Highest Rated Review by the Community
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Aug 23 '00
Pros: Same games as the 2600.
Cons: Firing button was very hard to use.
Summary: So the year is 1982. I am the ripe ole age of 9. I begged and begged for an Atari 2600 but do my parents listen? NO, Of course not. Instead they insist that the 5200 is better. I actually believe they were conned into buying the 5200 over the ... read more
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Aug 23 '03
Pros: All the games have great color and excellent game play
Cons: it's kinda big ..takes up a lot of space
Summary: The Atari 5200 was a great system and still is...one of the things people don't like about the 5200 ... read more
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Jun 04 '02
Pros: game play, 4 controller ports, analog controllers
Cons: analog controllers, pole position
Summary: I played the Atari 2600, but I was raised on the 5200. One of the main things that stuck out for me was the voices in Berzerk & Baseball. It was the 80's, pre Nintendo, pre Sega Master System & Genesis, pre NEC, etc. and the thing talked! Atari's ... read more
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Aug 12 '01
Pros: Classic games like Pac Man, Missile Command, and Qix!
Cons: Those awful non re-centering controllers.
Summary: ATARI 5200 SUPER SYSTEM (1982- July 1984) I'm a proud owner of an Atari 5200 Advanced Video Entertainment System. One of the largest and rarest Atari video game systems ever! This great game system has a strong 8-bit CPU processor system like ... read more
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Dec 20 '00
Pros: better graphics than the 2600 and ColecoVision
Cons: huge, bad controllers, wasnt popular, stupid power setup
Summary: The reason I love the Atari 5200 is because it has to be one of the quirkier game systems of the early 80's. Sure, the Atari 2600 had its stick figures and mind-powered controller that never made it to market, ColecoVision had its short joystick, and ... read more
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Oct 24 '00
Pros: The old games are still a blast
Cons: very large case compared to Playstation etc
Summary: Wow! I remember all of my friends owning Atari 2600's except for two. Of those two, one had a Colecovision and the other had an Atari 5200. Needless to say I loved both of those systems. I unfortunately was the product of parents who thought that video ... read more
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Oct 03 '00
Pros: Good graphics, good sound
Cons: Horrible controllers, lack of 2600 compatibility
Summary: Ah, poor Atari! From what I can tell, they managed to make a series of blunders that led to their demise. Some of the most significant ones, in my humble opinion, are:
1. Refusing to license a Japanese console system for sale in the U.S. when ... read more
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Sep 24 '00
Pros: Analogue Controller, new Pac-Man
Cons: difficult to control, bulky
Summary: Atari was on the high-cloud when they released this little ditty. The Atari 2600 had dominated the market, and still was thriving at the time. So in a follow up Atari released the 5200, boasting new programmable joy-pads and analogue movement. Sure ... read more
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Sep 16 '00
Pros: Great looking unit
Cons: Not backwards compatible with older games
Summary: So I took my old Atari 2600 (the replacement unit) and sold it and a mess of cartridges and bought the Atari 5200. This was the console to end all consoles, or so said Atari. And upon opening the box I found a sleek, black unit with the niftiest ... read more
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