Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure (Windows PC) speedrun -
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- Опубліковано 6 лют 2023
- Played via DxWnd 2.05.88 to enable CD audio.
Quick guide on running the game on modern systems: www.speedrun.com/pitfall_the_...
Full speedrun guide:
English - • Pitfall speedrun guide...
Russian - • Pitfall - гайд по спид... - Ігри
Wow, really nice job. I think this is a supremely underrated game. Sounds is great
Thankee! And yeah, I wish it had a rerelease on something like GOG or Steam, with a patch for modern systems and a few bells and whistles. It's a lovely little thing, and it's a shame that it's getting increasingly difficult for people to play it.
@@svipur3246 the good news is that the SNES copy is still pretty affordable, only $15-$20 which is unheard for SNES carts these days.
@@underwaterlevelz1947 True. The Genny version usually goes for peanuts too, thankfully. We take what we can get, eh. ;j
One of my favorite childhood games!! It's crazy to see it played this way when all my memories of it are of taking *forever* to beat it because I was so damn cautious 😅 Great run!
Ta. ;j And yeah, I don't think I ever beat the final boss back in the day myself, so speedrunning the thing is sort of like a personal vendetta. But damn it's so fun to try to make the vendetta look nice in motion.
'Son, what took you so long?'
'Dad! I was only away for 12 minutes!'
Impressive run. Btw. did you forget at 11:55, or would something like invisible wall be there, preventing you from entering?
Dad prolly used to speedrun the same locations back in his glory days, and staged his own kidnapping to see how well we fare. The cheek on that wily fox!
Yeah, there's an invisible wall on the floor below, extending upwards to the next platform. By turning around and skidding on the floor above, we clip into the platform a little bit and get past this wall.
Congratulations, time is improved again!
Only the Xibalba Falls pass didn't turn out well after the last golden time run and this time it was possible not to take a heart after the Tikal Ruins boss, but there are no perfect runs. And so you can go through the game sub 12.15
Thankee. ;j
Yeah, the Xibalba Falls skip has become something of a personal signature for me, it seems. Both this run and my Genesis run waste 2 seconds on that skip, only getting it on the second try. I'd imagine that someone with better mashing could also gain about 2 seconds (maybe even more) on each of the three later bosses, so yeah, with proper execution a low 12:1x or maybe even a sub-12:10 should be quite possible.
Would love to see more people pick up this game. It's absolutely stellar, and the speedrun is tons of fun.
Hey, thanks for the video and for the guide for running this on modern PCs. I was able to get the game running on my Win 11 PC but the animation and scrolling is not smooth like it shows in your video. Did you use any other program or specific configuration to help with vsync? Thanks!
I haven't used any additional software, and I just checked on the off chance I might've had forced V-sync in the Nvidia control panel - that doesn't seem to be the case either. Might be something to do with me being on Windows 7, or maybe using an ancient graphics card (550 Ti).
There are a couple of settings in DxWnd that sound like they might help with the game's weird display mode (I think it's designed to run at something like 75Hz originally). Try right-clicking on Pitfall -> Modify -> and then:
1. On the DirectX tab, try either changing the Renderer or enabling asynchronous blit mode.
2. On the DirectX(2) tab, try simply forcing Vsync.
Hope it helps, I can't think of anything else that may be the issue here off the top of my head.
@@svipur3246 Thanks! Will give that a try...I remember already messing with the directX options in DxWnd but nothing changed. This game predates directX so it doesn't use any API related to it.
@@gaffa2002 I think I remember reading somewhere that this is one of the first games to actually use DirectX, but it still remains to be seen if the respective settings in DxWnd will do anything, even if so. Fingers crossed, heh.
GG
Шпашибо. )
Nostalgic mode ON, but how to play in windows 11(I have original version on CD)
I personally use DxWnd to play this one on Windows 10. I've documented the whole process and posted a step-by-step guide here: www.speedrun.com/pitfall_the_mayan_adventure/guide/r7kf9
Alternatively, you can use something like PcEm to run this game in a virtual Windows 98, but that will increase input lag a little bit.
@@svipur3246 tnx, I try 2nd option, vmware will be work ✌️
Qeeeeeee jajajajaja
i followed you guide to make the music work but failed dont know if i have a misiing file that prevents the music to play i downlaoded mp3 also i dont have some files you have from the game like KILLPIT.EXE - INTRO.AVI TECH2.WRI TECH3.WRI PITSTART.WAV and TECH0.WRI TECH1.WRI
Don't worry about the missing files, they don't seem all that important. The extra .wri files I've got are the German, Italian, and French game manuals that come with the European version of the game. The Intro.avi and the Killpit.exe files are never used. And the Pitstart.wav is the short sound that's played when you load up the menu by launching Pitstart.exe - which we also never get to hear since we run the game by launching Pitfall.exe instead.
So the issue is probably with the mp3 files - maybe we're missing some, or the naming is wrong, or maybe they're actually encoded as a different format.
Just to be clear: what exactly is happening? Is the game working, but there's no music? The game is supposed to create a file named tracklen.nfo inside the Pitfall/Assets/Music folder when you first run it via DxWnd - can you see that file?
@@svipur3246 i can play the game , hear the sfx sounds, but not the music
also i have to launch the game from the exe of the folder, if i try to launched from the DXWnd program pop up the following message
injection
create process
C:\Users\desktop\PITFAL\PITFALL.EXE
error=740
also the file tracklen.nfo is nowhere to be found
¿wich program did you use to convert the PH tracks to OGG ?? cant find anyway to do it XC
@@dreadfield5020 There's no need to convert the files to OGG, you can keep them as MP3. That shouldn't be a problem.
You do have to run the game via DxWnd, however. That application is what makes the music work from the Music folder inside the Assets folder.
The Error 740 in DxWnd simply means that the game is located in a folder protected by Windows. It's an easy fix: you can either move the game to a different folder outside of C:\Users or C:\Windows (e.g. to C:\Games). Or you can run DxWnd with Administrator privileges by Right-clicking on DxWnd.exe -> Choosing Properties -> Going to the Compatibility tab -> Ticking the box that says 'Run this program as administrator'.
@@svipur3246 i made it to launch the game from the aplication DXWnd still no music and no file aded i did what you said using windows 10 64x
@@dreadfield5020 So let's make sure everything else is in order:
1. The mp3 files are inside Pitfall\Assets\Music folder?
2. The mp3 files are named Track02.mp3, Track03.mp3 and so on? (Meaning, there should be no Track01.mp3). The final file should be Track24.mp3.
3. There's a file named mcihack.txt inside the Pitfall\Assets\Music folder?
4. Go to DxWnd -> right-click on the Pitfall entry -> choose Properties -> go to the I/O tab. There should be no ticked checkboxes there.
5. Run the game from DxWnd -> in the top-left corner, click on File -> choose Properties -> go to the Sound tab. Make sure that the CD audio is enabled.