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    Classic Game Room HD reviews the ATARI 5200 video game system from 1982, the successor to the Atari 2600. This is the 4 controller model which is the size of a container ship and uses the most absurd power/tv switcher hookup ever created. There are many things to loathe about this unique game console and one thing to love, its an ATARI!!! It plays hundreds of Atari 5200 game cartridges, many of which are slightly upgraded versions of popular Atari 2600 games like Missile Command, Vanguard and Space Invaders. Others are awesome games which look like early NES action games like Buck Rogers Planet of Zoom and The Dreadnaught Factor. There are some Atari 5200 exclusives as well. Collecting for the 5200 is not terribly expensive, even though the Atari 5200 is considered a commercial failure there are still many out there and they are such an amazing pain to own that people want to get rid of them. Collectors benefit from this as 5200 games and consoles on eBay are easy to find, but working controllers are not. The Achilles heel of the Atari 5200 is the terrible, analog, non-self-centering controller which is difficult to replace because of the keypad. You can buy refurbished Atari 5200 controllers or the expensive Wico aftermarket Atari 5200 controller if you are really ambitious. The fact is the Atari 5200 has some great games, is a joy to collect for and is so large that it demands respect. It looks like a Laserdisc player combined with a dishwasher and is hard to miss when …

    Published on June 7, 2010 · Filed under: Playstation 3 Videos; Tagged as: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
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25 Responses to “Classic Game Room HD – ATARI 5200 Console review”

  1. JCRUSADER76 said on March 20th, 2010 at 8:01 am

    GCRHD ROCKS!!!!

  2. devastator06 said on March 21st, 2010 at 3:58 am

    CGRHD?

  3. SakuraAvalon said on March 22nd, 2010 at 2:51 am

    Nah, the mother of the PS3 was a huge ass console that sold itself as a cheap Laser Disc player and was like 700$

  4. batguy23 said on March 25th, 2010 at 5:51 pm

    cllasic game room hd

  5. devastator06 said on March 25th, 2010 at 6:19 pm

    @batguy23 lol i know that. i was spell checking JCRUSADER76’s GCRHD

  6. communistrecords said on March 30th, 2010 at 3:22 am

    For some reason I thought a 5200 would sound like the plant from Little Shop of Horrors.

  7. storrs19 said on April 1st, 2010 at 1:51 pm

    I have an original 4 port Atari 5200 that I got for Christmas 1982. Luckily I have never had a days trouble with the Unicable system for the power and tv signal. I did purchase an extra one back in 1985 or so on clearance at Target. There are some great games for the 5200 but the controllers are not well designed at all. If you are lucky enough to find a Wico joystick and keypad then you are in business.

  8. NightSprinter said on April 8th, 2010 at 1:07 am

    The two-port models were better designed for a standard tv/game switch.

  9. lowes48impala said on April 9th, 2010 at 5:36 pm

    lol :D 07:50

  10. communistrecords said on April 18th, 2010 at 6:21 am

    I just bought one of these and I have never owned one nor am I a collector. Guess what I am! BWAAA HAA HAA!!!

  11. 1andrewman1 said on April 22nd, 2010 at 10:42 pm

    @soapmanone looks like shit to me

  12. 1andrewman1 said on April 22nd, 2010 at 10:50 pm

    i use the small storge part at the back for my beers

  13. deathtsunami said on April 24th, 2010 at 11:38 pm

    @1PSPfan89 pretty sure the vectrex is the biggest console ever has its onwn screen lol

  14. deathtsunami said on April 24th, 2010 at 11:39 pm

    @soapmanone i just noticed it lol

  15. deathtsunami said on April 24th, 2010 at 11:40 pm

    darn u piano gloss finish you show to much fingerprints and scratches

  16. Roboprez3 said on May 2nd, 2010 at 3:11 am

    If you think this is big, you should review the Phillips CD-i

  17. TheBillbot said on May 11th, 2010 at 9:09 pm

    @jasonblake2345 Yeah I Think so is it tested?

  18. velocityreptile said on May 12th, 2010 at 6:23 pm

    Is that bigger than odyssey?

  19. MultiHworang said on May 16th, 2010 at 2:55 am

    nice ring

  20. hugothenerd said on May 16th, 2010 at 12:44 pm

    This video is #FTW

  21. surfermanspore23 said on May 17th, 2010 at 1:44 am

    @BleepHonk he

  22. Madnesscom9 said on May 25th, 2010 at 2:43 pm

    Lol, Give the finger to the controller :P

  23. Lugmillord said on May 25th, 2010 at 3:06 pm

    You can store a beer in the back of the console.

  24. mexman40 said on May 29th, 2010 at 6:27 am

    Love your reviews man!!!

  25. koisanjie said on June 5th, 2010 at 12:06 am

    @Lugmillord Yep! I remember the AVGN doing that on his review of the console.

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