Editing Super Pitfall (section)

==Reception==
{{Video game reviews
| rev1 = ''[[Gemaga|Beep]]''
| rev1Score = 3/5{{sfn|Beep|1986|p=55|ref=BeepRev}}
|}}
A reviewer in the Japanese video game magazine ''[[Gemaga|Beep]]'' described the game as average with some obvious flaws such as slower screen transitions.{{sfn|Beep|1986|p=55|ref=BeepRev}} [[Bill Kunkel (journalist)|Bill Kunkel]] wrote in ''[[Computer Gaming World]]'' found the playing character's movement was slow and floaty and that its gameplay and visuals were too similar to that ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' (1985). Kunkel concluded that "there is nothing in the game itself to keep [NES users] awake."{{sfn|Kunkel|1988|pp=44-45}} A review in ''[[Computer Entertainer]]'' found the game gave players plenty to explore, specifically noting large amount of secret areas and hidden objects and recommended it to fans of the two previous ''Pitfall'' games on the Atari 2600.{{sfn|Computer Entertainer includes The Video Game Update|1988|ref=CE-May1988|p=10}} ''[[VideoGames & Computer Entertainment]]'' gave the game a high grade of four for its action and lower points of two for its music and sound, declaring the game to be a "higher quality" form than its previous entries.{{sfn|VideoGames & Computer Entertainment|1988|p=43|ref=VGCE}}
Tony Olive in ''[[The Rainbow (magazine)|The Rainbow]]'' reviewed the CoCo port, praising the graphics as arcade-quality, with smooth movement, and finding the game to be fun and challenging.{{sfn|Olive|1988|p=132}}

From retrospective reviews, Stuart Hunt wrote in ''[[Retro Gamer]]'' that the game was derided by most fans of the ''Pitfall'' series. Hunt specifically noted poor collisions detection, flickering sprites and stiff animation and that a lot of the game play involved frustrating trial and error. Hunt also found that having a weapon in the game was useless as it passed over most enemies heads and that the sprite of the player looked too much like [[Mario]] in a safari hat.{{sfn|Hunt|2012|p=84}} Brett Weiss, in his book ''Classic Home Video Games, 1985-1988'' (2009) found the game to have awful music and graphics and generic level design finding it far inferior to the previous Atari 2600 games.{{sfn|Weiss|2009|p=185}}