Pitfall II: Lost Caverns

Pitfall II: Lost Caverns is a 1984 Atari 2600 video game developed and released by Activision in the USA on February 17, 1984.

Here I am, Pitfall Harry, plummeting toward the dark thunder of rushing water below… and thinking of the night David Crane called. “I hope you're well rested,” he had said. Too rested, I said. I was ready for action. He asked if I'd heard tales of the legendary lost caverns of Machu Picchu in Peru. Or of a roaring, uncharted underground tributary of the Urubamba River replete with waterfalls and deadly electric eels. “Yes,” I said. He asked if I knew of the infamous, cursed Raj Diamond. Or of the recent robbery of gold bars from the U.S. Gold Bullion Depository in Fort Knox. And had I heard of vampire bats? Poisonous frogs? Albino scorpions? The dreaded Andean condor? “Yes,” I said. And could I still run? Climb? Jump? Could I… swim? “Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.” “Good,” said Crane. “Then you'll do it?” “Of course,” I said. If only I had known…

Source: TheGamesDB