Yeah, the two adults that followed feel like they're talking down to you, like in a little kids' show. Jack Black was truly immersed in the game instead lol
Having JB sign my copy of Pitfall! would greatest autograph in the world. Both he and the game have both aged really well. Truly what legends are made of!
Thanks for this. Loved "The graphics were like, 'WHAT!? It looks like a human being RUNNING! And jumping over stuff!!!'" Totally remember this commercial from back in the day, and Jack's performance (including his trademark "showman's hands" thing making an early appearance).
13 in 82. Dude's 53 and he can still rock like he's in his 20s. And hey, Pitfall's one hell of a game for its time. Probably one of the earliest 2D platformers.
I watched a presentation by David Crane, the creator of Pitfall, and the tricks they used to get such an underpowered machine to run it was like performing actual sorcery. In essence, there are something like six different playfields in each frame. He even had room left over for one more which is how you get the animated Activision logo in the corner.
The Tenacious D series on HBO was before 2000. Good shit. Otherwise, in the ‘90s he kinda randomly popped up in small roles in a lot of movies, like The Cable Guy
Man, Jack Black has phenomenal range. He went from a child, to an old lady, to a middle-aged man, to a horned-up girl. And ironically, he would play 3 out of those 4 later on in his career
I was born in 1995, but my first console was an Atari 2600, and I remember thinking Pitfall looked amazing. I got the true late 70’s experience in the late 90’s.
I remember seeing that commercial dozens of times a day that year. I was also 13 in 1982 and had that game at home. The old school video games were not as easy to win as some think they are.
"It looks like a human being running and jumping!" People who did not grow up playing adventure "Here's a square cursor. That's you." Will never understand how incredible that was.
As someone old enough to remember 1982, I know EXACTLY what he's talking about. They were really advanced. Think of the wow factor we see now with HD, and that was the way it was in the early-80's.
Definitely a wow factor in the days of Pitfall, because it was a step up from the previous computer graphics era of Pong. I still have my Coleco Telstar console & Atari VCS/2600 console, both bought in the late 1970's.
Awwww that so cuuuuuuute!!! I loved pitfall as a kid (I'm a zoomer who just happened to have a little plug and play atari game thing). I also loved Jack black as a kid, as a chubby little funny dude I saw alot of my self in him. Of course I also think he's very cute, and he's only gotten more handsome with age.❤
I remember playing this with friends when i was a kid. It was years before our time, but we got a hold of the game and got hooked. A good game is a good game
I was 5 when I was playing that game. Even at 5 I understood that something was weird that the game just kept going, never ending and you always died if you tried jumping on the gaters.
Yes, at the time, the graphics were amazing! But imagine the game made with, say, Kirby and the Forgotten Land graphics or Super Mario 3D World/Odyssey graphics.
I remember that commercial but it wasn't until maybe 5 years ago that I found out Jack Black was in it. The only reason I remember it was because I had just got the game while the commercials for it were still running so when it'd come on it'd catch my attention.
Fake, fly, raw sound still the one who used to Take your high score down With more rhymes than germs a spitball carry As it fly through the air like Pitfall Harry
that boy in the commercial was you! that's super cool! i love that commercial its a treasure of my child hood and i played the game as a kid back then to me you are like a tv. star
@@mresturk9336 maybe Crane shouldn't have f'd up so badly and sunk the company into near-bankruptcy keeping the company barely in the black. too bad so sad. not every vidya gaymer programmer is suitable to be a businessowner. then kotic comes in and starts buying up developer companies left and right eventually merging with Blizzard. business is business.
JB actually played a different game that was way more awesome but he forgot what it was exactly like. "Pitfall" is just a tribute, based on his descriptions.
i love how the commercial basically shows the entire game.... lol showcaseing shit like jumping and pit falling and i almost blew my load when he swung on the vine
