Pitfall
Your ship has a certain amount of Hits (hit points) which decrease by 1 each time you crash into a wall, and hitting a Burning Face means instant death. Eventually the enemies become more numerous and the walls get ever closer and more difficult to navigate around, and while you gain more Hits every 30 seconds or so, eventually you'll crash into one wall too many and explode.
I've often referred to this game as the Original Coffee Break, which is what it is; a frustrating and wrist-murdering game that kills a few minutes whenever you have them. The game generally runs MUCH too fast on today's computers, but if you have DosBOX you can decrease the cycles until the game is fully playable. On my 850mhz Athlon I find 150-175 cycles is just about perfect.
Average Rating: | 6.2 [5 votes] |
Genre: | Action |
Designer: | |
Developer: | Freeware |
Publisher: | Freeware |
Year: | 1983 |
Software Copyright: | Unknown |
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More Info: | Mobygames | The Web |
System Requirements: | DOS |
If you like this game, try: | Cosmic Crusader, Space Strike, Moon Bugs |
Thanks to... | Aqualicy |
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Screenshots © The Good Old Days