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	Encyclopedia: Atari 5200 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Atari 5200 also suffered from its software incompatibility with the Atari 2600, though an adapter was later released in 1983 allowing it to play all Atari 2600 games, using the more reliable controllers native to that system.
		Since the Atari 5200 was basically just an Atari 400 with a different controller, when I completed the home computer version, I was supposed to modify the game to use the "360-degree" 5200 controller (as opposed to the 9-position home computer joystick).
		It should be noted, that during the course of Atari's support of the Atari 5200, 9 revisions of the Atari 5200 joysticks were made.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Atari-5200 (959 words)

	AtariAge - Atari 5200 FAQ
		Of course, the 5200 had many games that were not available on its 8-bit computer counterpart (and quite a few games that were available for both systems were superior on the 5200), so it's definitely worth getting into if you haven't already.
		The Atari 5200 version of Cloak & Dagger, as well as versions of many other classic Atari games -- Crystal Castles (which was nearly finished when the layoff happened), Major Havoc (one of my favorite coin-op games, but the home computer conversion was barely started at the time of the layoffs), and Jr.
		Atari had plans on releasing controllers to fit other exercise instruments such as rowing machines and foot pads if the Puffer proved to be a success.
	www.atariage.com /5200/faq.html?SystemID=5200 (14430 words)

	Atari 7800 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		With this system, Atari addressed all the shortcomings of the Atari 5200: it had simple digital joysticks; it was almost fully backwards compatible with the Atari 2600; and it was affordable (it was originally priced at $140 USD).
		The system was designed to be upgraded to a fully-fledged home computer—a keyboard was developed, and the keyboard had an expansion port (which was the SIO port from Atari's 8-bit computer line) for the addition of peripherals like disk drives and printers.
		In 1987, the Atari XEGS was released and it came with a light gun, called the XG-1.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Atari_7800 (829 words)

	The Atari 5200 Super System
		With state of the art technology brought over from the Atari 400/800 computer systems the Atari 5200 packed a mean punch and came in a really mean looking case as well.
		Many people thought the Atari 5200 was Atari's answer to the Colecovision, however the Atari 5200 was meant to be the Intellivision killer.
		Atari was also working on a new self-centering joystick as well as an Arcade joystick.
	www.atarimuseum.com /videogames/consoles/5200/A5200.html (387 words)

	ATARI CX-5200
		The GTIA chip handed generation of video signals from the 5200, sprites, hardware based collision detection, selection of controller data sent to the Pokey chip, and the fire buttons on the controllers.
		The 5200 was intended to compete against new generation game systems at the time such as Coleco's Colecovision and Mattell's graphically superior (than the 2600) Intellivision.
		Atari did eventually rush a 2600 adaptor for the unit out, but it was to late - the infamous Video Game Crash came and the 5200 was eventually scraped.
	www.classicgaming.com /gamingmuseum/5200.html (331 words)

	Atari7800.com - The ATARI 5200 SuperSystem
		The Atari 5200 SuperSystem was born in 1980 as an idea inside the inner catacombs of Atari's development labs as the "Intellivision killer" which was to be the next generation in home gaming from Atari.
		Originally dubbed the "Atari Video System X," the Atari 5200 was engineered from groundworks of existing Atari technology taken from their 400 and 800 series 8-Bit home computer lineup.
		The Atari 5200 SuperSystem as it was to be known was capable of up to 16 colors on screen at one time, out of a palate of 256 colors, and featured much higher resolution and sound capabilities than its predecessor, the then five year old Atari 2600 VCS.
	www.atari7800.com /5200 (440 words)

	AtariAge - Have You Played Atari Today?
		Atari Lynx fans who also own a Sony PSP are in for a treat, as version 0.82 of PLynx, a Lynx emulator for the PSP, has been released.
		Well, Atari 2600 fans won't have to wait much longer for a version of Ladybug, as Atari enthusiast John W. Champeau (johnnywc in our forums) is now developing a 2600 version.
		Sio2OSX is a peripheral emulator for the Atari 8-bit computers that allows the Atari computer to use an OS X based Macintosh as a disk drive, a cassette drive, and a printer.
	www.atariage.com (1146 words)

	The Atari Times - 5200 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In the case of the 5200, however, that's not quite the case.
		While Activision's 5200 games were merely slightly updated versions of their 2600 games, Parker Bros seems to have upped the ante a bit and made some darn good stuff.
		Gyruss is a bit advanced for the old 5200, as the arcade used a diagonal vector system to display the graphics, which was (I imagine) difficult to emulate on a TV at the time.
	www.ataritimes.com /5200/reviews/gyruss.html (594 words)

	The Atari Times - 5200 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The 5200 sports some very unique features, even though it's hardware is based on the Atari 8-bit computer line.
		According to Jerry Jessop, the 5200 controllers were designed in response to the claims that Intellivision controllers had 16-degrees of motion as opposed to 8-degrees for a 2600 controller.
		Marketing at Atari decided that they needed to trump that and thus the 360 degree motion of the 5200 controller was born.
	www.ataritimes.com /5200 (388 words)

