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  • Like the Angry Video Game Nerd would say..."WHAT THE F*@K WERE THEY THINKING!?"

  • It's ironic how even though the 5200 is a crappy system, the cartridges are better than the 7800.

  • I got a 5200 when they came out. I am now 43 and bought another one off ebay a couple years ago. I have the trak-ball controller too. It is still my favorite home video game. In fact, I'm gonna go home and play it tonight. + Bongwyre2112 ...I think my weed is in there :)

  • I never had a problem with the controllers. I never will understand why people hated them so much. I finished Pitfall II the lost caverns with those controllers. No save game, so it was a bitch at points. But in those days a save game was called pausing. 8)

  • and you can put your weed in it

  • My friend from another high school gave me an Hardware hacking book from 2003 and it had instructions on how to make the 4 port 5200 use just a separate AC and AV cord

  • what a clusterfuck!

  • i like the 5200 it's very good but the controller sucks ass

  • 1.why is there a racing game called pole position

    2.why does the dreadnaught factor ship look like a dick

    3.why is it so expensive????

  • 24 people love the atari 5200

  • Well I agree. The 5200 is a sucking piece of Sh**t. It is a bad thing to get anyway. I hate that you do all those steps to power it on.

  • "This is the largest game console that I own. And you I have about every game console". Uh Mark, have you heard of Phillips CD-i which is far larger than the PS3 and 5200?

  • i found a huge collection of old game consles, controllers, and games on ebay; should i buy?

  • @awesomeperson2710 be careful. they may not work. i had to learn that the hard way when i got a nonfunctioning nes. sadness, i know....

  • The controller looks like a telephone with a dildo on it

  • If you want to play 5200 games, do not buy the system...get an Atari 8-bit computer as they are the same or similar hardware and you don't have to deal with the bad controllers.

  • Is it backwards compatible?

  • @RazorBeamz no the 5200 is not backwords compatible, but the atari 7800 is

  • @RazorBeamz no but the atari 7800 is compatable with 2600 games

  • can you stop moving hands while talking

  • @tvdzonitest How old are you, and Why do you find it annoying.

    Not that he will listen.

  • Moon Patrol FTW!

  • Is it bigger then say a genesis/cd/32x console? MIght come close there. Also, that combination has 3 separate power supplies.

  • This was my best Xmas gift ever!!!!

  • This console is a BAC (Big Ass Console)

  • I dont think this will work on my Samsung LED 40" TV (Full HD)

  • @TheDeadlyxRocker if it has a coax hookup on the back or where ever it may be on the TV, then it will. If not, then maybe you could find some kind of adapter. I don't think they have these but an RCA to AV adapter would be cool to have.

  • has great games on the system but too damn bad the controller sucks wrinkly balls obviously whoever work for product design for atari didnt have no idea how to properly design a Joystick and start,Pause and reset buttons

  • @grandnumberofpounds Sarcasm detected!

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  • The controller is for contacting flying fuckernauts and astrobastards....

  • If u hate the 5200 controller so much, why not burn one or brake one.

  • I can say that the 2 controller port model DOESN'T use that STUPID box. I happen to own a 2 controller model, and the RF cable comes from the bottom of the unit and it uses a more standard power supply.

  • Holy shit! You could fit a damn rifle in that compartment!

  • i got one of these at the flea market for 5 bucks

  • I have a 2 port and oddly enough, it has the same measurements as the 4 port. The good thing is that I don't need the switch box because it actually has a port for the power adapter. Thank goodness I can hook it up like the 7800 and the 2600 but the only problem I am having is the 5200 controllers. Thankfully I am getting them repaired so I will be good to go in a couple of days.

  • When I bought my 5200 it didn't came with that awfull switchbox because the original owner lost it, so I decided to modify it so that I can use it without the switchbox, it was difficult to find and expensive

  • This controller is a piece of shit.

  • Fred Fuchs designed it, Mark

  • I didn't buy a Atari 5200, I bought a C=64 instead back then!

