Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure
by Majesco Sales Inc.
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Product Summary
Brand: Majesco Sales Inc.Platform: Game Boy Advance
Publisher: Majesco Sales Inc.
Product features:
- Complex puzzles and challenging boss battles become more and more daunting as you progress further into the game's 11 vibrant levels.
Video Game Reviews of Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure
Customer Review: Kinda boring
Summary: 3 Stars
This game looked interesting but its really kinda boring. Although its not awful like Metal Bots or anything like that, and this is why I gave it 3 stars. Some may like this game. I do not hate it, I just find it kinda boring and repetious.
Description of Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure
Cartridge Only The Mayan Adventure for Game Boy Advance is a jaw-dropping example of GBA's ability to deliver beautiful graphics. Controlling Pitfall Harry Jr. -- son of the Pitfall Harry from the Atari 2600 game that the SNES game was a sequel to -- you must venture deep into the South American jungle in search of adventure and treasure. Complex puzzles and challenging boss battles become more and more daunting as you progress further into the game's 11 vibrant levels.Pitfall Harry is back! Well, sort of. Pitfall Harry has been kidnapped, and this time his son is exploring and adventuring in his stead. Pitfall is fondly remembered as one of the first real hits on the Atari 2600 game system way back in the early '80s. Harry reappeared in new adventures on the PC, PlayStation, Super Nintendo, and more. Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure is a direct port of these games, and you'll find it enhanced slightly, but mostly the same as previous versions.
Pitfall is a 2-D side-scrolling adventure in which Harry Jr. is on a mission in the South American jungle to recover artifacts, gold, treasure, his pop, and other goodies. There must have been an explosion in a major cache somewhere, because this stuff is sitting in trees, on the ground, and in subterranean locations. Harry and Harry Jr. likely mugged Indiana Jones because they're wearing his outfit and his whip. They also find lots of snakes and go on a mine car ride in this game.
But the lack of originality doesn't matter that much because the gameplay offers pretty good stuff overall. Harry Jr. must run and jump over quicksand and the gaping maws of crocodiles, swing on vines, climb ropes, and fight chattering skeletons and chittering monkey foes in his quest. He's also got to solve a few puzzles along the way.
While the graphics are enhanced in 32-bit finery for the Game Boy Advance screen, the details and colors are muddy, making it hard to appreciate the lush environments. Seeing where you're going and what you're grabbing can be difficult, even with perfect lighting. Also, the game suffers from repetition and a lack of inspiration. There's only so much Harry Jr. can do, and you'll find him doing it a lot, over and over. Still, Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure is a worthwhile romp on the handheld even if it is outshined a bit by other, cleaner-looking launch titles. --Andrew S. Bub
Pros:
- Pitfall Harry (and son) are back
- The game features several distinct environments
- Swinging over open-mouthed crocs is as cool now as it was almost 20 years ago
- The graphics are a bit muddy and hard to see without perfect lighting
- The game feels a little repetitious and uninspired
Back before Mario was getting top billing, Pitfall Harry was swinging through a platform adventure of his own. Now, decades later, Harry's back on the vine in Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure, this time for the Game Boy Advance. Pitfall benefits as much from the GBA's deep color palette, which brings intricate jungle and temple settings to life, as it does from pit-spanning advancements in the genre's gameplay. More than just hopping over holes and snapping crocs, Harry will have to unravel puzzles, negotiate tricky new environments (like a spider-web trampoline), and take down dangerous foes to get what he wants: gold, jewels, and precious artifacts.
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