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((short description|Home video game console))
((Infobox CVG system
|logo = Atari 5200 logo.svg
|image = Atari-5200-4-Port-wController-L.jpg
|caption = Atari 5200 and one of its [[Game controller|controller]]s
|manufacturer = [[Atari, Inc.]]
|type = [[Home video game console]]
|generation = [[Second generation of video game consoles|Second]]
|release date = ((vgrelease|NA|November 1982))
|CPU = [[MOS Technology 6502#sally|MOS 6502C]] @ 1.79 [[Megahertz|MHz]]
|memory = 16 KB RAM
|media = [[ROM cartridge]]
|discontinued =((End date|1984|05|21))
|controllers = Joystick <br />Trak-Ball
|units sold = 1&nbsp;million<ref name="schrage1984">((Cite news | last=Schrage | first=Michael | newspaper=[[Washington Post]] | title=Atari Introduces Game In Attempt for Survival | page=C3 | date=May 22, 1984 | quote=The company has stopped producing its 5200 SuperSystem games player, more than 1&nbsp;million of which were sold. | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1984/05/22/atari-introduces-game-in-attempt-for-survival/f4cc0a87-e30a-4d64-a105-49b73cdee36e/))</ref>
|top game =
|predecessor = [[Atari 2600]]
|successor = [[Atari 7800]]
))

The '''Atari 5200 SuperSystem''' or simply '''Atari 5200''' is a [[home video game console]] introduced in 1982 by [[Atari, Inc.]] as a higher-end complement for the popular [[Atari 2600|Atari Video Computer System]].<ref name="milwaukeesentinel">((cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HN0VAAAAIBAJ&pg=929,140029&dq=atari+5200&hl=en |title=The Atari 5200 will be available in October |newspaper=The Milwaukee Sentinel |date=September 1, 1982 |access-date=January 12, 2011 |archive-date=March 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230310233948/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HN0VAAAAIBAJ&pg=929,140029&dq=atari+5200&hl=en |url-status=dead ))</ref> The VCS was renamed to the Atari 2600 at the time of the 5200's launch.<ref>((cite web | url = http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3551/a_history_of_gaming_platforms_.php?print=1 | title = A History of Gaming Platforms: Atari 2600 Video Computer System/VCS | first1 = Matt | last1= Barton | first2 = Bill | last2=  Loguidice | date = February 28, 2008 | access-date = September 11, 2018 | work = [[Gamasutra]] ))</ref> Created to compete with [[Mattel]]'s [[Intellivision]], the 5200 wound up a direct competitor of [[ColecoVision]] shortly after its release.<ref>G4TV's Icons season 2 episode 1 "Atari"</ref> While the Coleco system shipped with the first home version of [[Nintendo]]'s ''[[Donkey Kong (arcade game)|Donkey Kong]]'', the 5200 included the 1978 arcade game ''[[Super Breakout]]'' which had already appeared on the [[Atari 8-bit family]] and Atari VCS in 1979 and 1981 respectively.

The CPU and the graphics and sound hardware are almost identical to that of the Atari 8-bit computers, although software is not directly compatible between the two systems. The 5200's controllers have an analog [[joystick]] and a [[numeric keypad]] along with start, pause, and reset buttons. The 360-degree non-centering joystick was touted as offering more control than the eight-way [[Atari CX40 joystick]] of the 2600, but was a focal point for criticism.

On May 21, 1984, during a press conference at which the [[Atari 7800]] was introduced, company executives revealed that the 5200 had been discontinued after less than two years on the market.<ref>((Cite journal|last=Sanger|first=David E.|date=May 22, 1984|title=Atari Video Game Unit Introduced|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/05/22/business/atari-video-game-unit-introduced.html|url-access=limited|journal=New York Times|page=3 (Section D)|quote=Company officials disclosed for the first time yesterday that the 5200 is no longer in production, and Atari appears to be selling off its inventory.))</ref> Total sales of the 5200 were reportedly in excess of 1&nbsp;million units,<ref name="schrage1984"/> far short of its predecessor's sales of over 30&nbsp;million.

