The Atari 5200's BIGGEST Flaw
766The 5200 was one of Atari's biggest failures. On paper, though, it doesn't seem like that bad of a console. The hardware capabilities are decent, and some of the games are fun. Why did Atari release this console in the first place, and what went wrong?
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:47 Release of 2600
2:07 Atari 800
3:00 Initial Success of 2600
3:48 Competition
4:58 5200 Hardware
5:33 Super Breakout
6:27 Pac-Man
7:20 Space Invaders and Moon Patrol
8:11 Frogger and Q-Bert
9:21 Jr Pac-Man
10:08 Other Games
10:52 Issues
11:34 ColecoVision
12:12 Discontinuation
13:26 Outtro
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