I didn't have a 2600, but my friend did. Pitfall was by far the game I remember going to his house to play. It really was worlds better than the rest. This was

I didn't have a 2600, but my friend did. Pitfall was by far the game I remember going to his house to play. It really was worlds better than the rest. This was also a time (1982) when arcade games (Star Wars, Tron, Zaxxon, etc.) and their graphics were an order of magnitude more impressive than home console games, but Pitfall still had enough playability and complexity to keep it interesting.