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==References== {{reflist|20em}} ===Sources=== {{refbegin|30em|indent=yes}} * {{cite book | title=Activision Pitfall! Instructions | publisher=[[Activision]] | year=1982 | ref=manual|id=AX-018-03}} * {{Cite magazine |date=April 1995 |url=https://archive.org/details/flux-issue-4/page/n29/mode/2up |magazine=[[Flux (magazine)|Flux]]|title=The Top 100 Video Games |issue=4 |pages=31|issn=1074-5602|last1=Amrich|first1=Dan|last2=Barbagallo|first2=Ralph|last3=East|first3=Mark|last4=Hudak|first4=Chris|last5=Kitts|first5=Jeff|last6=Meston|first6=Zach|last7=Yang|first7=Jeff|author-link1=Dan Amrich}} * {{cite magazine|title=The Hotseat: Reviews of New Products|magazine=Arcade Express|date=August 30, 1982|volume=1|issue=2|page=6|url=http://www.digitpress.com/library/newsletters/arcadeexpress/arcade_express_v1n2.pdf|access-date=June 10, 2023| ref=ArcExpress}} * {{cite magazine|magazine=Atari Computers|volume=3|issue=11|date=April 1984|title=Colecovision|page=16| ref=Atari1984}} * {{cite magazine|last=Automatic|first=Radion |url=http://oldgamemags.ukprintarchive.com/Multi-format%20Publications/Computer%20&%20Video%20Games/CVG%20(1994-12)%20157%20(EMAP).pdf/#page/50|title=Pitfall 2|magazine=[[Computer and Video Games]]|issue=157|date=December 1994|page=51 |access-date=June 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180925180414/http://oldgamemags.ukprintarchive.com/Multi-format%20Publications/Computer%20%26%20Video%20Games/CVG%20%281994-12%29%20157%20%28EMAP%29.pdf/#page/50|archive-date=September 25, 2018|url-status=dead}} * {{cite news|newspaper=[[The Santa Fe New Mexican]]|date=July 31, 1982|page=C6|title=How to Beat the Video Games|last=Blanchet|first=Michael|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/72773873/atari-2600-news-megamania-pitfall/|access-date=June 10, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} * {{cite magazine|magazine=Blip|title=Player's Choice|pages=16β17|issue=1|date=February 1983|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]|location=United States|ref=BlipMag}} * {{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2008/08/26/top-10-best-selling-atari-2600-games|title=Top 10 Best-Selling Atari 2600 Games|first=Levi|last=Buchanan |website=[[IGN]]|date=August 26, 2008|access-date=June 11, 2023}} * {{cite web |url=http://www.atarimagazines.com/v3n2/levy.html |title=Activision's James Levy: A software success story |last=Capparell |first=James |publisher=[[Antic (magazine)|Antic]] |date=June 1984 |access-date=April 22, 2017}} * {{cite magazine|title=Home Video Game Suppliers, Titles Continue to Proliferate|magazine=Cash Box|date=September 4, 1982|page=24|volume=44|issue=15|ref=CashBoxHomeVideo}} * {{cite magazine |title=Activision Sets Five Week "Pitfall Treasure Hunt"|page=17|magazine=[[Cash Box]]|volume=44|issue=26|date=November 20, 1982b|ref=CashBoxPrize}} * {{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019221411/http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/177270/Living_in_Pitfalls_shadow.php|url=http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/177270/Living_in_Pitfalls_shadow.php|title=Living in Pitfall!'s Shadow|work=[[Game Developer (website)|Gamasutra]]|date=September 6, 2012|last=Cifaldi|first=Frank|archive-date=October 19, 2012|access-date=June 11, 2023|author-link=Frank Cifaldi}} * {{cite magazine |title=Complete Games Guide |magazine=[[Computer and Video Games]] |date=October 16, 1989 |issue=Complete Guide to Consoles |page=65 |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/9/98/CompleteGuideToConsoles_UK_01.pdf|access-date=June 10, 2023|location=United Kingdom|ref=CaV}} * {{cite magazine |title=1985 Software Buyer's Guide|magazine=Computer Games|date=February 1985 |volume=3 |issue=5 |publisher=Carnegie Publications |location=United States |page=53 |url=https://archive.org/details/Computer_Games_Vol_3_No_5_1985-02_Carnegie_Publications_US/page/n13/mode/2up|via=[[Archive.org]]| ref=CG1985}} * {{Cite magazine|last=Cork|first=Jeff|title=Game Informer's Top 100 Games Of All Time (Circa Issue 100)|url=https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2009/11/16/game-informer-s-top-100-games-of-all-time-circa-issue-100.