[David Crane], designer of Pitfall for the Atari 2600 gave a talk at the 2011 Game Developer’s Conference. His 38-minute presentation rounds up to a full hour with the Q&A afterwards. It’s a ...

Run to the right and down the portal. Now you are playing the original Pitfall. Enjoy the wonders of the Atari 2600 (or whatever the number is) (You end up at the door when you run out of lives in ...

The Atari 2600 may not be the very first video game home console, but it was certainly the first one to cut through to ...

After releasing several games for the Atari 2600 and other computer-based consoles, famed Pitfall! programmer and designer David Crane abandoned his traditional Activision backing, formed Absolute ...

If there’s one console that holds a special place in the hearts of console gamers of a certain age, it’s the Atari 2600. A 6502 based system with a cartridge slot and a couple of joysticks ...