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Anonymous Thu Jul 3 19:00:15 2014 No.1737179 [DELETED]

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An atari 5200 thread!

The ballad of the 5200 owner, in vocaroo form:

http://vocaroo.com/i/s0KRLm0LHaMH

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 3 19:06:16 2014 No.1737194 >>1737179 BUMP

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 3 20:43:27 2014 No.1737402 >>1737179 Bump BUMP BUMP

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 3 20:49:06 2014 No.1737423 >>1737179 LoL I do like my 5200 and I even have a Coin Controls Competition Pro digital joystick for it but I would trade my whole collection for more XE stuff.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 3 21:15:12 2014 No.1737472 >>1737423 >The atari XE Its Okay, but... http://vocaroo.com/i/s1GbcLWptP91

Anonymous Thu Jul 3 21:45:48 2014 No.1737554
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>>1737179
>only seventy games released, nearly ALL of which were Atari 2600 rehashes with sight graphical upticks

>One of the WORST bundled controllers in the history of console gaming (they even decided that this design was cool, and made it even WORSE for the 7800)

>Did I mention it had no gaems?

No amount of nostalgiafeels can make me shower praise on this system, Anon, and I play the Realsports games and Xevious under emulation all the time.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 3 22:21:52 2014 No.1737613 >>1737554 >Worse for the 7800 7800 had no keypad, and the buttons were not as mushy as the 5200's. The proline Joystick also didn't break as much as the 5200 stock controllers.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 3 22:42:08 2014 No.1737649 >>1737179 umm at least you can kill people with it

Anonymous Thu Jul 3 23:24:58 2014 No.1737736

>>1737554

>only seventy games released, nearly ALL of which were Atari 2600 rehashes with sight graphical upticks
The games released for 5200 were not slight upgrades. They were, for the most part, far and away better than the 2600 and, I would argue, better than any Colecovision or Intellivision port of the same game.

>One of the WORST bundled controllers in the history of console gaming (they even decided that this design was cool, and made it even WORSE for the 7800)
I bought my 5200 with two controllers and have never had a problem with them. Also, there are plenty of alternatives to them out there nowadays.

>Did I mention it had no gaems?
Yes, the number of games released was comparatively small compared to the 2600, but the general quality was much, much higher.

From what I'm guessing, I'm assuming you've never actually played a 5200 and are just repeating what AVGN has said about the console. Nonetheless, it's not the greatest console ever, but if you are a fan of Atari then it's well worth having. I think it's a pretty cool niche myself.

Anonymous Thu Jul 3 23:40:54 2014 No.1737773

>>1737736
>Also, there are plenty of alternatives to them out there nowadays.
Unless you're talking about emulation there are exactly two aftermarket 5200 controllers, the Coin Controls Competition Pro I prefer precisely because it's digital and the more popular Wico Command Controller.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 3 23:54:12 2014 No.1737809 >>1737773 Exactly, you have options. It's the year 2014, not 1984. We need to stop bitching about the controllers.

Anonymous Fri Jul 4 00:00:46 2014 No.1737827

>>1737736

I'm thirty-four years old. IThe only thing worse than visiting Reddit/watching AVGN and all those other talkingheads with videologs, is using them as buzzwords. I've never watched that nonsense or any other ones. I can actually form my own opinion. Please stop pretending this wasn't an awful system, period. I appreciate your love for all things /retro/, ut trying to force these twenty posts threads daily will not up the value of your stuff in /B/S/T/

Anonymous Fri Jul 4 00:11:50 2014 No.1737847
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>>1737736
>The games released for 5200 were not slight upgrades. They were, for the most part, far and away better than the 2600

Now I know you are just bored/trying to keep a thread alive.

>>1737613
Try playing a button-masher like Kung-Fu Master, or Xevious, for longer than 15 minutes. We called it the Pain-Line controller for a reason.

Carry on, /vr/ro. I just didn't like the system. The NES & SMS were leagues ahead of it in nearly every way, and the 7800 (Damn you, Santa!) was no better.

Except for Ninja Golf. I love me some Ninja Golf.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 4 10:29:54 2014 No.1738725 >>1737847 >what are ball blazer, Xenophobe, commando, Sentinel, Midnight mutants, and scrapyard dog

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 4 10:38:10 2014 No.1738732 >>1738725 Oh, and other games like meltdown, food fight, alien brigade, rampage, double dragon, tank command, and fatal run.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 4 15:14:51 2014 No.1739338 >>1738732 BUMP

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 4 18:00:28 2014 No.1739701 >>1738732 If only the 5200 had more games compatible with the trakball.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 4 22:16:54 2014 No.1740320 >>1739701 BUMP

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 5 09:51:38 2014 No.1741304 >>1739701 Also would have been great had atari finished their own self-centering controller.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 5 13:50:41 2014 No.1741592 >>1741304 BUMP BUMP BUMP

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 5 14:23:50 2014 No.1741670 >>1741592 Hello??

