Pitfall!
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Sep 24, 2026
David KassonHOST
It was an anthology, four separate segments built around different arcade stars, all sharing a single Saturday morning slot.
David KassonHOST
Now, the first season rotated through Frogger, Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., and a segment that alternated weekly between Pitfall Harry and Q-Bert.
David KassonHOST
And this is where it gets kind of wild, Ryan.
David KassonHOST
Do you remember the Supercade at all? Or did you just come in like the Nintendo era?
David KassonHOST
Quite.
David KassonHOST
When the second season arrived in 1984, CBS reshuffled the lineup.
David KassonHOST
They basically Frogger, Donkey Kong Jr. and Pitfall Harry were dropped, replaced by Kangaroo based on the 1982 arcade Atari game and Space Ace.
David KassonHOST
That's a spinoff of the LaserDisc arcade sensation that was built by Dragon's lair creator, Don Bluth.
AnthonyPANELIST
Speaking of gaming, sort of, Atari and Activision are bringing 39 classic Atari 2600 games back on physical cartridges for retro gaming fans.
AnthonyPANELIST
Games include favorites like Pitfall, River Raid, Kaboom, Hero, and Pitfall 2.
AnthonyPANELIST
And they'll work on original Atari hardware as well as newer 2600 Plus and 7800 Plus systems.
AnthonyPANELIST
You can pre-order now at Atari.com.
MikeHOST
It was just kind of nothing.
MikeHOST
But it was the theme song to Saturday Supercade's Pitfall.
MelHOST
I'm sorry, I'm reading about Yipes the Zebra.
MikeHOST
Okay, what are you learning?
MikeHOST
As any extreme sport does.
MelHOST
Anyway, what are you trying to talk about?
MikeHOST
I'm trying to talk about Pitfall.
MikeHOST
You ever played a Pitfall game?
KingyHOST
Yeah.
AlmacHOST
Essentially Pitfall.
KingyHOST
Yeah.
AlmacHOST
Um, my God, the writing is microscopic.
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AlmacHOST
1983, Micro Deal again.
KingyHOST
[laughs]
AlmacHOST
And, uh, yeah, Pitfall, basically.
AlmacHOST
Pitfall.
Rob C. ThompsonHOST
Donkey Kong served as the anchor show in the Saturday Supercade anthology series in 1983 and 1984.
Rob C. ThompsonHOST
Saturday Supercade, developed by Jack Ruby and Ken Spears, most famously the creators of Scooby-Doo, featured adaptations of Frogger, Pitfall, Kangaroo, Q-Bert, Space Ace, and Donkey Kong Jr.
Rob C. ThompsonHOST
In 1982 and 1983, Coleco manufactured Donkey Kong figures, and Topps created two sets of trading cards, one specifically for Donkey Kong in a Video City set featuring the games Frogger Zaxxon Turbo and Donkey Kong Jr., Also in 1983, CinemaScope's Dragon's Lair, one of the only successful Laserdisc games, debuted and was very popular with gamers.
Rob C. ThompsonHOST
Dragon's Lair featured animations by former Disney animator Don Bluth, who would go on to great success with movies including The Secret of NIMH and American Tail, The Land Before Time, and All Dogs Go to Heaven.
Alexander SmithGUEST
Parker Brothers was releasing Frogger and Empire Strikes Back for the VCS.
Alexander SmithGUEST
Activision ended up having a massive hit with Pitfall.
Alexander SmithGUEST
And so Atari no longer has that monopoly.
Alexander SmithGUEST
There are big games competing with their big games and they've built too much product and they're in trouble.
Jackson KeeblerGUEST
Uh, growing up, I think we had, don't quote me, I think it was the 1200 XL home computer, and, uh, there was a cartridge slot.
Jackson KeeblerGUEST
And, uh, we had Pitfall and, um, Frogger.
Jackson KeeblerGUEST
But one of the games we had was Mr.
Jackson KeeblerGUEST
Cool, and Mr.
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Jackson KeeblerGUEST
I don't want to stay on the 2600 too much.
Jackson KeeblerGUEST
Um, a lot of clones.
Jackson KeeblerGUEST
Everyone knows Pitfall, but a lot of people didn't know Jungle Hunt.
Jackson KeeblerGUEST
Um-
AngelGUEST
Yeah, it's iconic
MikeGUEST
... memories of the, um, the Pitfall game as well.
MikeGUEST
Like, I think Activision had, like...
MikeGUEST
It was Activision, Atari.
Chris O'ReganHOST
I did, yeah.
Chris O'ReganHOST
They had Pitfall there, and I love playing Pitfall because, I don't know, there's something about that game.
Chris O'ReganHOST
It is one of the most, one of the earliest and prettiest games ever released on the 2600.
Chris O'ReganHOST
You know what I mean?
Chris O'ReganHOST
It's not for me at all, generally speaking.
Chris O'ReganHOST
I have a 2600 regular woody with composite output, so I can put, you know, multi-cart in and, um, you can play...
Chris O'ReganHOST
I've also got copies of Pitfall already, for example.
Chris O'ReganHOST
And I think I've got River Raid as well.
Harvey SmithGUEST
I wasn't a game developer back then, of course, but just looking at it now, it's like, wow, they really did take what was very, very simple, and they managed to squeeze a lot out of it.
Harvey SmithGUEST
So there are all these games I remember, Pitfall or...
Harvey SmithGUEST
Fishing, actually, and the Tank Sim, and Demon Attack, and all of these games that came out.
Harvey SmithGUEST
And I've talked to very few people who remember the device, but there was a device that you could plug into the slot for the old Atari 2600.
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