==Hardware==
[[File:Atari-5200-4-Port-Console-Open-wControllers.jpg|thumb|The 5200's large size is due in part to controller storage in the back of the unit.]]
[[File:Atari-5200-Console-Set.jpg|thumb|The second revision of the 5200]]
((Refimprove section|date=February 2014))

Following the release of the [[Atari 2600|Video Computer System]] in 1977, Atari began developing hardware for a next generation game console. Instead, it was used as the basis for the [[Atari 8-bit family|Atari 400 and 800]] home computers.

Atari later decided to re-enter the console market using the same technology. Prototypes were called the "Atari Video System X – Advanced Video Computer System". Actual working ''Atari Video System X'' machines, whose hardware is 100% identical to the Atari 5200 do exist, but are extremely rare.<ref name="vsx">((cite web |author=Curt Vendel |url=http://www.atarimuseum.com/videogames/consoles/5200/vsx.html |title=Video System X |publisher=Atarimuseum.com |access-date=January 12, 2011 |archive-date=January 17, 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130117121835/http://www.atarimuseum.com/videogames/consoles/5200/vsx.html |url-status=dead ))</ref>

The initial 1982 release of the system had four controller ports, compared to two in most other consoles. The controllers have an analog [[joystick]], numeric keypad, two fire buttons on each side of the controller, and game function keys for Start, Pause, and Reset. The 5200 also featured the innovation of the first automatic TV switchbox, allowing it to automatically switch from regular TV viewing to the game system signal when the system was activated. Previous RF adapters required the user to slide a switch on the adapter by hand. The [[radio frequency|RF]] box was also where the power supply connected in a unique dual power/television signal setup similar to the [[RCA Studio II]]'s. A single cable coming out of the 5200 plugged into the switch box and carried both electricity and the television signal.

The 1983 revision of the Atari 5200 has two controller ports instead of four, and a change back to the more conventional separate power supply and standard non-autoswitching RF switch. It also has changes in the cartridge port address lines to allow for the [[Atari 2600]] adapter released that year. While the adapter was only made to work on the two-port version, modifications can be made to the four-port to make it line-compatible. In fact, towards the end of the four-port model's production run, there were a limited number of consoles produced which included these modifications. These consoles can be identified by an asterisk in their serial numbers.

At one point following the 5200's release, Atari planned a smaller, cost-reduced version of the Atari 5200, which removed the controller storage bin. Code-named the "Atari 5100" (a.k.a. "Atari 5200 Jr."), only a few fully working prototype 5100s were made before the project was canceled.<ref>((cite web|author=Curt Vendel |url=http://www.atarimuseum.com/videogames/consoles/5100/5100.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130117055530/http://www.atarimuseum.com/videogames/consoles/5100/5100.html |url-status=live |archive-date=January 17, 2013 |title=5100/5200 Jr |publisher=Atarimuseum.com |access-date=January 12, 2011 ))</ref>

===Controllers===
[[File:Atari-5200-Controller.jpg|thumb|right|175px|The Atari 5200 controller included with the console]]
[[File:Atari-5200-Trak-Ball-Controller.jpg|thumb|right|175px|The Pro-Line Trak-Ball controller]]

The controller prototypes used in the electrical development lab employed a yoke-and-gimbal mechanism that came from an RC airplane controller kit. The design of the [[analog stick|analog joystick]], which used a weak rubber boot rather than springs to provide centering, proved to be ungainly and unreliable. They quickly became the [[Achilles' heel]] of the system due to the combination of an overly complex mechanical design and a very low-cost internal flex circuit system.<ref name="atarimuseum">((cite web|url=http://www.atarimuseum.com/videogames/consoles/5200/A5200.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030808134516/http://www.atarimuseum.com/videogames/consoles/5200/A5200.html |url-status=live |archive-date=August 8, 2003 |title=The Atari 5200 Super System |publisher=atarimuseum.com |access-date=July 6, 2014 ))</ref> Another major flaw of the controllers was that the design did not translate into a linear acceleration from the center through the arc of the stick travel. The controllers did, however, include a pause button, a unique feature at the time.<ref name="NGen15">((cite magazine|date=March 1996|title=The Next Generation 1996 Lexicon A to Z: 5200|url=https://archive.org/details/nextgen-issue-015/page/n33/mode/2up|magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]|publisher=[[Imagine Media]]|issue=15|page=33))</ref> Various third-party replacement joysticks were also released, including those made by Wico.<ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.atarihq.com/5200/sticks52.html|title=Atari 5200 Controller Alternatives|website=www.atarihq.com|access-date=2018-09-20))</ref>

