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The Atari 5200 was a second generation pre-crash video game console by Atari, and part of the Atari 8-bit family.
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The '''Atari 5200''' was a second generation pre-crash video game console by Atari, and part of the Atari 8-bit family.
  
 
Released in November 1982, It was initially meant to be a sucessor to the massively popular Atari 2600, but failed due to many hardware problems, namely problems with the system's user-unfriendly, albeit innovative controller. The public never really adopted the system, nor paid it much mind at all, as the 2600 continued to dominate the market. The video game crash came a year after its launch.
 
Released in November 1982, It was initially meant to be a sucessor to the massively popular Atari 2600, but failed due to many hardware problems, namely problems with the system's user-unfriendly, albeit innovative controller. The public never really adopted the system, nor paid it much mind at all, as the 2600 continued to dominate the market. The video game crash came a year after its launch.
  
==Power Supply==
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==Power supply==
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<gallery>
 
Atari 5200 power supply 01.jpg
 
Atari 5200 power supply 01.jpg
 
Atari 5200 power supply 02.jpg
 
Atari 5200 power supply 02.jpg
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
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==Hardware==
 
==Hardware==
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<gallery>
 
Atari5200Rev1_Front.JPG|Rev 1 Front
 
Atari5200Rev1_Front.JPG|Rev 1 Front
 
Atari5200Rev1_Rear.JPG|Rev 1 Rear
 
Atari5200Rev1_Rear.JPG|Rev 1 Rear
 
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[[Category:Console]]
 
[[Category:Console]]
 
[[Category:Second generation]]
 
[[Category:Second generation]]

Revision as of 09:35, 5 December 2020

The Atari 5200 was a second generation pre-crash video game console by Atari, and part of the Atari 8-bit family.

Released in November 1982, It was initially meant to be a sucessor to the massively popular Atari 2600, but failed due to many hardware problems, namely problems with the system's user-unfriendly, albeit innovative controller. The public never really adopted the system, nor paid it much mind at all, as the 2600 continued to dominate the market. The video game crash came a year after its launch.

Power supply

Hardware