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Once upon a time, Pitfall! meant something.We have now now pushed so far past the cynical stages in cash-in console leap frogging (whereby swathes of retro titles are collected onto single compilation discs or carts for pennies) that games like Pitfall! are somehow finding new life in the realm of smartphone digital distribution, a realm in which a title approaching its 30th birthday can somehow be resurrected solo with an insane £2.49 price point.For the equivalent cost of a store bought sandwich, you get an averagely faithful rendition of the Activision classic replete with global leaderboards, a system of Live achievements, original cartridge and box art and a pair of truly appalling control methods.You have a choice of haptic touchscreen approximations of the original 2600 joystick, or painfully poor gyroscopic tilt control