This is the part that can go straight to hell. Right here.

Get good!  
 

That's sound advice.

The last time I played I managed to miss those jumps twice in a row because of nerves or something, and it made me want to rage quit entirely.

But I know I can improve my score.

Ugh.






 

This is seriously one NES game with a very strong exploring side that works really well.
Sure, Micronics could have done better with the inputs and the frame rate, and with the bugs, and with the graphics, and with the sound, but this is still a damn good exploration game.

It's definitely growing on me. I have most of the game memorized by this point. But it feels half finished, like an alpha or beta version that was not ready to be released.

I like that they even refer to the ladder glitch in the manual, warning the player to be careful because Harry will miss a step.

Emphasis on exploration! I’m not gonna bother with posting a higher score on this. I don’t stand a chance anyways.🤪

 

Same, why bother playing again when I can just copy a video for a higher score 

1.) It's not the hardest platformer in the world, but it's a test of patience even when you know what to do, at least it is for me. The controls are not the best. There are places where if you mess up you can be thrown a long ways down and have to do a tough section all over again.

2.) The game is unnecessarily cryptic with the invisible items, warp birds, etc. Plus you have to jump in the exact spot for the invisible item to appear even when you know where it is (I try not to look at anything else when actually playing and go by memory only.)  If not for these aspects I doubt that I'd be resorting to any guides.

There's no shame in using a guide when a game is cryptic enough. I'm pretty sure Bea used a guide to beat Mighty Bomb Jack when we played that.

 

not only jumping to find items things, BUT.. actually collecting the damn things. I found a spade symbol way at the bottom of the map and stood directly underneath it and jumped at least 20 times before it detected the collision and i picked it up.

Gotta give Harry props though, If the Belmont's had jump controls like this those games would have been a breeze.

Yeah. The collision detection is terrible.

A player might even realize that they're able to collect an item because the collision detection with the items is so bad.


 

Comedy gold!

 

I’ve been hand making a map. Basically making my own guide. I jump around a lot and make lots of mistakes.Thats part of the fun for me. While the walkthrough aspect takes some fun out of the game for me.... it’s not against the posted rules for this contest, therefore I give you congrats for a game well played 😜
 

I'm still trying to beat this. But man, I had a bunch of lives going into the long climb section before the final warp bird and I quickly lost them all due to stupid shit such as Harry not grabbing a vine. The vines suck. I was hopeful for a great run that time but it didn't happen.

I don't think that I've ever mapped anything even as a kid. But this is a pretty cool game for people who are into that sort of thing, if they can get past the flaws.


 

I think if the game didn't have the Pitfall! branding it would have been forgotten, but maybe not as badly trashed.

Oh, and apparently there is a graphics hack of Super Pitfall to make it sound like Pitfall II. Looks a bit nicer. Gameplay is still ... yeah.

When I die from a collapsing ceiling taking me by surprise, I'm never able to make it through without losing another life. I hate that.

I've beaten Super Pitfall..... good times!
Thanks Bea! Such a fun game' who'd have thunk it 😋

Did you already beat it with no online maps or guides whatsoever? That's impressive. But then you did map it yourself, which is the other way of going about it. That must get tedious.

Damn, I still haven't beaten it.
 

I put an obnoxious amount of time into this game. 
Probably the best game played this year 😝

Congrats on finding all of the necessary items without a guide as well as having some idea of what to do. I know that if you don't happen to find certain items such as the medicine then you're out of luck.

At least the globes with the poker symbols are all over the place so it wouldn't be too bad to find enough of those if you just jump around everywhere.

Are you going to attempt a higher scoring run now that you have everything mapped out and that's why you haven't updated?



 

Better than Mutant Virus?
 

Practically anything is better than Mutant Virus.

Except for that shitty golf game that we played.

 

Why update my score MBD?You will just beat my score. I put a ton of time into this game and beat it without a walkthrough of any kind. I don't have time for this kind of game. Good luck on a championship.

Aw snap!