Ikrananka Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 Pitfall II - Lost Caverns Join Pitfall Harry as he searches a vast subterranean cliff dwelling high in the Andes. He's looking for the fabled Raj Diamond, gold bricks, his niece Rhonda and the cowardly lion Quickclaw. He finds more than he bargained for - eels, poisonous frogs, albino scorpions, bats, condors, a raging river - in the greatest challenge of his career! Game Information Game Name: Pitfall II - Lost Caverns Released by: Activision, 1984 Original arcade game by: Sega, 1985 CV HSC High Score: 199,000 by duncantonl TwinGalaxies High Score: 199,000 by Tom Duncan (Feb 2006) Settings: N/A This game was suggested by: jblenkle & Gaztee Contest Ends Saturday, 30 November at 12:00PM EST Contest Rules The HSC rules can be found here Final High Scores 1. jblenkle 199,000 [+100] *Twin Galaxies Challenge Medal Winner* 1. Northcoastgamer 199,000 [+100] *Twin Galaxies Challenge Medal Winner* 3. darthkur 188,405 [+95] 4. ed1475 185,188 [+93] 5. S.BAZ 184,210 [+93] 6. roadrunner 94,959 [+48] 7. Colecovision 94,000 [+47] 8. nanochess 44,000 [+22] Leaderboard (up to end of prior round) 1. Northcoastgamer [427] (5) 4 2 1 2. CoLethalVision [350] (6) 1 1 3. jblenkle [218] (6) 4. Colecovision [206] (6) 1 5. Ikrananka [202] (6) 1 6. darthkur [186] (6) 1 7. nanochess [167] (6) 1 8. gamecat80 [147] (2) 1 1 9. ed1475 [130] (6) 1 1 10. Manoau2002 [109] (4) 11. Darrin9999 [81] (4) 1 12. SpiceWare [72] (3) 13. roadrunner [69] (6) 14. Electric Adventures [57] (2) 15. patbb [53] (1) 16. Gaztee [43] (5) 17. wolfman24 [41] (4) 18. Liduario [33] (1) 19. chuckwalla [27] (1) 20. DonPedro [24] (1) 21. S.BAZ [22] (2) 22. RJ [13] (1) [ ] = Points ( ) = Rounds Played BLUE = Rounds Won PURPLE = Twin Galaxies Challenge Medals Won GOLD = Seasons Won Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 Pitfall II - 120,565 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoLethalVision Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Can you actually die in this game? I get hit then go back to the nearest check point and even when out of points the game still keeps going. Have I downloaded a bad rom? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northcoastgamer Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Can you actually die in this game? I get hit then go back to the nearest check point and even when out of points the game still keeps going. Have I downloaded a bad rom? No deaths for Harry in this one. Nothing wrong with your rom, that's how the game plays. In the 5200 version theres another section that can be played after saving saving Rhonda, Quicklaw and collecting the Raj diamond and capturing the rat in the first part. A flute, basket and gold rope must be found and taken to a chamber with the swami. Here the swami plays the flute to charm the gold rope out of the basket rising up, allowing Harry to finally escape with the goods. I believe 524,00 is a perfect score for both sections (199,000 + 325,000). Gameplay is much harder. I would have liked to have seen this second section added to the colecovision adaptation aswell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColecoDan Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 yeah basically if you get hit and go backward you need to hit reset and start over so you can try to not die and get 199,000. You end up a zombie at the end after doing that so much but eventually I could do it without going backwards or at most only going backwards once. Then after you finish you never want to see the game again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northcoastgamer Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 199,000. Position Harry on the ladder with his right leg bent, to move up and left past the bats as they fly by before they reappear. To get the diamond, after saving Rhonda, go down the ladder to the 2nd scorpion. Now move left to the next screen with the ledge, get close to the edge then jump left, landing on another ledge. Left a screen to grab the diamond. Lastly, don't save Quickclaw once you reach him just under the starting point. Instead, go right and grab the rat for 15,000 points and the gold bar past the rat in the water, if you didn't get it at the beginning. The game ends when you save Quickclaw . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 94,959 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 May I add...as much as I like this game...I hate this game...it takes too long to play and can get very frustrating. Especially when you have the next red cross in sight and miss ducking under a bat or condor or can't jump over the scorpion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 I was the same way. When I first got this game I couldn't quit playing it. It got really frustrating at times, but slowly I got better and better and could make it through fairly cleanly. But when I finally finished it, I didn't play it again for a long time. yeah basically if you get hit and go backward you need to hit reset and start over so you can try to not die and get 199,000. You end up a zombie at the end after doing that so much but eventually I could do it without going backwards or at most only going backwards once. Then after you finish you never want to see the game again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamecat80 Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 May I add...as much as I like this game...I hate this game...it takes too long to play and can get very frustrating. Especially when you have the next red cross in sight and miss ducking under a bat or condor or can't jump over the scorpion. Yep. I much prefer Pitfall!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 May I add...as much as I like this game...I hate this game...it takes too long to play and can get very frustrating. Especially when you have the next red cross in sight and miss ducking under a bat or condor or can't jump over the scorpion. The game needs to have a few more checkpoints. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 Pitfall 2 - 153,127 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 188,405 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.BAZ Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 i can't get the rom to work on this one. VColeco displays the title screen but freezes there. and I got Blue MSX to load .col roms but haven't figured out how to get any controls working yet. although i did get controls working for the msx game Solid Snake. anyone know what I might be missing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.BAZ Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 (edited) (oops! accidentally posted twice... disregard this one) Edited November 20, 2013 by S.BAZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Pitfall II - 159,833 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Pitfall II - 174,676 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 (edited) Pitfall II - 186,866 Only got carried back to the cross one time...not sure if I got all the gold bars or not. Edited November 24, 2013 by jblenkle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Pitfall II - 196,614 Gosh darn bats!!!...so close... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northcoastgamer Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Pitfall II - 196,614 Joe's Pitfall II - Lost Caverns - 196,614.png Gosh darn bats!!!...so close... You must be enjoying the game more now, Nice Job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 (edited) Thanks! I played this game a lot in the distant past and got fairly good at it. It took awhile, but I finally got back in the groove of playing it the last few days. The 196,614 I just scored was actually my best-ever score by a little over 1,000 points. I tend to get careless toward the end and always wind up getting clipped by a bat or condor. You must be enjoying the game more now, Nice Job! Edited November 26, 2013 by jblenkle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 (edited) Pitfall II - Lost Caverns - 199,000 Yipee!!! Edited November 26, 2013 by jblenkle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northcoastgamer Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Can't get any better than that,gratz! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 The frustrating thing is that the stupid frog grazed my head the play before so I had to do it all over again. Can't get any better than that,gratz! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ed1475 Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 185,188 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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