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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 Video Computer System.
The VCS was renamed to the Atari 2600 at the time of the 5200's launch.
Created to compete with Intellivision, the 5200 wound up a direct competitor of ColecoVision shortly after its release.
While the Coleco system shipped with the first home version of Nintendo's 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 just two years on the market.
Total sales of the 5200 were reportedly in excess of 1 million units, far short of its predecessor's sales of over 30 million.
The 5200's large size is due in part to controller storage in the back of the unit.
The second revision of the 5200 Much of the technology in the Atari 8-bit family of home computer systems was originally developed as a second-generation games console intended to replace the 2600.
However, as the system was reaching completion, the personal computer revolution was starting with the release of machines like the Commodore PET, TRS-80 ...