	OLD-COMPUTERS.COM : The Museum
		The Atari 5200 SuperSystem, released in late 1982 for $270 (USA), was the direct follow-up to the highly successful Atari 2600 (VCS), and predecessor of the Atari 7800 ProSystem.
		Atari chose to design the 5200 around technology used in their popular Atari 400/800 8-bit computer line, but was not directly compatible, unlike Atari’s much later pastel-colored XEGS (XE Game System) console.
		The Atari 5200, as designed, was more powerful than Mattel’s Intellivision and roughly equivalent to Coleco’s ColecoVision, both of which were the 2600’s main competition at the time and the systems Atari had to target in order to remain technologically competitive in the console marketplace.
	www.old-computers.com /museum/computer.asp?st=2&c=901 (215 words)

	ClassicGaming - The Museum: Atari 5200 FAQ
		ATARI 5200 SUPERSYSTEM FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Version 3.0 October 22, 1998 Maintained by Keita Iida and John Hardie Send additions/comments/corrections/suggestions to: keita@mindspring.com Copyright (c) 1996-1998 by Keita Iida, John Hardie, Atari Gaming Headquarters and others where noted.
		After probing around on an Atari 800 (a close relative to the 5200 that conveniently has Croma/Luma outputs built-in), I realized the amplifier circuit they used is remarkably similar to the one attributed to Thomas Clancy in the Classic Atari Game Systems FAQ.
		The original 5200 switchbox would automatically switch from your TV antenna/cable to the 5200 when you turned the console on.
	www.classicgaming.com /museum/faqs/5200faq.shtml (16878 words)

	5200
		Atari was one of the First companies in the world to use Silicone contact pads with carbon dot contacts in their Joysticks on a mass-produced product.
		Atari 5200 CX55 "T" Shaped 2600 adapter for the Atari 5200 2 Port models.
		This Atari made adapter, is a complete self contained Atari 2600 unit that uses Power and View circuits of the Atari 5200 2 port console.
	www.best-electronics-ca.com /5200.htm (2346 words)

	Rebuilding the Atari 5200 CX52 Joystick
		Based on Rebuilding Thousands and Thousands of Atari CX52 Joysticks over the last 20+ years and Selling the Atari OEM 5200 replacement Joystick parts to 20 to 30 thousand Atari 5200 Joystick end users and rebuilders, we have developed a extensive Knowledge base on the proper rebuilding of Atari CX52 Joysticks.
		The reason why you open up the Atari CX52 controllers halves this method is, on the numeric end of the Atari CX52 controller, inside of the top and bottom cases are a couple of locating plastic Male pins (top controller half) and mating hollow studs (bottom case).
		Some 5200 joystick problems are caused by a pushed in male pin(s) or broken pin(s) on the DB-15 Male 5200 right angle connector.
	www.best-electronics-ca.com /cx52_j.htm (5414 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Atari 5200 at Epinions.com
		The Atari 5200 Super System had all the makings of the next big console, but there is a sad story behind it.
		Atari needed a powerful successor to the aging Atari 2600 VCS, but chose to focus on their old warhorse instead of their newer 5200 technology, and by 1983 it was beginning to cost them.
		Bottomline: The Atari 5200 Super System is an awesome system for collectors because there are some real obscure but fun games for it like Return of the Jedi, Bounty Bob Strikes Back, and Gremlins, plus you can also find a lot of cool arcade legends like Ms.
	www.epinions.com /content_35744616068 (613 words)

	Cafeman's Atari 5200 Supersystem Page
		On the other side of the coin, the 5200 offered 2 different firing buttons, which was a big deal when you were used to the 2600's single button stick, which rendered multi-button ports like 2600 Defender into a completely different game.
		But the biggest problem with the 5200 controllers is that they break and wear out quickly, and finding replacements is rare and expensive.
		Also, the 5200 is the largest console I've ever seen, mainly because it has a compartment in the back where you can actually store your 2 controllers!
	cafeman.www9.50megs.com /atari/atari5200.html (450 words)

	Ozyr's Atari 5200 Instruction Archive
		It was basically an Atari 400/800 computer turned into a video game system, saving Atari development resources and allowing for easy porting of games from their computer line.
		The original Atari 5200 system had four joystick ports, which was quickly replace by a 2-port model that also had a better RF television setup.
		Many good games were produced for the Atari 5200, the vast majority of those being Arcade translations.
	www.ozyr.com /a5200/a5200.html (290 words)

	AtariAge - Atari 5200 Rarity Guide Search
		Unlike the Atari 2600, the 5200 has a much smaller library of games, making it one of the easiest systems to build a complete library for.
		Most of the games for this system were produced by Atari, as the system didn't have a long enough life for many third party companies to join on.
		If you plan on purchasing a 5200 system to play games on, be sure to get the 2-port version as this one uses a standard RF box.
	www.atariage.com /software_search.html?SystemID=5200 (263 words)

