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Super Pitfall
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<p><i>Super Pitfall</i> (スーパーピットフォール, <i>Sūpā Pittofōru</i>) is a 1986 <a href="/facts/Side-scrolling_video_game/GsX5ujVd">side-scrolling</a> non-linear <a href="/facts/Platform_game/KJnmd0Il">platform game</a> for the <a href="/facts/Nintendo_Entertainment_System/YD59GCQQ">Nintendo Entertainment System</a> (NES). Despite the title screen stating that it was reprogrammed by <a href="/facts/Pony_Canyon/IGQQmzBh">Pony Inc.</a>, the development of the NES version was handled by Micronics, a Japanese developer who mostly ported arcade games to the NES. </p><p><i>Super Pitfall</i> was the first game that Activision published as a third-party developer for the NES. Following the original release of the game, ports were made in Japan by Makoto Ichinoseki for the <a href="/facts/PC-8800_series/5R5gdl81">PC-8800 series</a> liner of computers and by Steve Bjork for the <a href="/facts/TRS-80_Color_Computer/KISXB65L">Color Computer 3</a>. The game initially received positive reviews from <i><a href="/facts/VideoGames_%26_Computer_Entertainment/WSCAWSSH">VideoGames & Computer Entertainment</a></i> and <i><a href="/facts/Computer_Entertainer/Q76Hy9s3">Computer Entertainer</a></i> while <a href="/facts/Bill_Kunkel_(journalist)/qzcchhzl">Bill Kunkel</a> wrote in <i><a href="/facts/Computer_Gaming_World/KKMYmFv7">Computer Gaming World</a></i> that the game did not control well and did not stand out well in a market of <i><a href="/facts/Super_Mario_Bros./ryoTeTg7">Super Mario Bros.</a></i> clones. Retrospective reviews of the NES game from game critic Brett Weiss and Stuart Hunt of <i><a href="/facts/Retro_Gamer/GaU4SE9e">Retro Gamer</a></i> found the game a step down from the previous <i>Pitfall</i> games on the <a href="/facts/Atari_2600/wSTCRAvp">Atari 2600</a>, with both faulting low quality graphics and game design. </p><p>Activision initially was going distribute <a href="/facts/Sunsoft/4c0cFqTd">Sunsoft</a>'s <i><a href="/facts/Atlantis_no_Nazo/9KWsuP3f">Atlantis no Nazo</a></i> in the United States in a rebranded form as a sequel to <i>Super Pitfall</i> on the <a href="/facts/Super_Nintendo_Entertainment_System/uRT5Sa6s">Super Nintendo Entertainment System</a>. This release did not happen. </p>