
The story is setup through the use of well-animated, colorful and even humorous real-time cut-scenes. Unfortunately for the team, the plane is pounded by the storm until it can fly no more, and so it doesn't, leaving all of its passengers to parachute down into the jungle below - except that there aren't enough parachutes. Bernard Bittenbinder and Nicole, a smart and sassy archeologist. In the Lost Expedition, Harry finds himself on a place bound - through ferocious thunderstorm - for the Peruvian jungle.

It once again focuses on the unafraid, adventurous explorer Pitfall Harry, a man who will go anywhere and do just about anything for pricey hidden treasures. Gameplay Activision's new Pitfall shares a lot in common with its ancestors.

Pitfall: The Lost Expedition is fun and engaging, not to mention humorous and full of franchise trademarks, though it may prove a bit too forgiving for veteran gamers who were raised on the original and have since graduated to more challenging software. The collaboration has resulted in a sometimes formulaic, but also occasionally inventive game that's just as much platformer as it is adventure. Now, Activision has teamed up with developer Edge of Reality (Spider Man and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 on N64) to bring Pitfall to the third-dimension for current-generation consoles.
