The Pit (arcade game)

Infobox VG
title= The Pit


caption= The Pit
developer= Taito
publisher= Centuri
released= 1981
genre= Overhead View Action
modes= Up to 2 players, alternating turns
platforms= Arcade
input= 4-way joystick, fire button
cabinet= Upright
arcade system=
cpu= Z80 (8-bit, 3.072 MHz)
sound= Z80 (8-bit, 2.5 MHz); AY-8910 x 2 (1.536 MHz)
display= Raster, 224 x 256 pixels (Vertical), 99 colors

"The Pit" is a 1981 videogame by Centuri, an American manufacturer of arcade games.

Overview

The objective of "The Pit" is to descend into an underground labyrinth, retrieve a gem, and escape.

Description

"The Pit" is comparatively rare and devilishly difficult. The player's avatar (described as "The Astronaut-Explorer" by the game manual) lands in a spaceship and must dig his way into a series of underground tunnels. While there, he must avoid being crushed by rocks, eaten by monsters, impaled by arrows, or melted in a vat of acid. In lieu of a traditional timer is a tank (the "zonker") shooting away a mountain near the player's spaceship. If the player dallies too long in the maze, the Zonker will destroy the player's spaceship, and the player loses a life.

After collecting the treasure, the only route back to the spaceship is by crossing "The Pit", which is a room with a sliding retractable floor underneath which is a monster that will devour a player who tarries too long.

There are superficial similarities to "Dig Dug", but shooting enemies in "The Pit" is an incidental activity,

Scoring

The player receives 200 points for shooting each enemy, 1000 points for each crystal collected, 2000 points for collecting buried treasure, and 1000 points for crossing "The Pit" safely and reboarding the ship.

External links

*KLOV game|id=9033