  • I wish they'd make a clone console of all atari systems into one. Like they did with the  nes and genesis.

  • Is he the calm version of the AVGN. :O

    Here is the AVGN video: /watch?v=AknyR-kRvLc

  • @accfandcp Classic Game Room has been around since 1999.

  • @accfandcp Nope. Mark's a heavy game enthusiast who gives serious reviews while adding humour. AVGN is a comedy video in wich he reviews games with a negative tone for comedic pourposes.

    There's no simularities really between this video and AVGN's other then they're reviewing the same console. Mark discusses the consoles negatives and pluses and adds a few jokes. AVGN goes through hell trying to set it up, then discovers his controller sucks and he can't replace it.

  • So my mom gave me 2 Atari 5200's and said I could have whichever one works. The one worked it is fuzzy but still works. The other one is shiny new but there is no plug in for the power plug in the system itself. anyone know anything about this?

  • @MHeather1976 Yeah I think atari thought they were being innovative at the time my combining wires... its confusing to explain but basically there is a box the 5200 comes with that will attach to the TV for video/audio, on that box is where you plug the AC adapter to...the AVGN has a video on the system and explains it better

  • @romania180

    really ?!?

  • yea i bet gamester81 has at least 3x more consoles then you

  • @savelijah he may have that many but he dont know shit about them

  • The two controller 5200 doesn't work with some games. Obviously not four player games, some might work but only with one or two players. Some games don't work at all on the 2 port because of some design changes.

    The 5200 is at its heart an Atari 400 computer. The concept was to make it super easy to port games from Atari's home computers to the 5200.

  • The reason for the weird interface box was to have the console only require a single cable going around to the back of the TV. It automatically switched the signal from antenna passthrough to the 5200 when the console was turned on. No having to fumble around for that cheesy, cheap switch all other consoles used, which most of the time caused noise in the TV picture.

  • ever herd of the philups cdi its biger then the atari 5200

  • one model of the cdi is bigger than this

  • This thing must have been a science project hooking it up as a kid....

  • dude what the hell xD

    thats kinda complex for kids, but whats weird is i have a 4 controller model. and it has a power supply and cable supply separate..... maybe mine is rare xD

  • the tv thing looks like a mix of a 5200 cartridge and a n64 cartridge

  • I guess this why the Pro System, is the Choice of the Experts.

  • u sound like ur mind is goin 2 burst ur mind of anger :O

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  • On the plus side, the 5200 has a closet for a beer bottle. 

  • @RadicalNIN AVGN?

  • @RadicalNIN just come from the AVGN review?

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  • I just picked one of these up the other day, for $40, with 8 games. I prefer the 7800 or the XE game systems. I'm an Atari fan, and I can't help myself when it comes to these old machines.

  • Y'know for games this complex you really a console THIS big. (sarcasm)

  • This is why you should only buy the model 2.

  • PS: I love it when you give the controller the finger, AVGN style.

  • The reason it sucked is not only that the controller breaks easily, it's incompatible with the 2600 games and has lame-ass automatic switch box. Even the AVGN said it sucked and it's at number 3 on Gametrailers Top Ten Worst Game Consoles.

  • The game system isn't bad. It's the controller.

    Like if the stock market is doing bad, blame Obama

  • I personally.. people think im crazy... enjoy the atari 5200 controller.. Its a heck alot better than the STIFF atari joystick that sucks balls.

  • the rca studio 2 has the same problem as the 5200

    carrys power and audio in 1 cable

  • The 2-port model that is--the 4-port can go f itself.

  • The 5200 is strangely attractive. It has a dark sloped and shiny contour marked by deep grills along its top. It was like a DeLorean of the mid-1980s--the design of the future. It has such a dominating presence next to any TV or console. Too bad most can't see one hooked up to their TV.

  • I love how you flipped off the controller, Mark. lol

  • stuff a ds into it and play pokemon?

  • And then people ask me why I play emulators ....

  • its the same as the Xbox 360 and Xbox 360 s

  • it looks like a ps3 

  • @carcoolpsp It's actually bigger than a PS3.

