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The '''Atari 5200''' was a home game console made by Atari in 1982. The console did not take off for a few reasons; factors include Atari's strong marketing focus on the 2600, and the system controller's analog stick issues. The North American video game market crash of 1983 also didn't help sales numbers, either. By the end of its lifespan, only 70 games had been commercially released for the Atari 5200 and many more remained unreleased (several of these games have been dumped). This console was not released anywhere outside of the United States. | The '''Atari 5200''' was a home game console made by Atari in 1982. The console did not take off for a few reasons; factors include Atari's strong marketing focus on the 2600, and the system controller's analog stick issues. The North American video game market crash of 1983 also didn't help sales numbers, either. By the end of its lifespan, only 70 games had been commercially released for the Atari 5200 and many more remained unreleased (several of these games have been dumped). This console was not released anywhere outside of the United States. | ||
| − | While | + | While the Atari 5200 is based off the [[Atari 8-bit]] hardware, none of its latter's software is compatible with the 5200. |
==Suggested Emulators== | ==Suggested Emulators== | ||
Revision as of 20:36, 7 December 2018
The Atari 5200 was a home game console made by Atari in 1982. The console did not take off for a few reasons; factors include Atari's strong marketing focus on the 2600, and the system controller's analog stick issues. The North American video game market crash of 1983 also didn't help sales numbers, either. By the end of its lifespan, only 70 games had been commercially released for the Atari 5200 and many more remained unreleased (several of these games have been dumped). This console was not released anywhere outside of the United States.
While the Atari 5200 is based off the Atari 8-bit hardware, none of its latter's software is compatible with the 5200.
Suggested Emulators
Altirra
Done by the same developer as the VirtualDub software, Altirra is mainly a very accurate Atari 8-bit emulator but it does support 5200 games. The downsides are that it is not easy to set up and it is Windows only.
kat5200
kat5200 is an easier emulator to set up and also supports some of the Atari 8-bit range as well. There are issues running some of library such as Bounty Bob Strikes Back not working and there are no sprite ripping features. Oh and make sure your ROMS are unzipped otherwise the emulator won't run them properly, you can tell a game is running properly when the game name appears on the Atari boot up screen.