Atari Inc. released the Pro-Line [[trackball|Trak-Ball]] controller, which is used for games such as ''[[Centipede (video game)|Centipede]]'' and ''[[Missile Command]]''. A paddle controller<ref name="paddle">((cite web|author=Curt Vendel |url=http://www.atarimuseum.com/videogames/consoles/5200/5200paddle.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040703205537/http://www.atarimuseum.com/videogames/consoles/5200/5200paddle.html |url-status=live |archive-date=July 3, 2004 |title=Atari 5200 Paddle Controller Prototypes |publisher=Atarimuseum.com |access-date=January 12, 2011 ))</ref> and an updated self-centering version of the original controller<ref name="selfcenter">((cite web|author=Curt Vendel |url=http://www.atarimuseum.com/videogames/consoles/5200/5200joy.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040703210439/http://www.atarimuseum.com/videogames/consoles/5200/5200joy.html |url-status=live |archive-date=July 3, 2004 |title=Self Centering Joystick Prototypes |publisher=Atarimuseum.com |access-date=January 12, 2011 ))</ref> were also in development, but never made it to market.

Games were shipped with plastic card overlays that snapped in over the keypad. The card would indicate which game functions, such as changing the view or vehicle speed, were assigned to each key.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://atariage.com/system_items.php?SystemID=5200&ItemTypeID=OVERLAY|title=Atari 5200 overlays|date=31 January 2018|website=Atari Age|access-date=31 January 2018))</ref>

The primary controller was ranked the 10th worst video game controller by [[IGN]] editor Craig Harris.<ref>((cite web |title=Top 10 Tuesday: Worst Game Controllers |url=http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/690/690449p1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060303093919/http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/690/690449p1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 3, 2006 |website=IGN |access-date=December 13, 2019 |date=February 21, 2006))</ref> An editor for ''[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]'' said that their non-centering joysticks "rendered many games nearly unplayable".<ref name="NGen15"/>

===Internal differences from 8-bit computers===
[[David H. Ahl]] in 1983 described the Atari 5200 as "a 400 computer in disguise".((r|ahl1983spring)) Its internal design is similar to that of Atari 8-bit computers using the [[ANTIC]], [[POKEY]], and [[GTIA]] coprocessors. Software designed for one does not run on the other, but source code can be mechanically converted unless it uses computer-specific features. ''[[Antic (magazine)|Antic]]'' magazine reported in 1984 that "the similarities grossly outweigh the differences, so that a 5200 program can be developed and almost entirely debugged [on an Atari 8-bit computer] before testing on a 5200".<ref name="converting" /> [[John J. Anderson]] of ''[[Creative Computing]]'' alluded to the incompatibility being intentional, caused by Atari's console division removing 8-bit compatibility to not lose control to the rival computer division.<ref name="anderson198403">((cite news | url=https://archive.org/stream/creativecomputing-1984-03/Creative_Computing_v10_n03_1984_Mar#page/n51/mode/2up | title=Atari | work=Creative Computing | date=March 1984 | access-date=February 6, 2015 | author=Anderson, John J. | page=51|quote=The games division [..] saw the home computer division as a threat [..] If any of their new machines could expand into true computers, the reins would automatically be handed over [..] To the games division, this was a fate worse than death [so] they chose death. [The 5200 was internally] very nearly an Atari 800 [but] all compatibility and expandability had been designed out [..] If, in 1981, the next-generation game machine ''had'' been designed to be compatible with the Atari 400 and 800 microcomputers, Atari would not be in the state it is today. Instead, the 5200 game unit was launched. Internally, it was very nearly an Atari 800, and as such was a fabulous game machine. The notable exceptions were that all compatibility and expandability had been designed out [..] with an external keyboard and 800 compatibility, could have been transformed into a product superior to the famed Coleco Adam, way back in 1982.))</ref>

