[David Crane], designer of Pitfall for the Atari 2600 gave a talk at the 2011 Game Developer’s Conference. His 38-minute presentation rounds up to a full hour with the Q&A afterwards. It’s a ...

Run to the right and down the portal. Now you are playing the original Pitfall. Enjoy the wonders of the Atari 2600 (or whatever the number is) (You end up at the door when you run out of lives in ...

Combat in a real way, was the original game console, predating the Atari 2600 with its own single-game ... sure, but somehow Pitfall hit the bulls-eye on atmosphere, perhaps through the ...

The Atari 2600 may not be the very first video game home console, but it was certainly the first one to cut through to ...

If there’s one console that holds a special place in the hearts of console gamers of a certain age, it’s the Atari 2600. A 6502 based system with a cartridge slot and a couple of joysticks ...