	A Brief History of Home Video Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Its major competing system was the Coleco Vision, however Atari's sizable arcade licenses would tip the limited consumer base in favor of the 5200.
		In a deal with Spectravision, a company that supplied many hotel chains with televisions and telephones, the 5200 was released on a limited basis in certain hotel rooms.
		The hotel version of the 5200 would typically come with four or five games built in, and allowed the user to use the system's joystick to control the TV.
	www.geekcomix.com /vgh/third/at5200.shtml (201 words)

	Atari 5200 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In some ways, it was both technologically superior and more cost efficient than any console available at that time.
		The joysticks quickly became the achilles heel of the system due to their combination of overly complex mechanical design with a very low cost internal flex circuit system.
		This page was last modified 18:08, 2 February 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Atari_5200 (494 words)

	Zophar's Domain: Atari 5200/8-Bit Emulators
		This is a new Atari 8-bit/800XL emulator written in C by Sascha Springer.
		This is the Windows port of Atari++ and is capable of emulating every Atari 8-bit system, including the 400, 800, 400XL, 800XL, 130XE, and 5200.
		It is based on Gemulator 2000, but has all the Atari ST and Apple Macintosh emulation removed so as to use less disk space and less memory if you do need those features.
	www.zophar.net /a5200.html (397 words)

	ClassicGaming.com - The Museum: Other Systems
		The successor of the wildly successful Atari 2600, the 5200 was never the success Atari planned it to be, owing much to its inability to play 2600 games and its horrible controllers.
		Basically a portable version of the Sega Master System, the Game Gear was a color portable released in the early '90s.
		Atari's last attempt at a home videogame system, this "64-bit" console was the final nail in Atari's coffin.
	www.classicgaming.com /museum/other.shtml (245 words)

	Atari 5200 - Good Deal Games - Classic Videogame Games Atari 5200 Release List (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Atari 5200/Screenshots This page is a candidate to be moved to the Wikimedia Commons.
		Atari never managed to recreate the success of the 2600 and the 5200 turned out to
		Atari 5200 FAQ by Keita Iida and John Hardie.
	atari.surferspace.com /?q=atari-atari-5200 (181 words)

	Atari 2600/5200/7800 FAQ
		The five atari alt groups are not carried by many newsfeeds; consequently, the traffic in these groups is minimal.
		Other examples of multicarts exist, including Atari's 32-in-1 for the 2600 (PAL) and their 32-in-1 for the 7800 (which is a relabeled 2600 32-in-1; all games on the cart are 2600 games).
		The early Atari 5200s came with an unusual switchbox which supplied power to the 5200 down the same wire the 5200 uses to send the video signal to your TV.
	www.emucamp.com /vgee/2600/2600faq.htm (13544 words)

	Cafeman's Atari 5200 Development (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		2002 was the 20th anniversary of "PAM", the Atari 5200 Supersystem.
		, in addition to a slew of Atari 8bit ports to the 5200 including Donkey Kong and DK Jr, Castle Crisis was released, which is an excellent arcade-perfect port of coin-op Warlords!
		Good luck finding some of these; Atari (formerly "Infogrames") has requested all those which infringe on their Intellectual Properties be discontinued.
	cafeman.www9.50megs.com /atari/5200dev (122 words)

	Atari Gaming Headquarters -- Atari 5200 SuperSystem Home Page
		This hardware and software rarity list is the culmination of years of exhaustive reseach as well as expert input from veteran 5200 cartridge and hardware collectors.
		NOTE: If you have a 5200 with two joystick ports instead of four, you'll have to disregard the switchbox hookup portion of the owner's manual.
		While we own the manuals to every game ever released for the 5200, typing all of them by ourselves is a virtual impossibility.
	www.atarihq.com /5200 (485 words)

	Jum's A5200 Emulator
		My Atari 5200 emulator (Jum52) is available as a 32-bit MSDOS application, or a Windows application (tested on Windows 98, 2000 and XP).
		There are also Mac, BeOS, QNX and Playstation 2 ports, and a DC port is (was?) in development.
		Atari Age - lots of good 5200 stuff.
	www.geocities.com /james7780/emulators/emu5200.html (550 words)

	Atariland : (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		We're not the only geeks who think Atari is the greatest thing since sliced bread!
		Atariland offers a huge selection of Atari games on most of the orphaned Atari machines, both game consoles and home computer systems.
		We support Atari 8 bit, 2600 and Lynx and we're on the look-out for others.
	www.atariland.com (230 words)

	Atari 5200
		The Atari 5200 SuperSystem premiered in 1982, and was the successor to the Atari 2600 which
		out for the 5200 and as gamers may already know, the graphics were a step up.
		the Intellivision and the Atari Jaguar in that it had a numerical pad.
	www.playerschoicegames.com /atari5200.html (300 words)

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