Monster Pitfall

■ Developer: BIT Corporation ■ Year: 1990

It’s not clear where the eponymous ‘monster’ comes into proceedings, but this is just a competent clone of the Atari 2600 game Pitfall!. There only seems to be a few repeating screens, with extra enemies and hazards added on each cycle, but it’s inoffensive enough. If you know that game, you know this one: you just go right, avoiding traps and wild animals, and collecting treasure, though there’s not much of it about.