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As a youth, like millions of other kids, I owned an Atari 5200 SuperSystem.
I loved it, and played it constantly. The Atari 5200 is considered by many, including myself, the greatest home gaming
system ever made. It supported the best games, and had the best graphics, options, etc. I still remembering opening it
Christmas day and begging my parents to let me hook it up, so I could start playing. Ah, those were the good times.
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Back in 1990, I hadn't played my Atari 5200 for several years, and it was sitting in a box. Since I was heavily into
computers, I decided to sell it (bad, bad move). Years later I started to miss my Atari 5200 and those good times I
had with it. I contacted the person that I sold it to, and found out they sold it to someone else. To make a long
story short, I reacquired my Atari 5200, but the other owners had not been kind to it. :< All four controllers (2
of which were in great condition, and the other two fair condition) were gone, the power supply and RF adapter were
gone, and the base unit has some cosmetic pieces missing. I almost cried. Fortunately, I did get back 26 of the
29 cartridges I had, but no manuals or boxes. :>
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(Atari 5200 Pac-Man Cartridge)
Since October of 1998 I have made it my mission to restore this great system back to a functional state. I have been
able to acquire another working Atari 5200 (2-port version, my original is a 4-port version), the Atari 5200 power
cable, and an RF adapter for the 2-port Atari 5200 (only). In early 2006 I was able to acquire the missing 4-port RF adapter (NIB) and two cosmetic parts missing from my 4-port unit, plus some missing cartridges, manuals and boxes. :>
Here's a current list of my Atari 5200 hardware (updated):
Atari 5200 (original 4-port version)
Atari 5200 (revised 2-port version)
Atari 5200 Power Supply cable (works for 2 & 4 port versions)
Atari 5200 RF Adapter (works only with the 2-port version)
Atari 5200 RF Adapter (works only with the 4-port version)
Atari 5200 Joysticks (2 of them and they are newly rebuilt)
Atari 5200 Adaptor to play Atari 2600 games
Atari 5200 Trackball
Here's a current list of my Atari 5200 games (updated):
Note: "No*" means overlays were never made for this game.
| GAME TITLE |
MAKER |
CARTRIDGE |
OVERLAY |
MANUAL |
BOX |
| Astrochase |
Parker Brothers |
Yes |
No* |
No |
No |
| Ballblazer |
Atari |
Yes |
No* |
No |
No |
| Berzerk |
Atari |
Yes |
No* |
Yes |
No |
| Blue Print |
CBS Electronics |
Yes |
??? |
Yes |
Yes |
| Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom |
Sega |
Yes |
No* |
No |
No |
| Centipede |
Atari |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Choplifter |
Atari |
Yes |
No* |
No |
No |
| Congo Bongo |
Sega |
Yes |
No* |
No |
No |
| Countermeasure |
Atari |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Defender |
Atari |
Yes (x2) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Dig Dug |
Atari |
Yes |
No* |
No |
No |
| Dreadnaught Factor, The |
Activision |
Yes |
No* |
Yes |
No |
| Frogger |
Parker Brothers |
Yes (x2) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Frogger II |
Parker Brothers |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Galaxian |
Atari |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Gremlins |
Atari |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Gyruss |
Parker Brothers |
No |
No* |
Yes |
No |
| H.E.R.O. |
Activision |
No |
No* |
Yes |
No |
| James Bond 007 |
Parker Brothers |
Yes |
No* |
Yes |
Yes |
| Joust |
Atari |
Yes |
No* |
No |
No |
| Jungle Hunt |
Atari |
Yes |
No* |
Yes |
No |
| Kaboom! |
Activision |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Kangaroo |
Atari |
Yes (x2) |
No* |
Yes (x2) |
Yes |
| Keystone Kapers |
Activision |
Yes |
No* |
No |
Yes |
| Mario Bros. |
Atari |
Yes |
No* |
Yes |
No |
| Megamania |
Activision |
Yes |
No* |
Yes |
Yes |
| Miner 2049er |
Big Five Software |
Yes |
No* |
No |
No |
| Missile Command |
Atari |
Yes (x2) |
Yes |
Yes (x2) |
Yes |
| Moon Patrol |
Atari |
Yes (x2) |
No* |
Yes (x2) |
Yes |
| Mountain King |
CBS Electronics |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Ms. Pac-Man |
Atari |
Yes (x2) |
No* |
Yes (x2) |
Yes |
| Pac-Man |
Atari |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Pengo |
Atari |
Yes |
No* |
No |
No |
| Pitfall! |
Activision |
Yes |
No* |
Yes |
No |
| Pitfall II: Lost Caverns |
Activision |
Yes |
No* |
No |
No |
| Pole Position |
Atari |
Yes (x2) |
No* |
Yes (x2) |
Yes |
| Popeye |
Parker Brothers |
Yes |
No* |
No |
No |
| Q*Bert |
Parker Brothers |
Yes |
No* |
No |
No |
| Qix |
Atari |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Quest for Quintana Roo |
Sunrise |
Yes |
No* |
No |
No |
| RealSports Baseball |
Atari |
Yes (x2) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| RealSports Football |
Atari |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| RealSports Tennis |
Atari |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Rescue on Fractalus |
Lucasfilm |
Yes |
No* |
Yes |
Yes |
| River Raid |
Activision |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Robotron: 2084 |
Atari |
Yes |
No* |
Yes |
No |
| Soccer |
Atari |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Space Dungeon |
Atari |
Yes |
No* |
Yes |
No |
| Space Invaders |
Atari |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Space Shuttle |
Activision |
Yes |
Copy |
Copy |
Yes |
| Star Raiders |
Atari |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Star Trek |
Sega |
Yes |
No* |
Yes |
Yes |
| Star Wars ROTJ: Death Star Battle |
Parker Brothers |
No |
No* |
Yes |
No |
| Star Wars: The Arcade Game |
Parker Brothers |
Yes |
No* |
No |
No |
| Super Breakout |
Atari |
Yes |
No |
Yes (x2) |
Yes |
| Super Cobra |
Parker Brothers |
Yes |
No* |
Yes |
No |
| Vanguard |
Atari |
Yes |
No* |
Yes |
No |
| Wizard of Wor |
CBS Electronics |
Yes |
No* |
Yes |
No |
Here's a current list of my Atari 5200 related manuals, etc.:
Atari 5200 4-Port User's Manual
Atari 5200 games flyer, CO 18270 Rev 1
Atari 5200 games flyer, CO 18270 Rev 2 (x3)
Atari 5200 games flyer, CO 21880 Rev A (x5)
Atari 5200 unit warranty card
Atari 5200 Pole Position Free Gift Card (promo & poster)
Activision games flyer
As I acquire more games, replacement parts, etc. I'll post the information here. Plus, I plan to add a lot of content
to this page about the Atari 5200 SuperSystem, so check back often!
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If you're looking for Atari 5200 related Sites or Parts, then check out these great sites:
Atari Gaming Headquarters
Best Electronics - They Sell Atari 5200 Parts
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7/23/2008
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