Besides the 5200's lack of a keyboard, the differences are:<ref name="converting">((Cite magazine |last=Buchholz |first=Claus |date=January 1984 |title=Transporting Atari Computer Programs to the 5200 |url=https://archive.org/stream/analog-computing-magazine-15/Analog_Computing_15_1984-01_Inside_the_600XL#page/n59/mode/2up |magazine=ANALOG Computing |page=59))</ref>
* The [[Atari 8-bit family#Built-in operating system|Atari computer 10&nbsp;KB operating system]] is replaced with a simpler 2&nbsp;[[kilobyte|KB]] version, of which 1&nbsp;KB is the built-in character set.
* Some hardware registers, such as those of the GTIA and POKEY chips, are at different memory locations.
* The purpose of some registers is slightly different on the 5200.
* The 5200's analog joysticks appear as pairs of [[Paddle (game controller)|paddle]]s to the hardware, which requires different input handling from the digital joystick input on the Atari computers

In 1987, [[Atari Corporation]] released the [[Atari XEGS|XE Game System]] console, which is a repackaged 65XE (from 1985) with a detachable keyboard that can run home computer titles directly,<ref>((cite web | last = Harris | first = Neil | title = Re: Is Atari killing the 8 bit? | date = May 12, 1987 | url = http://groups.google.ca/group/comp.sys.atari.8bit/msg/98a62e383f31d6cc?dmode=source | access-date = June 5, 2014| institution = [[Atari Corporation|Atari Corp.]] | quote=So what we have with the XE Game System is essentially a 65XE in disguise. [..] It is completely compatible with the current 8-bit line, including software.))</ref> unlike the 5200.<ref name="converting" /> Anderson wrote in 1984 that Atari could have released a console compatible with computer software in 1981.((r|anderson198403))

==Reception==

The Atari 5200 did not fare well commercially compared to its predecessor, the Atari 2600.<ref>((Cite book | last = Moss | first = Stuart | title = The Entertainment Industry: An Introduction | publisher = CABI | year = 2007 | page = 158 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=UiBDGdvlumwC&q=atari+5200+failed+console&pg=PA158 | isbn = 978-1-84593-551-1))</ref> While it touted superior graphics to the 2600 and Mattel's [[Intellivision]], the system was initially incompatible with the 2600's expansive library of games, and some market analysts have speculated that this hurt its sales,<ref>((Cite news | last = Mace | first = Scott | title = A New Atari Corp.: The House That Jack Tramiel Emptied | newspaper = [[InfoWorld]] | page = 52 | date = August 6, 1984 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=HC8EAAAAMBAJ&q=atari+5200+failed&pg=PA52 | access-date = January 27, 2011 ))</ref><ref>((cite magazine|date=February 1997|title=Atari 7200|url=https://retrocdn.net/images/b/b2/EGM_US_091.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://retrocdn.net/images/b/b2/EGM_US_091.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]|publisher=[[Ziff Davis]]|issue=91|page=97|quote=The 7800 was compatible with the 2600 (but not the 5200) which was the main reason why the 5200 didn't succeed.))</ref> especially since an Atari 2600 cartridge adapter had been released for the [[Intellivision II]].<ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.atarimuseum.com/videogames/consoles/5200/cx55.html|title=Atari CX-55 2600 Cartridge Adapter for the Atari 5200 Supersystem|date=31 January 2018|website=Atari Museum|access-date=31 January 2018|archive-date=July 3, 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040703205534/http://www.atarimuseum.com/videogames/consoles/5200/cx55.html|url-status=dead))</ref> (A revised two-port model was released in 1983, along with a game adapter that allowed gamers to play all 2600 games.)<ref name="museum_cx55"/> This lack of new games was due in part to a lack of funding, with Atari continuing to develop most of its games for the saturated 2600 market.<ref>((Cite book | last = Kent | first = Steven | author-link = Steven L. Kent | title = [[The Ultimate History of Video Games]] | publisher = [[Prima Publishing]] | year = 2001 | page = 230 | isbn = 0-7615-3643-4))</ref>

