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The Atari 5200 was a computer game console and should the successful predecessor, the Atari 2600, replaces and to the competition as the Mattel Intellivision Paroli to offer.

Technically seen the console is substantially more similar to the home computers of Atari than the predecessor 2600. Like already with the Atari 400 and 800 werkeln inside the equipment a 6502-CPU and the well-known Custom chip ANTIC and POKEY, in addition is as available with the newer XL-series of the GTIA. Plays could be portiert so easily from the Atari home computers to the 5200-Konsole and in reverse.

Stupid way a great many plays for the new equipment were however not brought out, particularly since 1983 the large Crash of the video game industry used and brought that 5200 a sudden end. The plays, which there were, were however qualitatively protruding, them corresponded mostly accurately to the home computer version or were even clearly better. In addition some automat plays were adapted, which did not give it at all in such a way for the Atari computers.

The incompatibility to 2600 held most owners of this console of transferred in the new model off. What should one begin also with its 2600-Spielesammlung New A RISERs had also still different consoles to the selection, like the Colecovision or Intellivision. For all these reasons was rather moderate the sales impact 5200. In Europe it did not even appear on the market.

Processor:MOS 6502 @ 1,79 MHz
Main memory (RAM):2 KB
Module size:to 32 KB
Farbpalette:256 colors, 8 and/or 16 at the same time representably
Diagram chip:GTIA
Dissolution:320x200
Sprites:4+4
Sound chip:POKEY
Channels:4
Feature year:1982 - both versions only in the USA and Canada
Prototypes:CX-3200, CX-5100
Play number:107

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