Pitfall II: Lost Caverns

Atari 2600 · 1984-02-17

Pitfall II: Lost Caverns is a 1984 Atari 2600 video game developed and released by Activision in the USA on February 17, 1984. Here I am, Pitfall Harry, plummeting toward the dark thunder of rushing water below... and thinking of the night David Crane called. "I hope you're well rested," he had said. Too rested, I said. I was ready for action. He asked if I'd heard tales of the legendary lost caverns of Machu Picchu in Peru. Or of a roaring, uncharted underground tributary of the Urubamba River replete with waterfalls and deadly electric eels. "Yes," I said. He asked if I knew of the infamo…