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Pitfall: The Mayhem Adventure.
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Legendary Mayan Mayhem
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Like father, like son. Harry Jr.'s dad has been snagged.
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Now Junior has to dive headlong into uncharted jungles
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filled with unthinkable hazards. The game? It's Pitfall:
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The Mayan Adventure from Activision. With some of the
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finest animation we've ever seen on a Genesis title
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(created by crew that specializes in full-length animated
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movies), this game sends one player on a vine-swinging,
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mine-cart-riding, tomb crawling search for your pop, who's
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been nabbed by an evil spirit. Armed at the outset with
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only your trusty sling and a few stones, you'll take on
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both natural and supernatural opponents as you fight your
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way through Central America. The best-selling Pitfall
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series is back, and it looks better than ever.
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Publisher: Activision
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Controller: 3-, or 6-Button (recommended)
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Players: 1
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Rating: Not Yet Rated
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Multi-Talented Harry Jr. Makes Good
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Longtime Pitfall fans are gonna be amazed at the number of
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things Harry Jr. can do. This guy can climb ropes and vines
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hand over hand (and slide down <20>em after), swing on vines,
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launch himself into the air on bungee plants, use his whip
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to cross peg bridges, spring off spider webs, ride
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ziplines, pull levers, ride mine cars, crawl on his belly,
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and more, more, more. You get ten big levels chock full of
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hidden areas, bonus games, stuff to collect, and ways to
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die. There are plenty of items like the Time Keeper
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(freezes time), the Mayan Chili Pepper (increases running
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and jumping), the Sacred Heart (restores health), the
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Golden Idol (adds a life), and various Treasure Pieces
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(collect 50 points' worth for a continue).
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Astounding Animation and Art
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The animation in Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure is the work
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of Kroyer Films, the same folks who did the movie
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Ferngully. This crew used traditional cell animation
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techniques to give the game life. The hand animation of the
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sprites and art (done by a team of more than 40) before
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conversion to digital gives Pitfall an amazing edge in look
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and feel. With more than 2,000 frames of animation (1,000
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for Harry Jr. alone), the character movement is absolutely
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spectacular. Add 3-D effects created on Silicon Graphics
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computers, like swinging pendulums of flame in the temple
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stages, and you get an astounding hybrid of cutting-edge
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techniques and traditional animation. The musical score
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feels more like an adventure film than a video game and
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adds greatly to the experience. Welcome back Pitfall. It's
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great to be hangin' with Harry again.
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Hot Hints
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The Mayan Boomerang disappears if you don't grab it
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immediately after use.
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Crouch on tree stumps for a launch upward.
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If a passage is blocked with a web, use the Super Shot to
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clear it.
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Try the walls. The game is riddled with hidden passages.
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Avoid being downhill from your enemies.
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There is always a path to items you see but can't seem to
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get to. Keep trying.
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