To start with 10 lives, enter the password GIVEMELIFE.

To start with 99 lives, enter the password STEVECRANEME.

It seems Bruce Campbel's career went to his head. To see for yourself, enter the password BIGHEADHARRY.

To play the original Pitfall, enter the password CRANESBABY. While playing this game you can enter any of the codes below:

R1 + R2: Toggles "Gary head" (Programmer of 2600 version)
R1 + Circle: Toggles "Elvira head" (Daughter of Lead Programmer)
R1 + Triangle on a crocodile screen: Makes right crocodile say "Hi Mom"
L1 + L2: Toggles infinite lives

To view the end credits, enter the password CREDITS.

For a 2D Harry, enter the password 2DHARRY.

To float all the time, enter the password ZEROGHARRY.

We've seen numerous requests for a password or location of the original Pitfall for the Atari 2600 hidden inside Activision's Pitfall 3D: Beyond the Jungle.

A very popular method for extracting passwords is to load executable (EXE) files into a hex-editor and search for text that may be a password. Surprisingly, we extracted quite a list. While we've tried quite a few, we decided to post the list immediately with hopes of reposting it at a later date with full descriptions. For now, have fun determing the results of each listing, most are self-explanatory.

Pitfall 3D Passwords

CAKEWALK
METROPOLIS
DEEPDARK
EMPLEME
HOTROCKS
GOINGDOWN
WOWTHATSHOT
JAILBREAK
THUNDERDOMES
MAGICGARDEN
SPOOKYMESAS
GEEHEISBIG
BIGWORMGUY

To eliminate Harry's quips, enter the password STOPTALKING.

To play all the comic-style cutscenes, enter the password PITFALLCOMIC.

To play all the movies, enter the password PLAYMOVIES.

To skip to the final boss, enter the password BESTFORLAST.