Pitfall Harry
| Pitfall: The Lost Expedition | |
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North American PlayStation 2 cover art
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| Developer(s) |
Edge of Reality (PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, Wii) Torus Games (Game Boy Advance) Beenox (Microsoft Windows) |
| Publisher(s) |
Activision (consoles) Aspyr (PC) |
| Platform(s) | GameCube PlayStation 2 Xbox Game Boy Advance Microsoft Windows Wii |
| Release |
Playstation 2, Xbox, GameCube, GBA
Windows
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| Genre(s) | Action, platform |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | (Xbox) 74.25% (GC) 73.08% (PS2) 72.27% (GBA) 65.75% (PC) 64.90% (Wii) 56.67% |
| Metacritic | (Xbox) 73/100 (GC) 73/100 (PS2) 70/100 (GBA) 66/100 (PC) 66/100 (Wii) 44/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| Edge | 6/10 |
| EGM | 5.67/10 |
| Game Informer | 6/10 |
| GamePro |   |
| Game Revolution | C+ |
| GameSpot | (Xbox) 7.3/10 7.1/10 (PC) 7/10 |
| GameSpy |
 (GBA)
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| GameZone | 8/10 (Xbox) 7.1/10 (GBA) 6.5/10 |
| IGN | 7.8/10 (GBA) 7/10 |
| Nintendo Power | (GC) 4/5 (GBA) 3.7/5 |
| OPM (US) | |
| OXM (US) | 7.8/10 |
| PC Gamer (US) | 76% |
| Playboy | 83% |
Pitfall: The Lost Expedition is an action-adventure video game for the Game Boy Advance, GameCube, PlayStation 2, and Xbox. It was released by Activision on February 18, 2004 in North America and February 20, 2004 in the PAL region. The PC version was released on October 15, 2004 only in North America. The game was also released on September 23, 2008 on the Wii as Pitfall: The Big Adventure.Pitfall: The Big Adventure was released under the brand Fun4All in Europe.
It's 1935 and Pitfall Harry, the fearless, rough-and-ready treasure hunter from the Pitfall series returns to help a beautiful archaeologist rescue her father and thwart the evil Jonathan St. Claire from claiming the lost city of El Dorado. As Harry, players encounter various animal enemies, including scorpions, bats, piranhas, alligators and even penguins, as well as human adversaries under the leadership of the sinister St. Claire. Numerous abilities are at the player's disposal as Harry recovers pages of the Heroic Handbook. With his various items, Harry is equipped for almost anything. Harry will also find lost explorers and be rewarded with golden idols for his trouble, which he can then use as currency with the Shaman.
Also released at this time were three mobile versions of the game: Pitfall: The Lost Expedition Caves, Pitfall: The Lost Expedition Glacier, and Pitfall: The Lost Expedition Jungle.
Pitfall: The Lost Expedition received mixed to positive reviews from critics, while The Big Adventure received mixed to negative reviews. On review aggregrator site Metacritic, it received a score of 66/100 for the PC and Game Boy Advance versions, 70/100 for the PlayStation 2 version, 73/100 for the Nintendo GameCube and Xbox versions, and 44/100 for the Wii version.GameRankings also gave it a score of 73.08% for the GameCube version, 72.27% for the PS2 version, 74.25% for the Xbox version, 65.75% for the GBA version, 64.90% for the PC version, and 56.67% for the Wii version.
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