THE HAND CONTROLLER 

* To move Pitfall Harry left or right, move controller left or right. 

* To jump, press the left side button. 

* To descend a ladder, pull controller back just before Harry reaches the hole. To ascend a ladder, push controller forward. 

* To catch a balloon, push the left side button to jump. Move controller left or right to float left or right. To speed up, push controller forward; to slow down, pull controller back. 

* To cross a shaft, press left side button right before you jump and hold it down as you move the controller in the direction you're heading. 

* To pause a game, press pause. To continue, press again. 

* To reset game to title screen, press "*." 

* To turn music off, press "#." To hear music, press again. 

DANGERS 

• Keep away from frogs, bats, condors, eels and albino scorpions. Touching any of them will really set you back! 

RED CROSSES 

• Whenever Pitfall Harry succumbs to a danger, he is magically transported back to the last red cross he touched. So, be sure and touch each of these mystical Incan healing centers as you encounter them. 

REWARDS 

You start out with 4,000. Thereafter, receive: 

* 5,000 points for every gold bar
* 15,000 points for the cave rat
* 20,000 points for the Raj diamond
* 10,000 points for Rhonda
* 10,000 points for Quickclaw 

Touching dangerous creatures or falling unintentionally loses points.


     Harry's quest is not without it's "pitfalls". All over the caverns 
are vultures, bats, scorpians, rats, electric eels (in the water), and 
the every popular Amazon killer frog! Just avoid these beasts and you'll 
be OK.

     The game doesn't end until you rescue both of Harry's friends.  
Each time you touch a beast (except the rat) you are taken back to the 
last X marker you reached.  The rats are a little different.  These 
territorial-minded rodents will just send you back to the screen you 
were at previously.  There is no way to avoid the little buggers. 
Treasures are worth 5000 points each, Rhonda and Quickclaw are worth 
10,000 each.  You lose points while returning to the X mark after dying, 
thus the further away the X is, the more points you lose.