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091119071214/http://gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2009/11/16/game-informer-s-top-100-games-of-all-time-circa-issue-100.aspx|url-status=live|archive-date=November 19, 2009|access-date=June 11, 2023|magazine=[[Game Informer]]|date=November 16, 2009}} * {{cite book | title=Activision Pitfall! Instructions | publisher=[[Activision]] | year=1982 | id=AX-018-03|chapter=How to Seek Your Fortune with Pitfall Harry|last=Crane|first=David|author-link=David Crane (programmer)}} * {{cite magazine |last1=Dawson |first1=Angela |title=Pitfall Harry to Life for Activision |magazine=[[Adweek]] |date=1998 |page=4 |publisher=A/S/M Communications. |quote=The pit-hopping action game has sold more than {{nowrap|5 million}} copies worldwide.}} * {{cite magazine|magazine=[[Edge (magazine)|Edge]]|title=The Making of: Pitfall!|date=June 29, 2009|access-date=June 11, 2023|archive-date=May 31, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130531132929/http://www.edge-online.com/features/making-pitfall/|url=http://www.edge-online.com/features/making-pitfall/ |page=1 |ref={{harvid|Edge|2009}}}} ** {{cite magazine|magazine=[[Edge (magazine)|Edge]]|title=The Making Of: Pitfall!|date=June 29, 2009|access-date=June 11, 2023|archive-date=June 18, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618172544/http://www.edge-online.com/features/making-pitfall/2/|url=http://www.edge-online.com/features/making-pitfall/2/ |page=2 |ref={{harvid|Edge2|2009}}}} * {{cite magazine|magazine=Electronic Fun with Computers & Games|volume=2|issue=5|date=March 1984|page=26|title=EF's 50 Best Games|ref=EFCG}} * {{cite magazine|magazine=[[Electronic Games|Electronic Games 1983 Software Encyclopedia]]|title=Intellvision|issn=0736-8488|publisher=Reese Communications|year=1983|volume=1|issue=1|pages=40β41|ref=EC1983}} * {{cite magazine|title=Journey to the Land of Fantasy|date=June 1983b|issn=0730-6687|magazine=[[Electronic Games]]|page=49|ref=EC1983b|volume=1|issue=16}} * {{cite book|title=Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia 1949 through 1993|last=Erickson|first=Hal|author-link=Hal Erickson (author)|publisher=[[McFarland & Company]]|isbn=0-7864-0029-3|year=1993}} * {{cite book|title=The Video Games Guide|last=Fox|first=Matt|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc.|isbn=978-0-7864-7257-4|year=2013}} * {{cite web|url=http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/features/all/greatestgames/p-42.html|title=The Greatest Games of All Time: Pitfall!|website=[[GameSpot]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040327080448/http://gamespot.com/gamespot/features/all/greatestgames/p-42.html | archive-date=March 27, 2004|access-date=June 11, 2023|last=Gerstmann|first=Jeff}} * {{cite magazine|magazine=[[Retro Gamer]]|title=The History of Pitfall!|first=Stuart|last=Hunt|issue=107|issn=1742-3155|year=2012|publisher=Imagine Publishing}} * {{cite magazine | url=https://www.wired.com/2012/08/david-crane-jungleventure-kickstarter/ | first=Chris | last=Kohler | title=''Pitfall!'' Creator David Crane Seeks $900K to Kickstart ''JungleVenture'' | magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] | date=August 11, 2012 | access-date=June 11, 2023}} * {{cite magazine|last1= Kunkel |first1= Bill |author-link1= Bill Kunkel (journalist)|last2= Katz |first2= Arnie |author-link2= Arnie Katz|date= February 1983 |title= Arcade Alley: The Fourth Annual Arcade Awards |magazine= [[Video (magazine)|Video]]|volume= 6|issue= 11|issn= 0147-8907}} * {{cite magazine|title=Programmables/Atari 2600|magazine=[[Electronic Games|1984 Software Encyclopedia]]|publisher=Reese Communications|issn=0736-8488|issue=2|editor-last=Kunkel|editor-first=Bill|ref=Kunk84}} * {{cite magazine|magazine=Micro & Video|title=Joystick|issue=1|publisher=Fonte|date=November 1983|last=Machado|first=IgnΓ‘cio|language=Portuguese}} * {{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141114101100/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=8217&tab=review|url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=8217&tab=review|title=Pitfall!