As I was researching my last piece I came across a few Pitfall! links worth posting:
1982 Pitfall! commercial starring Jack Black- Here is JB’s national tv debut! Much like Pitfall!, this video is awesome on 2 levels!
Pitfall! laptop case- This needlepoint rendition of Pitfall! was created by Etsy user novellamarie. It’s still available for only $150. Not bad!

Pitfall! 2 instruction guide- from back in the days when games came with awesome how-to booklets.
Pitfall! patch- If you achieved 20,000 points or higher in the original Pitfall!, you could mail a photograph of your high score to Activision and they sent you this awesome “Explorer’s Club” patch and letter.
Saturday Supercade with Pitfall Harry- short lived Saturday Morning tv show that featured various video game characters (like Mario, Q-Bert, Frogger, etc). Pitfall Harry, the star of the Pitfall! games, got some tv time too, along with his nephew and a cowardly lion the producers felt compelled to add.
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Knit Pitfall! and TV- By Christine Domanic. It also looks great with the matching knit Atari 2600 which was featured at the 2007 Maker Faire in San Mateo.










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