Lauren Tyler Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 I recently just visited the Atari 7800 history webpage (www.atari7800.com) and read about the "Fabulous Eleven" for the system. I had no idea there was such a thing, and then I reviewd my collection and saw that I owned the entire collection without even realizing it! For those who are curious as to what the Fabulous Eleven are: Centipede Asteroids Dig Dug Food Fight Galaga Joust Ms. Pac-Man Pole Position II Robotron: 2084 Xevious Desert Falcon Is there anyone else out there who has the entire Fabulous Eleven in their collection? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubersaurus Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 They've never seemed particularly difficult to find, although desert falcon took me a little while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+davidcalgary29 Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 And I don't think that anyone but those proto collectors has Asteroids 3D . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveW Posted February 6, 2005 Share Posted February 6, 2005 Yep, got 'em all. Never knew they were called the "Fabulous Eleven", though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DracIsBack Posted February 6, 2005 Share Posted February 6, 2005 Didn't Atari also announce a couple of titles that didn't come out which were intended for the launch? Track and Field (not found yet) and Rescue On Fractalus (found) were part of the announcement I think. While the Tramiel versions of these games are easy to find, the Warner versions are more difficult. Not sure if they all were built under Warner, but at least a few were ... without the cheap Tramiel grey labels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted February 6, 2005 Share Posted February 6, 2005 Didn't Atari also announce a couple of titles that didn't come out which were intended for the launch? Track and Field (not found yet) and Rescue On Fractalus (found) were part of the announcement I think. Several. Tack and Field Moon Patrol Millipede Jr. Pac-Man RoF Sky Fox Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Perpetua Posted February 6, 2005 Share Posted February 6, 2005 I think Stargate was also announced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireTiger Posted February 6, 2005 Share Posted February 6, 2005 I have all of those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Max Posted February 6, 2005 Share Posted February 6, 2005 I've got them all... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feralstorm Posted February 6, 2005 Share Posted February 6, 2005 Too bad those extra launch titles didn't make it. Also too bad there ain't a 7800 Crystal Castles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Kay Posted February 6, 2005 Share Posted February 6, 2005 It seems to me that Sky Fox was a Tramiel annoucement... Anyhow... gotta run! Cheers! Joey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DracIsBack Posted February 6, 2005 Share Posted February 6, 2005 It seems to me that Sky Fox was a Tramiel annoucement... Anyhow... gotta run! Cheers! Joey You sure about that? The way I understood it, the 1986/7 releases on the Atari 7800 were games that Warner had either developed, started developing or secured the license for. Jack merely dusted off the pieces to get them to market cheaply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocko Posted February 6, 2005 Share Posted February 6, 2005 Centipede Asteroids Galaga Ms. Pac-Man Pole Position II Xevious Desert Falcon I have these ones. The other ones have been on my wantlist ever since I got my 7800 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Kay Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 It seems to me that Sky Fox was a Tramiel annoucement... Anyhow... gotta run! Cheers! Joey You sure about that? The way I understood it, the 1986/7 releases on the Atari 7800 were games that Warner had either developed, started developing or secured the license for. Jack merely dusted off the pieces to get them to market cheaply. Methinks (although I could be totally off on this) that Skyfox was part of the deal that secured One on One and Touchdown Football. If you look back to that Atari 7800 CES promo video (and I don't have it right now - I'm at a friend's place), they mentioned new games from Epyx, Broderbund(??), and Electronic Arts. I've seen nothing to indicate that One on One was in the works at GCC, so I've always assumed that Skyfox was the other part of this deal which - for whatever reasons - never came together. In the early Tramiel 7800 days, there seemed to be an emphasis on computer ports for the 7800 - likely because arcade licenses were all gobbled up by Nintendo during Atari's absence. Hence, the Skyfox licence. Anyhow - like I say, I could be 100% wrong. This is merely based on what I've observed and assumed. Cheers! Joey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DracIsBack Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 If you look back to that Atari 7800 CES promo video (and I don't have it right now - I'm at a friend's place), they mentioned new games from Epyx, Broderbund(??), and Electronic Arts. I've seen nothing to indicate that One on One was in the works at GCC, so I've always assumed that Skyfox was the other part of this deal which - for whatever reasons - never came together. Quite possible. Where I'm thinking there may have been overlap is in the license. Much like Mario Brothers for the 7800, the license could have been secured in 1984 and carried through for a 1987 release. Could have ... But I could be wrong. In the early Tramiel 7800 days, there seemed to be an emphasis on computer ports for the 7800 - likely because arcade licenses were all gobbled up by Nintendo during Atari's absence. Hence, the Skyfox licence. Interesting point. One of the reasons why I ask was because the computer port thing was always an ojective of Warner's as well. In the world without the NES in 1984, Atari was feeling the heat from consoles like Colecovision but also cheaper computers like the Commodore 64. The 7800 was originally designed to combat both ... hence the out of the box backwards compatibility and also the keyboard unit planned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferris Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 Lol interesting to see that the term "Fabulous Eleven" has caught on as much as it has. Here is an on-site AtariAge link to a scan of the "Fabulous Eleven" in the first Atari product catalogue that featured the 7800 product line. I believe this catalogue marks the only time the "Fabulous Eleven" were featured together exclusively, as well as the only time all three systems (2600, 5200, & 7800) were featured side by side in an Atari product catalogue. http://www.atariage.com/catalog_page.html?...7¤tPage=3 I'd like to post a feature article this spring on atari7800.com about the "Fabulous Eleven" ...if anyone feels like writing something just PM me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 Notice how it says Desert Falcon was a 7800 exclusive? I wonder if the 2600 version was an afterthought or if that is simply a typo. Of course they also list Xevious as a 7800 exclusive even though we all know a 2600 version was in the works. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferris Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 That's a good point. My guess is it was an "afterthought" in terms of it was thought up after the Tramiels decided to push the systems again, not back during the 1984 launch of the 7800. I'm not certain what warner's policy was on 7800 software but I know the Tramiels had stated to their vendors that they were implimenting a policy (or attempting to anyway) of developing and releasing game titles for all three Atari systems(26,78 & XE) and picking up the fourth (Lynx) in 1989... meaning that a title such as desert falcon or scrapyard dog would be cross polinated through all four systems. This wasn't always the case but the Tramiels were discussing it openly around 1988 or 1989 which is when Desert Falcon hit the 2600. Just a guess though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARImarcus Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 I own these ones Centipede PAL Asteroids built in in the 7800 Dig Dug PAL Food Fight PAL Joust Pal Ms. Pac-Man NTSC Pole Position II PAL these titles are hard to get in germany PAL version Robotron: 2084 Xevious Desert Falcon Galaga Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaXpress Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 It seems to me that Sky Fox was a Tramiel annoucement... Sky Fox was advertised and screenshots (from the PC version no doubt) were shown. Am I wrong or was 2600 Desert Falcon coded in the late 80s while the original was made years earlier? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+rdemming Posted February 20, 2005 Share Posted February 20, 2005 these titles are hard to get in germany PAL version Robotron: 2084 ... Maybe it is because there is no PAL version of Robotron Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prostx23 Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 Hi, Why is Ballblazer ommited from this list? IMO it's as good as nearly every other game on the list? Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horseboy Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 This thread is nearly 5 years old dude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rik Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 (edited) Whats up with the atari7800.com website?.When i go to the site i get redirected to this weird getdevious.com site,with a big photo of a 7800 console that moves around with mouse Or my browser flashes the web address,non stop! Edited November 15, 2009 by Rik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prostx23 Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 This thread is nearly 5 years old dude. And that answers my question how?...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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