Editing Pitfall! (section)

===Retrospective reviews===
{{Video game reviews
| title = {{Dark mode invert|Retrospective reception}}
| A2600 = true
| 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}}