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===Follow-ups=== {{Video game timeline | compressempty = yes | 1982 = ''Pitfall!'' | 1984 = ''[[Pitfall II: Lost Caverns]]'' | 1985 = ''[[Pitfall II: Lost Caverns (arcade game)|Pitfall II: Lost Caverns]]'' | 1986 = ''[[Super Pitfall]]'' | 1994 = ''[[Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure]]'' | 1998a = ''[[Pitfall 3D: Beyond the Jungle]]'' | 1998b = ''Pitfall: Beyond the Jungle'' | 2004 = ''[[Pitfall: The Lost Expedition]]'' | 2012 = ''[[Pitfall! (2012 video game)|Pitfall!]]'' }} ''Pitfall!'' spawned numerous sequels for consoles.{{sfn|Montfort|Bogost|2009|p=109}} These include ''[[Pitfall II: Lost Caverns]]'' (1984), ''[[Super Pitfall]]'' (1986) for the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]], ''[[Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure]]'' (1994) for the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]] and [[Sega Genesis]], ''[[Pitfall 3D: Beyond the Jungle]]'' (1998) for the [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]], ''Pitfall: Beyond the Jungle'' (1998) for the [[Game Boy Color]], and ''[[Pitfall: The Lost Expedition]]'' for various systems in 2004.{{sfn|Weiss|2014|p=171}}{{sfn|Automatic|1994|p=51}}{{sfn|MetacriticA|ref=MetacriticA}}{{sfn|MetacriticB|ref=MetacriticB}}{{sfn|MetacriticC|ref=MetacriticC}} [[Sega]] released ''[[Pitfall II: Lost Caverns (arcade game)|Pitfall II: Lost Caverns]]'' (1985) to arcades, which incorporated elements of ''Pitfall!'' and ''Pitfall II: Lost Caverns'' from the Atari 2600.{{sfn|Weiss|2014|p=171}} Activision's UK-based studio The Blast Furnace released a follow-up titled ''[[Pitfall! (2012 video game)|Pitfall!]]'' (2012) for [[iOS]] on August 9, 2012.{{sfn|PR Newswire|2012|ref=PR Newswire}} It features gameplay similar to that of ''[[Temple Run]]'' (2011).{{sfn|Nichols|2012}} ''Pitfall!'' remained the game that Crane has been most associated with. In 2012, he stated that "I suppose that's not a bad problem to have, It's not a dark shadow. But I'm not just a classic gaming guy. This is what I do for a living!"{{sfn|Cifaldi|2012}} In the same year, he started a [[crowdfunding]] campaign [[Kickstarter]] to fund a [[spiritual successor]] to the ''Pitfall!'' series, but it fell far short of his funding goal.{{sfn|Cifaldi|2012}}{{sfn|Kohler|2012}}
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