Editing Atari 5200

{{System Infobox| logo = [[File:Atari 5200 Logo.svg|200px]]
|title = Atari 5200
|image = [[File:Atari-5200.png|220px]]
|manufacturer = [[Atari]]
|type = [[Console]]
|release =  November [[1982]] ([[NA]])
|media = [[Cartridge]]
|save = None
|input = 4 [[Atari 5200 Controller]]s
|feature = [[Cartridge]] Input <br> Power Switch <br> RF Output <br> Power Output
|unitssold = 
|topgame = 
|variants = [[Atari 5200 2 Port]]
|predecessor = [[Atari 2600]]
|successor = [[Atari 7800]]
|competitors = [[Intellivision]] <br> [[ColecoVision]] <br> [[Vectrex]]
}}

The '''Atari 5200''' was [[Atari]]'s attempted follow up to the [[Atari 2600]]. It was released in [[1982]], and featured a design similar to Atari's own 8 Bit line of [[computer]]s. Atari also attempted to improve the controllers by making them analog, meaning the longer players held the joystick in one direction the faster the character the player was controlling moved. The controller also featured 360 degrees of movement (a step up from the 2600's 8 directions) and a first in the industry - a pause button. Unfortunately, the controllers had some problems. For one, they were not self-centering, meaning players had to manually move the joystick back to the center each time they wanted their character to stop. Another problem was that these controllers were considered very frail and easily broke. Atari also chose not to release exclusive "must have" games early in the consoles life, opting instead to bring out a bunch of updated 2600 titles (eventually Atari would reverse this decision, but it was too late in the system's life to make enough of a difference). One final thing that turned consumers off the console was that the console was not [[backwards compatible]] with [[Atari 2600]] games at launch; an adapter was later released.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Atari-5200.png|Atari 5200
Atari5200box.jpg|Atari 5200 Box
Atari5200 controller.jpg|Atari 5200 Controller
</gallery>

===Advertisements===
<gallery>
5200trackball ad.jpg|Atari 5200 Trackball Controller Ad
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[List of Atari 5200 video games]]
*[[List of Atari 5200 peripherals]]

==External links==
* [http://www.allgame.com/cg/agg.dll?p=agg&SQL=PIH|||||||12 All Game Guide's Atari 5200 entry]

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[[Category:Atari 5200]]