Pitfall II: The Lost Caverns is an arcade developed by Activision, released 17 February 1984 on SG-1000, Atari 2600, ColecoVision and Apple II.
What Pitfall II: The Lost Caverns is
Pitfall II: The Lost Caverns is an arcade game developed by Activision and released in 1984. It is available on SG-1000, Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Apple II, Arcade, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS, MSX, TRS-80 Color Computer and ZX Spectrum.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Pitfall II: The Lost Caverns is the sequel to Pitfall and was released for a variety of systems during the mid-1980s including the SG-1000 in 1985. It was also ported to Sega System 1 arcade hardware by Sega. Gameplay is similar to the original game, but the levels are more maze-like. Sega's version of Pitfall II was tweaked significantly from its western counterparts released for the Atari 2600, ColecoVision etc. The gameplay is largely the same, but there are many additions. These include a Lives system, mine-carts, balloons, and a final Demon boss. The increased specifications of System 1 hardware means the arcade version is much more detailed and allows the player to see more of the…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Pitfall II: The Lost Caverns launched on 17 February 1984, within three weeks of Boulder Dash and Punch-Out!!.
Released around the same time: Boulder Dash, Punch-Out!!.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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