Classic Game Room HD – ATARI 5200 Console review
Posted on July 12, 2010 by Ed
Classic Game Room HD reviews the ATARI 5200 video game system from 1982, the successor to the Atari 2600. This is the 4 controller model which is the size of a container ship and uses the most absurd power/tv switcher hookup ever created. There are many things to loathe about this unique game console and one thing to love, its an ATARI!!! It plays hundreds of Atari 5200 game cartridges, many of which are slightly upgraded versions of popular Atari 2600 games like Missile Command, Vanguard and Space Invaders. Others are awesome games which look like early NES action games like Buck Rogers Planet of Zoom and The Dreadnaught Factor. There are some Atari 5200 exclusives as well. Collecting for the 5200 is not terribly expensive, even though the Atari 5200 is considered a commercial failure there are still many out there and they are such an amazing pain to own that people want to get rid of them. Collectors benefit from this as 5200 games and consoles on eBay are easy to find, but working controllers are not. The Achilles heel of the Atari 5200 is the terrible, analog, non-self-centering controller which is difficult to replace because of the keypad. You can buy refurbished Atari 5200 controllers or the expensive Wico aftermarket Atari 5200 controller if you are really ambitious. The fact is the Atari 5200 has some great games, is a joy to collect for and is so large that it demands respect. It looks like a Laserdisc player combined with a dishwasher and is hard to miss when taking up your entire living room.
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itsEmoShrimp
- 12th Jul, 10 09:07am
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965halfevil
- 12th Jul, 10 09:07am
@acenumbah1 lol
@acenumbah1 lol
acenumbah1
- 12th Jul, 10 09:07am
@965halfevil i9… …
@965halfevil i9… its been released extra early ‘specially for these
965halfevil
- 12th Jul, 10 09:07am
does these have the …
does these have the intel i7 processor:D!!
Necrotwilly
- 12th Jul, 10 09:07am
The box for the I/O …
The box for the I/O was designed by a drunk monkey on ecstasy and a low grade beaver tranquillizer.
ny2j7
- 12th Jul, 10 09:07am
u should put a beer …
u should put a beer in the door thing like avgn
rescuehero942
- 12th Jul, 10 09:07am
youtube ads fail. …
youtube ads fail. F5 to skip them.
Sheldetin
- 12th Jul, 10 09:07am
ll u flick off the …
ll u flick off the atari 5200.. It must be HUGE. its bigger than my typewriter from 1991!!
karelyn8
- 12th Jul, 10 09:07am
NOOOOO!!!! Atari …
NOOOOO!!!! Atari 5200 controller is worse than Atari 7200 controller!!!
doyman
- 12th Jul, 10 09:07am
Can’t play Pitfall …
Can’t play Pitfall on a 2 port. But you can’t use a 2600 adapter with a 4 port. Catch 22.
uldeskoolgamer
- 12th Jul, 10 09:07am
do they mean …
do they mean dreadnaught as in warhammer
thunderstudent
- 12th Jul, 10 09:07am
If someone were to …
If someone were to redo the controlers, the power supply and the audio/video output on this like they did on the genesis modle one you have this might be worth buying
Mrnintendo64guy
- 12th Jul, 10 09:07am
retards design it
retards design it
spongebobcrazy24
- 12th Jul, 10 09:07am
i do want a 5200, …
i do want a 5200, but the 2 controller port one i want.
Dant2142
- 12th Jul, 10 09:07am
@Norway2011 He …
@Norway2011 He wouldn’t even recommend a CD-I, but he would recommend an Atari 5200.
dudebutt67
- 12th Jul, 10 09:07am
Oh and also on top …
Oh and also on top of that in terms with Atari, I have a Atari 2600 as well. One of the most rarest models. I believe its the sears telegames one otherwise known as the Darth Vader model which is worth a of alot more cash than the original model in which i will purchase this week.
dudebutt67
- 12th Jul, 10 09:07am
Lastly, I have a …
Lastly, I have a Atari 5200 4 Port that is in mint working condition, Atari 5200 2 port mint working condition, and a Atari LYNX, and also a atari 7800 which will be coming into the mail shortly. I cant believe my parents sold it years back.
dudebutt67
- 12th Jul, 10 09:07am
InecomCompany, …
InecomCompany, first of you need to stop ripping on this videogame system and on a similar note i do too have pretty much all of the video games and or if not the good and bad of the vintage age of gaming. The Atari 5200 isn’t a bad system at all, I have gone out and paid to get the after party controllers and have two of them and they work perfectly along with the originals too as well believe it or not. The system was still in its plastic when i bought it. Please show Game Play! Hello?
undisputed4life
- 12th Jul, 10 09:07am
@soapmanone To me …
@soapmanone To me it looks like trash…
Norway2011
- 12th Jul, 10 09:07am
Atari 5200 is the …
Atari 5200 is the last game console he’d recommend? I always thought CD-I was the least favorite
koisanjie
- 12th Jul, 10 09:07am
@Lugmillord Yep! I …
@Lugmillord Yep! I remember the AVGN doing that on his review of the console.
mexman40
- 12th Jul, 10 09:07am
Love your reviews …
Love your reviews man!!!
Lugmillord
- 12th Jul, 10 09:07am
You can store a …
You can store a beer in the back of the console.
Madnesscom9
- 12th Jul, 10 09:07am
Lol, Give the …
Lol, Give the finger to the controller
surfermanspore23
- 12th Jul, 10 09:07am
@BleepHonk he
@BleepHonk he