Many of the 5200's games appeared simply as updated versions of 2600 titles, which failed to excite consumers.<ref>((Cite book | last = Staff | first = New York Times | title = The New York Times Guide To Essential Knowledge: A Desk Reference for the Curious Mind | publisher = [[Macmillan Publishers]] | year = 2007 | location = New York | page = 472 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=-BIGv9vIoqcC&q=atari+5200+failed&pg=PA472 | isbn = 978-0-312-37659-8))</ref> Its pack-in game, ''[[Super Breakout]]'', was criticized for not doing enough to demonstrate the system's capabilities.((r|ahl1983spring)) This gave the ColecoVision a significant advantage as its pack-in, ''[[Donkey Kong (arcade game)|Donkey Kong]]'', delivered a more authentic arcade experience than any previous game cartridge.<ref>((Cite book | last = Kent | first = Steven | author-link = Steven L. Kent | title = The Ultimate History of Video Games | publisher = [[Prima Publishing]] | year = 2001 | page = 209 | isbn = 0-7615-3643-4))</ref> In its list of the top 25 game consoles of all time, [[IGN]] claimed that the main reason for the 5200's market failure was the technological superiority of its competitor,<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.ign.com/top-25-consoles/23.html |title=Atari 5200 is number 23 |website=IGN |access-date=January 12, 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101203105717/http://www.ign.com/top-25-consoles/23.html| archive-date= December 3, 2010 | url-status= live))</ref> while other sources maintain that the two consoles are roughly equivalent in power.<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.atarihq.com/5200/cv52/ |title=Colecovision vs Atari 5200 Hardware Comparison |publisher=AtariHQ.com |access-date=January 12, 2011))</ref>

The 5200 received much criticism for the "sloppy" design of its non-centering analog controllers.<ref>((Cite news | last = Hubner | first = John | title = What Went Wrong At Atari | newspaper = [[InfoWorld]] | page = 148 | date = December 5, 1983 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=6C8EAAAAMBAJ&q=atari+5200+review&pg=PA148 | access-date = January 27, 2011))</ref> Anderson described the controllers as "absolutely atrocious".((r|anderson198403))

David H. Ahl of ''[[Creative Computing|Creative Computing Video & Arcade Games]]'' said in 1983 that the "Atari 5200 is, dare I say it, Atari's answer to Intellivision, Colecovision, and the [[Bally Astrocade|Astrocade]]", describing the console as a "true mass market" version of the Atari 8-bit computers despite the software incompatibility. He criticized the joystick's imprecise control but said that "it is at least as good as many other controllers", and wondered why ''Super Breakout'' was the pack-in game when it did not use the 5200's improved graphics.<ref name=ahl1983spring>((Cite magazine |last=Ahl |first=David H. |author-link=David H. Ahl |date=Spring 1983 |title=Atari 5200 Advanced Game System |url=http://www.atarimagazines.com/cva/v1n1/atari5200.php |magazine=Creative Computing Video & Arcade Games |page=46))</ref>

