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Interview With Pitfall! Creator, David Crane
Bill Kendrick writes "Good Deal Games recently interviewed David Crane, creator of 1982's Game of the Year, 'Pitfall!' (as well as many other titles for the Atari 2600 and other systems). Topics include the 1000s of fan letters Activision received every week, the firing of Bill Gates, and how tennis helped bring Activision together."
If that one guy at Activision had just kept Bill Gates, Windows might never have existed?
Wow, that's messed up!
Pitfall ruined my brother's childhood. After watching me play Pitfall he was deathly afraid of the water (and tar pits for that matter) and never learned to swim. Of course, scaring the crap out of your little brother is every big brother's responsibility. Thank you, David Crane.
Pitfall! was! the! first! game! that! caused! me! to! write! with! lots! of! exclamation! marks!
Hooray! for! Pitfall!
Burma?
you are obviously not talking about the original atari 2600 pitfall. cause it did not have music.
Atari this Atari that.
Commodore!
First person who mentions the Apple ][ recieves a brick.
Someone set us up the bomb, so shine we are!
The Atari 2600 is a classic, and will never die. Neither will the Amiga. Just try it, they're indestructible, they will outlive us all.
Pitfall! must! have! been! the! inspiration! for! Yahoo!
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