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You'd better buy another launch title...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 12 / 14
Date: June 07, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Well, if someone is reading this, that person must be wondering which lauch title to pick. I had the opportunity to try this game via my friend's gameboy advance, and I was quite disappointed. First of all, the visibility is bad. The screen and graphics are way to dark so we end up dying just because we didn't see an enemy who blended in the background. And, there's no saving feature, not even password so you must finish the game in one sitting. Anyway, this game wasn't so great on the SNES, so why bother?

Not bad, but not that good either.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 8 / 8
Date: September 20, 2001
Author: Amazon User

There will be two things that you will notice immediately...1) It is a very dark game. Not in the sense of genre, but in the sense of literal darkness. The game is very hard to see. And 2)there are NO saves or passwords.

To solve both of these problems you will need a game light and some cheat codes. Once you overcome these two obsticles, you will start to enjoy the game. One thing about using the cheat to get to different levels is that the area of the screen which shows you how many points you have accumulated will have its place taken by coordinate numbers. These numbers were probably used to debug the game by the programmers. So you will not have a total score when playing with the level cheat. That's really too bad because you won't know just how well you did on each level.

As you play throught the levels, you will encounter some pretty fun gameplay. The levels are thought out well and some of the levels are pretty challenging. If you do not have good eye/hand coordination, you probably should pass on this game as you will really need to time your moves well.
There are "secret" levels that you will unlock and it will take you a while to understand how to defeat some of the bosses, but all in all, I would say this is a pretty fun game. One word of caution. If you already have a penchant against "platform" type games, you should steer away from this game as only those who like this sort of gameplay will enjoy it.

Needs a SAVE feature!!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: June 30, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game because I used to have the OLD Atari version, and wanted to see how they could update it. The gameplay itself is pretty fun, but visibility is poor, especially in the third level mineshafts. Also, every time I turn on the darn thing, I have to start over from the beginning. That gets old really fast. Other than that, the graphics are great, and it's not difficult to play...but then again, I keep playing the same levels over and over and over...

You'll get to know the beginning very well.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: July 01, 2001
Author: Amazon User

There is no save feature, so you have to complete the game in one sitting, and will become all too familiar with the beginning. The graphics are muddy--all greens and browns--and often the enemies are the same color as the background. It's hard to see anything and it has awfully tedious bosses! So, you just do the beginning over and over and over, because you keep getting killed by the boss. It .... Spend your money on another game; don't waste it on this.

This is an awesome game!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: July 05, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure was good as a P.C version, and now, with it's arrival on GBA, it's even better, with sharper picture, clearer sound and impressive quality. The aim is to take Harry Jr. through the mayan jungles, forests, mines, temples and tooms, to find treasures, avoid crocodiles, tigers and other such nasties, and basically try to stay alive. It's a bit too difficult on some levels (Yaxchilan Lagoon and Toom of Palenque), but overall, it's good fun, with some added surprises and good-natured action. Kill those monkeys! Ha ha ha ha!

Little harder than I was looking for in a GBA game

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: January 07, 2002
Author: Amazon User

If I was playing this on N64 or XBox or PS2 or something this game would be great. Don't get me wrong, it is a very good game - it is just a little harder than I was looking for in a GBA game. Usually you play (or at least I do) a Game Boy Advance game because you are looking for some quick fun entertainment during lunch or during work when no one is looking. This game takes more time than I can devote to it usually. The graphics are outstanding the the game play is very very good. I just have a hard time at the end of the levels when you have to kill whatever is trying to eat you. That is where I don't have the patience to continue. Either that - or I just suck at it. It is a very well done game and worth playing, especially if you have more skills than I do. Just wish there was a little more screen to see what you are doing.

Please read

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 7 / 11
Date: June 02, 2002
Author: Amazon User

sorry to say this but this game really bytes. No only is it hard to play it is just not fun. The only reason I got this game is because the back looked cool(i will never do that again) Please dont buy....you will regret it!

pitfall

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: July 04, 2001
Author: Amazon User

The game is alot of fun but the only thing wrong with the game is that the game doesn't save so if you advance to a another level and you get tired of playing the game and turn your gameboy off it won't save and when you turn the gameboy back on when you want to plat it , you'll start at the very beginning

Pitfall review

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: February 09, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I have this game for the pc. The controls are fantastic, the levels are fun, the action is intense, the sound effects, and the music are fantastic.
But now that this game has been brought to the GBA, the controls are sketchy, the wonderful level music has been eliminated, and the sound effects are just plain annoying. The extra features that were in the pc game (such as the bonus mini-games and the Atari 2600 edition--which was great) aren't there. This game, somehow maintains it's addictive quality. BUt if I were you, I'd rent it first.

Pitfall fails

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 5 / 8
Date: June 19, 2001
Author: Amazon User

The game Pitfall for GBA is a very detailed yet the graphics are hard to see if yoiu don't have the proper equipment. For one, animals may come out of the ground that you wpouldn't know about. On top of this the sound could've been better. Pitfall is mainly about a boy whos father Pitfall Harry gets lost in the jungle. What you try to do is save Pitfall Harry. However thiscan be challenging becuase of the no-save feature. Once you have used the three lives you are given you have a chance to continue on, but you only get two continues. If you have used up all your continues you have to start again therefore the first two levels can get very boring. If you are planning on getting a game for your GBA I would reccomend thar you don't get this one.

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