Atari 5200 (1980)

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    David12010 Posted 3 years 3 months ago
    the original flex circuits in the atari 5200 controllers were faulty. You can buy rev 9 flex circuits and replace the originals or buy rebuilt ones off ebay, and they will work great. I have done both, there easy to rebuild. The 5200 did have some good games. I have a 4 port and a 2 port version and they work great. The 2 port is better it does not need that special rf switch the 4 port system required. The 4 port was the first version of the 5200, after there was a problem with the rf switch wich the power cable ran through, they decided to release a 2 port version with the traditional switch box rf switch and power port on the back of the system. After both of these problems, the Atari 5200 got a bad rap, Atari gave up on it and built the Atari 7800 wich was a improvement. But the Atari 5200 controllers were ahead of there time, analog joystick, pause button on the controllers wich was new at that time and a reset and start button on the controllers. Way later Nintendo used analog joysticks on there N64.
    milaqt Posted 5 years 7 months ago
    Yay for Dig Dug
    RetroBen81 Posted 7 years 2 days ago
    Just buy the 5200 joysticks with the "Rev. 9" wiring inside of them and you should have a fine, fun time with your 5200 ...
    DeaconBlues Posted 7 years 3 months ago
    I worked at the Sears Toy Dept when these came out. They didn't sell well. ColecoVision had better games, but equally bad controllers.
    musicradio77 Posted 7 years 6 months ago
    Credit goes out to James, the Angry Video Game Nerd who reviewed the worse video game console ever made, the Atari 5200. This console sucks!!!
    Darklord72 Posted 7 years 8 months ago
    one of the best arari systems...still play mine to this day dince im a collector...but the controller sucks big time..
    neobeetle Posted 7 years 9 months ago
    I used to have that with moon patrol!
    diskoboy Posted 7 years 9 months ago
    Worst. Controllers. Ever.
    Rennie00 Posted 8 years 1 month ago
    I want to be a kid again!
    retrofan24 Posted 8 years 7 months ago
    I used to have this system along with the 2600, and they wee both great.
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