilities.{{sfn|Wiswell|1983|p=70}}{{sfn|Machado|1983|pp=20-21}} ''[[Electronic Games]]'', in their "1983 Software Encyclopedia" issue, noted that the game required "more arcade-type skills than intuition or logic".{{sfn|Electronic Games|1983|ref=EC1983}}

''Pitfall!'' was the highest-selling video game from late 1982 to the first quarter of 1983.{{sfn|Electronic Games|1983b|ref=EC1983b}} The game sold {{nowrap|1 million}} units in 1982.{{sfn|Sigel|Giglio|1984|p=22}} It held the top spot on the Top Video Games ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' charts for 64 consecutive weeks and went on to sell over {{nowrap|3.5 million}} units by 1984.{{sfn|Montfort|Bogost|2009|p=99}}{{sfn|Capparell|1984}} It is one of the [[List of best-selling Atari 2600 video games|best-selling games on the Atari 2600]], with over four million copies sold {{as of|2008|lc=y}}.{{sfn|Buchanan|2008}} All versions of the game sold over {{nowrap|5 million}} copies worldwide by 1998.{{sfn|Dawson|1998|p=4}}

===Retrospective reviews===
{{Video game reviews
| title = {{Dark mode invert|Retrospective reception}}
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| CV = true
| INT = true
| Allgame_A2600 = 5/5{{sfn|Marriott}}
| Allgame_INT = 4.5/5{{sfn|Sutyak}}
| rev1 = ''[[Computer and Video Games]]''
| rev1_A2600 = 78%{{sfn|Computer and Video Games|1989|ref=CaV}}
| rev1_CV = 79%{{sfn|Computer and Video Games|1989|ref=CaV}}
| rev2 = ''Computer Games''
| rev2_A2600 = A{{sfn|Computer Games|1985|ref=CG1985}}
| rev2_CV = A{{sfn|Computer Games|1985|ref=CG1985}}
| rev3 = ''[[Electronic Games]]''
| rev3_A2600 = 9/10{{sfn|Kunkel|p=97|ref=Kunk84}}
}}
Later 1980s reviews continued to praise the game, such as the reviewer for ''Computer Games'', who gave the game an A-rating in their 1985 game guide, praising the graphics as "gorgeous and cartoony" and declaring it a "terrific game for action fans".{{sfn|Computer Games|1985|ref=CG1985}} ''[[Computer and Video Games]]'' (1989) stated that ''Pitfall!'' was a "bright and cheery game" that offered plenty of long-term gameplay, continuing that the "game style might look a bit crumbly, but the action is a heap of fun".{{sfn|Computer and Video Games|1989|ref=CaV}}

Scott Alan Marriott of the online game database [[AllGame]] wrote that the variety of threats you encounter on each screen made ''Pitfall!'' one of the most exciting and best-looking games on the Atari 2600.{{sfn|Marriott}} Brett Alan Weiss included the game in his book ''The 100 Greatest Console Video Games 1977–1987'' (2014) and criticized that the Atari 5200 version of the game had poor controls and the Intellivision version for requiring a second button for letting go of vines.{{sfn|Weiss|2014|p=171}} Weiss found the ColecoVision version designed by Action Graphics to be the best of the three versions with improved visuals over the Atari 2600 game, although it failed to take true advantage of the systems graphic capabilities.{{sfn|Weiss|2014|p=171}}

''Pitfall!'' has been included in several [[List of video games considered the best|best-of video games lists]] from various publications, such as ''Electronic Fun with Computers & Games'' in 1984, ''[[Flux (magazine)|Flux]]'' (1995) where it placed 33rd, ''[[Game Informer]]'' (2001) where it placed 41st, and ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' (2012).{{sfn|Amrich|Barbagallo|East|Hudak|1995|p=28}}{{sfn|Cork|2009}}{{sfn|Electronic Fun with Computers & Games|1984|ref=EFCG}}{{sfn|Time|2012|ref=TimeMag}}