Pitfall 3D: Beyond the Jungle

Pitfall 3D: Beyond the Jungle
North American PlayStation cover art
Developer(s)	Activision Luxoflux Crave Entertainment
Publisher(s)	Activision Crave Entertainment
Director(s)	David Pass
Producer(s)	John Lafleur
Designer(s)	Ryan Sinnock Aaron Cammarata
Programmer(s)	Francois Yves Bertrand Justin Lloyd Gary Jesdanun
Artist(s)	Robert Stahl Jeffery Buchanan Christian Gossett
Composer(s)	David Logan
Platform(s)	PlayStation, Game Boy Color
Release date(s)	PlayStation NA: February 28, 1998 EU: April 1998 JP: December 10, 1998 Game Boy Color NA: December 1998 JP: May 28, 1999 EU: 1999
Genre(s)	Platformer
Mode(s)	Single player

Pitfall 3D: Beyond the Jungle (Pitfall 3D in Japan and Pitfall: Beyond the Jungle in Europe) is a platform game developed by Activision's internal Console Development Group and published by Activision in 1998 for the PlayStation and by Crave Entertainment in 1999 for the Game Boy Color. The European and American Game Boy Color versions do not have the "3D" moniker in the title and in Japan it is simply known as Pitfall GB.

Gameplay

Just as in its predecessor Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure, the original Pitfall! for the Atari 2600 is available as an Easter Egg.

Plot

In this adventure, Pitfall Harry Jr (Bruce Campbell) meets a girl named Mira (Catherine Sutherland) who enlists his aid in freeing her people from "The Scourge", an evil woman bent on controlling the world.

Reception

Reception
Review scores Publication Score GBC PS AllGame N/A [1] CVG N/A 3/10[2] Edge N/A 6/10[3] EGM N/A 5.17/10[4] Game Informer N/A 8/10[5] GamePro N/A [6] Game Revolution N/A B[7] GameSpot N/A 7.1/10[8] IGN 3/10[9] 7/10[10] OPM (US) N/A [11] Entertainment Weekly N/A B−[12] Aggregate score GameRankings N/A 67.83%[13]

With six reviews, Pitfall 3D has a GameRankings score of 68% for the PlayStation version.^[13]

See also

• Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis

References

1. Green, Earl. "Pitfall 3D: Beyond the Jungle - Review". AllGame. Archived from the original on 2014-11-14. Retrieved 2014-11-25.
2. Alex C. (1998). "PlayStation Review: Pitfall 3D". Computer and Video Games. Archived from the original on 2007-09-22. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
3. Edge staff (June 1998). "Pitfall 3D: Beyond the Jungle (PS)". Edge (59).
4. "Pitfall 3D: Beyond the Jungle". Electronic Gaming Monthly. 1998.
5. "Pitfall 3D: Beyond the Jungle". Game Informer (61). May 1998. Archived from the original on 1999-09-11. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
6. Scary Larry (1998). "Pitfall: Beyond the Jungle Review for PlayStation on GamePro.com". GamePro. Archived from the original on 2005-02-09. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
7. Tony V. (March 1998). "Pitfall 3D: Beyond the Jungle Review". Game Revolution. Archived from the original on 1998-06-13. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
8. Fielder, Joe (1998-03-31). "Pitfall 3D: Beyond the Jungle Review". GameSpot. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
9. Averett, Steve (1999-06-16). "Pitfall: Beyond the Jungle". IGN. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
10. IGN Staff (1998-03-27). "Pitfall 3D". IGN. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
11. "Pitfall 3D: Beyond the Jungle". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. 1998.
12. Walk, Gary Eng (1998-04-17). "Pitfall 3D Review". Entertainment Weekly (427). Retrieved 2014-01-25.
13. "Pitfall 3D: Beyond the Jungle for PlayStation". GameRankings. Retrieved 2013-08-26.

External links

• Pitfall 3D: Beyond the Jungle at MobyGames