8 Video Games That Kill You On The First Screen!

8. Super Pitfall

So if you're to even pass a cursory glance over the Pitfall series, it would become readily apparent that the titles focus around on a hefty chunky of spelunky and treasure collecting. Exploration for secrets and riches seems to be baked into the very DNA of these games, and so players would expect to check every room and route made available to them.

Right?

Well, Super Pitfall in a rather horrendous ruse presents to the player a ladder on the first screen that seems to offer a quick drop into the caves below. Well in part this is correct as it is a quick drop, it's just a shame that it drops you into an insta-kill trap.

This is the first screen of the game, something that is meant to be a safe place for players to get used to the controls, but here's the cheeky whippet known as Super Pitfall having a laugh at your expense right away! Cruel.