"Game designer and former Activision co-founder David Crane has shipped more video games than just about anybody: Over 100 since his first game in 1977, by his count.
And yet, there's only one title that he's generally remembered for: Pitfall!, the jungle-themed Atari 2600 adventure that defined what we now call the platform genre.
Ever since its release in 1982 (and its subsequent sequel in 1984), fans have been approaching Crane asking for a new Pitfall!, even after he left Activision -- and therefore, any ties to the franchise -- in 1985.", writes Gamasutra.
After the passing of Harold Ramis, Nick from Sticky Trigger dusts off his old Sega Master System and revisits one of his favourite childhood games. There's some interesting tidbits in the article too!
When I first got my commodore 64, I was given a choice between pitfall and ghostbusters.
After I trapped my first ghoulie, I knew I made the right choice.
I had the Commodore 128d and when I finally got Ghostbusters...well...let' s just say that the disk basically stayed in the drive.
What a trip down memory lane. My brother and I were the only kids in our neighborhood that bought the SMS while all our friends had the NES. The selection of games for us were few compared to that of the NES and Ghostbusters easily stood out as our favorite SMS game. I wish I still had it.
Awww man i had this on my C64 great game wasnt much good at it but i tryed..
After waiting 10min for game to load lol. Best days R.I.P Harold Ramis Hes was the brains behind the film too. Anyone know when the new ghostbusters film be our or is it canned now?
There were several articles, after Ramis passed away, saying that it is still on and supposed to actually be shooting already. They were STILL trying to get the "old gang" back for at least some cameo work. So, I guess, we shall see. You never really know with Hollywood. I just hope they don't take yet another fresh dump on my childhood!!! LOL
That be great if theyve got enough to make film. If not i rather they leave it thx buddy
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It seems like everyone is against Zynga now, after EA recently sued them for copying their Sims IP. It’s a known fact that gamers hate Zynga the most compared to any other corporation out there, even EA. Now Activision’s co-founder David Crane has come out and said that Zynga gives the casual market a bad name.
N4G commenter: "Activision-like" games give the hardcore market a bad name.
You're right, the best selling games of all time are terrible for the games market....*cough*
Says Activision, someone who whores the living crap out of their games, giving very little improvements over the previous games.
I also hate the way Activision's games are being rehashed whenever possible, but this has nothing to do with David Crane.
He created Pitfall, co-founded Activision and left the company in 1986, partly because of "the way the newly appointed CEO of Activision, Bruce Davis, treated video games more like commodities rather than creative products", according to his Wikipedia page.
I've just read 10's of French comments on Jeuxvideo.com insulting Crane for saying this while being related to Activision. This is unbearable. He left the company 26 years ago. What the hell, people?
Pitfall! what a classic game for the Atari