Anonymous Sat Jul 5 17:20:35 2014 No.1742005
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I own two 5200 systems, but the one I have that's in good shape fucking disappeared. Probably stolen. Here's a picture taken with a potato.

I don't care about the system at all, though. I've never hooked it up or played any 5200 games. It means nothing to me, so this is all I can say about it.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 5 18:42:43 2014 No.1742216 >>1742005 alright then.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 5 19:52:10 2014 No.1742331 >>1742216 >>1742216 BUMPING NOW!!!

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 5 20:49:41 2014 No.1742453 >>1742331 Most games for the 5200 weren't that bad, even fewer were actual travesties. If only they realized their mistake with weak rubber boots for the stock joystick sooner before it was decided that the system be unplugged.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 5 21:04:42 2014 No.1742489 >>1742005 >that size comparison holy mother of fuck, i didn't know it was that big

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 5 21:40:48 2014 No.1742578 >>1742489 The part behind the cart slot is empty space for controllers or something. I've never put it to use, and I'm pretty sure controllers fit for shit in it.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 6 00:17:49 2014 No.1743031 >>1742578 Games for the 5200 weren't just superior graphically, they also had superior sound thanks to a POKEY chip built inside the console. POKEY is the same type of chip used in the A400 and A800 computers.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 6 03:38:20 2014 No.1743421 >>1742005 XBOX HUEG ...twenty years before the meme was created. What in the actual hell. It was as big as a damn laserdisc player.

Anonymous Sun Jul 6 10:12:39 2014 No.1743840 [DELETED]

>>1743421
BUMP with TRIFORCE NOW!

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>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 6 11:25:07 2014 No.1743965 >>1743840 Anybody willing to come and join in?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 6 11:58:27 2014 No.1744026 >>1743965 BUMP BUMP BUMPO

>>	Nonya Sun Jul 6 13:00:04 2014 No.1744134 File: 6 KB, 259x194, images.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1744026 BUMPING with picture of 5200 supersystem trakball controller.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 6 16:07:23 2014 No.1744676 File: 92 KB, 850x751, wicoStick.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1744134 Wicostick, from Wico corp. The most common of all the 3rd party 5200 joysticks. There is even a harder to find keypad also from Wico that could be used with it.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 6 18:05:27 2014 No.1745004 >>1744676 Bumping BUMPO!!

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 6 22:46:36 2014 No.1745795 >>1744676 BUMP

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 7 12:23:40 2014 No.1747096 >>1745795 BUMPING RIGHT NOW!

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 7 14:24:26 2014 No.1747337 >>1747096 There is also a fully equppied super rare controller for the 5200 called the Starcon from REI. Its both cool, and has a built-in keypad.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 7 16:44:14 2014 No.1747680 >>1747337 Bumping with Atari XEGS, which what the 5200 should have been.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 7 16:46:59 2014 No.1747687 File: 33 KB, 443x287, AtariXEbrazilad.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1747680 OOPS! Forgot the XE picture! Dammit.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 7 19:04:26 2014 No.1748197 File: 15 KB, 291x286, 5200starcon.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1747687

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 7 19:35:20 2014 No.1748324 File: 60 KB, 341x240, Atari_super_pong.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1748197 Bump

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 7 19:47:03 2014 No.1748371 >>1748324 Your thread is dead. You have nothing to talk about. Stop bumping.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 7 19:54:01 2014 No.1748398 >>1748371 OFF TO >>>/vg/ NOW! rilopa carpet

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 7 20:01:30 2014 No.1748423 I would so love to get >>1748197 in my hands once I get a 5200 next year.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 7 20:22:34 2014 No.1748498 Did the 5200 not sell well in the UK or something? I cant find many for sale at all.

Anonymous Mon Jul 7 20:52:14 2014 No.1748579

>>1748398
I'm sorry but you have way too many empty bump posts vs the average thread.

>>1748324
>>1747096
>>1745795
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>>1744026
>>1742331
>>1741592
>>1741670
>>1740320
>>1739338
>>1737402
>>1737194

>Two of those are from the very beginning of the thread
top kek

>>	/r/ Tue Jul 8 10:43:19 2014 No.1750484 >>1748579 Hmmm.... You do have a point.

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