Pitfall: Beyond the Jungle

Pitfall: Beyond the Jungle

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Pitfall: Beyond the Jungle is a 1998 platformer video game developed by David A. Palmer IMS Productions and published by Crave Entertainment for the Game Boy Color. The game features Pitfall Harry's son, Pitfall Harry Jr. as he enters an interdimensional rift to help a band of rebels led by a woman named Mira. The game features side-scrolling gameplay with the player controlling Pitfall Harry Jr. through various levels themed around areas like jungles and volcanoes. Pitfall: Beyond the Jungle was part of a series in Pitfall games that were released in 1982 to 1986. During the 1990s, Activision would resurrect the series with games like Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure (1994) and Pitfall 3D: Beyond the Jungle (1998). Following the 3D games release in early 1998, Pitfall: Beyond the Jungle was released in December 1998.

History

Activision was one of the first third-party video game publisher. The publisher went to build and expand and their portfolio, with academic David B Nieborg stating that chief among their catalogue was Pitfall! (1982). The game playable character was Pitfall Harry, who became was the first popular video game character originating in home video game consoles. A string of Pitfall! games were released for arcades and homes consoles between from 1982 to 1986. In the 1990s, Robert 'Bobby' Kotick would lead a group of investors to transform Activision by restructuring the company by keeping intellectual property licenses and taking the publisher public in 1993.

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