Pitfall: The Lost Expedition

Twenty-two years after making his groundbreaking debut on the Atari 2600, Activision's Pitfall Harry returns for more jungle-exploring action. The intrepid adventurer is brought to life for more than 50 perilous levels set in such exotic South American locales as rainforests, glaciers, mines, and ancient ruins. As in the original, players must utilize Harry's athletic prowess to swing from vines, run from rolling logs, hop over treacherous pits, avoid snapping crocodiles, and more, while trying to survive the hostile environment.

Released: 18 February 2004
Platforms: Game Boy Advance GameCube PlayStation 2 Wii Windows Xbox
Genres: Action-adventure Adventure Platformer
Developers: Edge of Reality
Publishers: —
Series: Pitfall
Modes: Multiplayer Single-player
Perspective: Third person
Themes: Action
Country: United States Australia
Age ratings: ESRB E
Languages: English

About

Pitfall: The Lost Expedition is an action-adventure video game developed by Edge of Reality and published by Activision. Part of the Pitfall! series, it was released for the GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox in 2004. An abridged version for the Game Boy Advance by Torus Games was released alongside the console versions.

A Windows version developed by Beenox was released later that year. The game was also released on October 7, 2008 on the Wii as Pitfall: The Big Adventure, with it being released under the brand Fun4All in Europe. It was followed in 2012 by Pitfall! for mobile devices.

Keywords

gravity
artifacts
high score
bink video
polygonal 3d
moving platforms
predecessor included
archeology
xbox 360 backwards compatibility

Media

Pitfall: The Lost Expedition screenshot 1

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Story

In 1935, Pitfall Harry, the fearless, rough-and-ready treasure hunter from the Pitfall! series, returns to help a beautiful archaeologist rescue her father and thwart the evil Jonathan St. Claire from claiming the lost city of El Dorado. As Harry, players encounter various animal enemies, including scorpions, bats, piranhas, crocodiles and penguins, as well as human adversaries under the leadership of the sinister St.

Claire. Numerous abilities are at the player's disposal as Harry recovers pages of the Heroic Handbook. With his various items, Harry is equipped for almost anything. Harry will also find lost explorers and be rewarded with golden idols for his trouble, which he can then use as currency with the Shaman.

Reception

Pitfall: The Lost Expedition received "mixed or average" reviews from critics, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.

GameSpot gave the GameCube and PlayStation 2 versions a 7.3 out of 10 and wrote, "If you're on the lookout for a solid platformer for a weekend rental, then Pitfall: The Lost Expedition is right up your alley." IGN gave the game a 7.8 out of 10, writing, "Activision delivers a worthy sequel to its classic adventure-platformer franchise."

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

Platform	Released	Regions
GameCube	18 February 2004	Worldwide
Xbox	18 February 2004	Worldwide
PlayStation 2	18 February 2004	North America · Europe 20 February 2004
Windows	15 October 2004	Worldwide