Pitfall!’s Crane: ‘Never Any Doubt’ Games Would Rebound After Crash
When the video game industry crashed in the early 1980s after the market was flooded with sub-par products, many wondered if the games business could ever rebound.
But David Crane, creator of Activision's 1982 classic Pitfall!, knew all along that games would come back; that they were more than a fad.
"Hey, games are my life. The crash was unfortunate, and it was hard to weather," said Crane in an excerpted interview from Tristan Donovan's video game history book Replay, presented on Gamasutra.