|last=Marriott|first=Scott Alan|access-date=June 1, 2023|archive-date=November 14, 2014|publisher=[[AllGame]]}} * {{cite magazine | url=http://www.ew.com/article/2013/01/25/the-10-best-atari-games | first=Aaron | last=Morales | title=The 10 Best Atari games | magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] | date=January 25, 2013 | access-date=April 17, 2016}} * {{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/pitfall-the-lost-expedition/critic-reviews/?platform=xbox|title=Pitfall: The Lost Expedition Critic Reviews for Xbox|publisher=Metacritic|access-date=January 24, 2014|archive-date=March 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308185710/http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox/pitfall-the-lost-expedition/critic-reviews|url-status=live|ref=MetacriticA}} * {{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/pitfall-the-lost-expedition/critic-reviews/?platform=pc|title=Pitfall: The Lost Expedition Critic Reviews for PC|publisher=Metacritic|access-date=January 24, 2014|archive-date=January 27, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127021054/http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/pitfall-the-lost-expedition/critic-reviews|url-status=live|ref=MetacriticB}} * {{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/pitfall-the-lost-expedition/critic-reviews/?platform=game-boy-advance|title=Pitfall: The Lost Expedition Critic Reviews for Game Boy Advance|publisher=Metacritic|access-date=January 24, 2014|archive-date=October 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002155547/https://www.metacritic.com/game/game-boy-advance/pitfall-the-lost-expedition/critic-reviews|url-status=live|ref=MetacriticC}} * {{cite journal|url=https://gamestudies.org/0601/articles/montfort|title=Combat in Context|last=Montfort|first=Nick|volume=6|issue=1|date=December 2006|issn=1604-7982|access-date=April 28, 2023|journal=Game Studies|author-link=Nick Montfort}} * {{cite book|last1=Montfort|first1=Nick|last2=Bogost|first2=Ian|title=Racing the Beam|publisher=[[MIT Press]]|year=2009|isbn=978-0-262-01257-7|title-link=Racing the Beam|author-link2=Ian Bogost}} * {{cite magazine|magazine=MSX Magazine|date=September 1984|title=γ’γ―γγ£γγΈγ§γ³η¬¬1εΌΎ γγγ«γγ9ζ5ζ₯ηΊε£²|language=Japanese|ref=MSX}} * {{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/gaming/levelup/a398989/mobile-review-round-up-pitfall-organ-trail-farming-simulator-more.html|title= Mobile Review Round-up: Pitfall, Organ Trail, Farming Simulator, more|date=August 13, 2012|last=Nichols|first=Scott|work=[[Digital Spy]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120814170740/https://www.digitalspy.com/gaming/levelup/a398989/mobile-review-round-up-pitfall-organ-trail-farming-simulator-more.html|archive-date=August 14, 2012|access-date=June 10, 2023}} * {{cite news|newspaper=[[The Capital Times]]|last=Onosko|first=Tim|date=October 22, 1982|title=Fall Home Video Games More Fun and Challenge|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/73055221/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 10, 2023}} * {{cite web|title=I Can't Stop Playing Pitfall in Call of Duty: Black Ops β Cold War|access-date=June 10, 2023|date=November 13, 2020|last=Park|first=Morgan|work=[[PCGamer]]|url=https://www.pcgamer.com/i-cant-stop-playing-pitfall-in-call-of-duty-black-ops-cold-war/}} * {{cite web|work=[[PR Newswire]]|title=30-Years and Still Swinging β Activision's Legendary Jungle-Crawler Pitfall!β’ Debuts on iPhone, iPad & iPod Touch|url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bwh&AN=201208090900PR.NEWS.USPR.LA54858&site=eds-live&scope=site|access-date=June 10, 2023|url-access=subscription|date=August 9, 2012|ref=PR Newswire}} * {{cite magazine|magazine=[[Game Informer]]|title=The Pitfalls of Atari Development|last=Reeves|first=Ben|date=April 2013|issue=240|ISSN=1067-6392|publisher=[[GameStop]]}} * {{cite magazine |title=Video Game Explosion! 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