==Technical specifications==
[[File:Atari-5200-4-Port-Motherboard-Flat.jpg|thumb|right|The 5200 is powered by a 1.79 MHz 6502C CPU.]]
[[File:Atari 5200 Joystick schematic.png|thumb|right|Joystick schematic from patent]]
* [[Central processing unit|CPU]]: Custom [[MOS Technology 6502]]C @ 1.79&nbsp;MHz (''not'' a [[65C02]])
* [[Video display controller|Graphics chips]]: [[ANTIC]] and [[CTIA and GTIA|GTIA]]
* Support hardware: 3 custom [[Very Large Scale Integration|VLSI]] chips
* [[Display resolution|Screen resolution]]: 14 modes: Six text modes (8×8, 4×8, and 8×10 character matrices supported), Eight graphics modes including 80 pixels per line (16 color), 160 pixels per line (4 color), 320 pixels per line (2 color),<ref name=modes>((cite web|url=http://gury.atari8.info/card_graphics_modes.php|title=Atari 8-bit Forever by Bostjan Gorisek|access-date=January 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701190029/http://gury.atari8.info/card_graphics_modes.php|archive-date=July 1, 2017|url-status=dead))</ref> variable height and width up to overscan 384×240 pixels
* [[Palette (computing)|Color palette]]: 128 (16 [[hue]]s, 8 [[Luma (video)|luma]]) or 256 (16 [[hue]]s, 16 [[Luma (video)|luma]])
* [[Color depth|Colors on screen]]: 2 (320 pixels per line) to 16 (80 pixels per line).<ref name=modes/> Up to 23 colors per line with player/missile and playfield priority control mixing.  Register values can be changed at every [[Scan line|scanline]] using [[ANTIC]] [[display list]] [[Raster interrupt|interrupts]], allowing up to 256 (16 hues, 16 luma) to be displayed at once, with up to 16 per scanline.
* [[Sprite (computer graphics)|Sprites]]: Four 8-pixel-wide sprites, four 2-pixel-wide sprites; height of each is either 128 or 256 pixels; 1 color per sprite
* [[Scrolling]]: Coarse and fine scrolling horizontally and vertically. (Horizontal coarse scroll 4, 8, or 16-pixel/color clock increments, and vertically by mode line height 2, 4, 8, or 16 scan lines.) (Or horizontal fine scroll 0 to 3, 7, or 15  single-pixel/color clock increments and then a 4, 8, or 16-pixel/color clock increment coarse scroll; and vertical fine scroll 0 to 1, 3, 7, or 15 scan line increments and then a 2, 4, 8, or 16 scan line increment coarse scroll)<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.atarimagazines.com/compute/issue67/338_1_Atari_Fine_Scrolling.php|title=Atari Fine Scrolling|first=Karl E.|last=Wiegers|access-date=January 1, 2017))</ref>
* Sound: 4-channel [[Programmable sound generator|PSG]] sound via [[POKEY]] [[sound chip]], which also handles keyboard scanning, serial I/O, high resolution interrupt capable timers (single cycle accurate), and random number generation.
* [[Random-access memory|RAM]]: 16 [[Kilobyte|KB]]<ref name="converting" />
* [[Read-only memory|ROM]]:
** 2 KB on-board BIOS for system startup and interrupt routing.
** 32 KB ROM window for standard [[ROM cartridge|game cartridges]], expandable using [[bank switching]] techniques.
* Dimensions: 13" × 15" × 4.25"

==Popular culture==
Critical to the plot of the 1984 film ''[[Cloak & Dagger (1984 film)|Cloak & Dagger]]'' is an Atari 5200 game cartridge called ''[[Cloak & Dagger (video game)|Cloak & Dagger]]''. The arcade version appears in the movie; in actuality the Atari 5200 version was started but never completed. The game was under development with the title ''Agent X'' when the movie producers and Atari learned of each other's projects and decided to cooperate. This collaboration was part of a larger phenomenon, of films featuring video games as critical plot elements (as with ''[[Tron]]'' and ''[[The Last Starfighter]]'') and of video game tie-ins to the same films (as with the ''[[Tron (video game)|Tron]]'' games for the [[Intellivision]] and other platforms).<ref>((cite web | url=https://www.usgamer.net/articles/cloakdagger-the-video-game-movie-that-wasnt-about-video-games | title=Cloak & Dagger, the Video Game Movie That Wasn't About Video Games | first=Jeremy | last=Parish | date=August 10, 2015 | website=[[USGamer]] | access-date=November 21, 2021 | archive-date=November 22, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211122055943/https://www.usgamer.net/articles/cloakdagger-the-video-game-movie-that-wasnt-about-video-games | url-status=dead ))</ref>

==Games==
((Main|List of Atari 5200 games))

==See also==
* [[List of video game emulators#Atari 5200|List of Atari 5200 emulators]]
* [[Video game crash of 1983]]

==References==
((Reflist|30em|refs=
<ref name="museum_cx55">((cite web|url=http://www.atarimuseum.com/videogames/consoles/5200/cx55.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040703205534/http://www.atarimuseum.com/videogames/consoles/5200/cx55.html |url-status=live |archive-date=2004-07-03 |access-date=2016-07-10 |title=Atari CX-55 2600 Cartridge Adapter for the Atari 5200 Supersystem |website=atarimuseum.com ))</ref>
))

==External links==
((Commons category|Atari 5200))
* [http://www.atariage.com/software_search.html?SystemID=5200 AtariAge – Comprehensive Atari 5200 database and information] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421025250/http://www.atariage.com/software_search.html?SystemID=5200 |date=April 21, 2019 ))
* [http://www.atarimuseum.com/videogames/consoles/5200/A5200.html Atari Museum 5200 Super System section] ((Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120723080219/http://www.atarimuseum.com/videogames/consoles/5200/A5200.html |date=July 23, 2012 ))
((Atari hardware))
((Second generation game consoles))
((Home video game consoles))

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