The Pit is a 1982 arcade action game released by Zilec in the United Kingdom, and licensed to Centuri in North America and Taito in Japan.

A game similar to The Pit, programmed by Chris Gray, inspired Peter Liepa to create Boulder Dash.

[4] The player's avatar (described as "The Astronaut-Explorer" by the game manual) lands in a spaceship and must dig his way into a series of tunnels.

While there, he must avoid being crushed by rocks, eaten by monsters, impaled by arrows, or melted in a vat of acid.

After collecting the treasure, the only route back to the spaceship is by crossing "The Pit", which is a room with a sliding retractable floor underneath which is a monster that will devour a player who tarries too long.