Mario gets credit for popularizing the platformer, but his anti-turtle rampage didn’t invent the genre. The history of platformers stretches all the way back to the early ‘80s with games like Donkey ...

Fans of the series might be able to enjoy Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure on a nostalgic level if they can grit their teeth through its serious flaws. Many game players seem to fear that the Game Boy ...

When Pitfall first came out back in 1982, it was revolutionary, with graphics and game play that were cutting-edge for the time. In many ways, it was as much a progenitor of the modern exploration ...