The Pit

First release: Apr 1982
Developer: AW Electronic
Publisher: Zilec Electronics, Taito, Hesware, Centuri
Genres: Arcade · Action, Science fiction
Platforms: Commodore C64/128/MAX, Arcade, Commodore VIC-20

The Pit is a 1982 action/strategy video game developed by AW Electronics, published by Centuri in the United States, Taito in Japan, and Zilec/Zenitone in the UK. The objective of The Pit is to descend into an underground labyrinth, retrieve a gem, and escape. A game similar to The Pit programmed by Chris Gray inspired Peter Liepa to create Boulder Dash