  • your 5200 has screwy hookups and i can see why you dont like it. But my non-4 port system doesnt have all that crap and i think its great. Ive always liked it and yes, I think the controllers are real cool, too.

  • i am 6  but crazy abalt the nes

  • this is good game!!!

  • Its like they tried to design a early tank and failed to do so...

  • That's messed up he don't do classic game reviews anymore

  • @clim157 He just did the Game Boy and Tetris!

  • arent there any gameplay footage of 5200 games :O ?

  • it looks like a glorified ps3. yes i said glorified .

  • It's his biggest game console? He should get a CD-I then say he has the biggest game console

  • Atari 5200 = Worst Atari ever , Jaguar sucked badly too

    2600,7800 and Lynx were pretty good but that's it

  • This controller is a piece of shit!

  • Did he make a review for nintendo entertainment system I have one and I think it's great

  • Based on this particular video only..Your game reviews are really good and insightful.. your hand theatrics are ridiculous. Stop with all the hand jive and you'll have a winner,

  • 3 ATARI CONSOLES, THAT MY FRIEND, IS VERY HISTORICAL!

  • This should be a tv series!

  • THIS BLACK BOX OF DEATH HAD PUT MY BROTHERS HOUSE ON FIRE BECAUSE OF ITS SHIT WIRES

  • @romania180 really? im sorry to hear that.

  • @romania180 i have it an year and its allways pluged in and my house is ok

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  • @romania180 Seriously?

  • @romania180 Like AVGN said, if you see sparks, not good

  • @romania180 for real

  • @romania180 My condolences. I really hope no one was hurt.

  • It's controller AND a phone!

  • Look at 4:18 to 4:20. Did anyone else saw a little spark in the connector, like in the AVGN atari 5200 review? Call me crazy, but I think I saw a tiny spark there.

  • @Chaosscouter137 It can't have sparked, it wasn't plugged in.

  • yay mark! all i did today was lay down for about 8 hours strait and watch your videos on my laptop! i LOVE your reviews! keep up the good work!

    ps please review super mario galaxy and super mario galaxy 2 for the Nintendo wii!

  • I'm glad that you're so unabashedly skeptical of the power supply/AV box. It was always fucking ridiculous, and always will be.

  • The reason the 5200 joysticks don't self-center is because Atari opted to use RUBBER BANDS for centering, to reduce manufacturing costs. After a year, the rubber bamds would snap, and the joystick wouldn't center.

  • I was kinda hoping he would of put truxton in that.

  • All that and you don't even demo the damn thing!?!? WTF?

  • If you take good care of the controllers they'll last alot longer. Also drop the 2600 get a 7800 and you can play all of your 2600 games on it.

  • Seems like most of the games were remakes of 2600/arcade ones. Did many original games come out for it?

  • i grow with this unit we bought this 1984 & still have this - Q.Bert / Pac-man. Karate Champ / Space Dungeon etc...just great game of the 80's

  • i grow with this unit we bought this 1984 & still have this

  • Yeah ~ I did wonder why my atari cartridges sold ~ amazin'

    mayb a vectrex of colecovision ~ emulators rulz ~ if they actually wrk :(

  • interestin' design ~ like USB

  • thats a god awful dinosaur...

  • i bought one and i just ripped the motherboard out and used it as a nintendo ds game box

  • mousterbate

  • this is really diffrent to the AVGN atari 5200 review XD

  • 4:20 - AVGN: What? No sparks?? What a fucking joke...

  • @MaarioS Because Mark didn't plug it into the wall first

  • anyone nnotices that the ds is on

  • Colecovision rocks! This doen't.

  • I bought a 5200 at a yard sale several years ago. Everything had been kind of haphazardly thrown in a big box with several controllers, all of which were in various states of brokenness, but nothing a little tinkering couldn't fix. It also came with a huge stack of games. And I have to say there were some excellent and addictive titles, but the controllers really killed it for me. I ended throwing out the whole lot some time later. In retrospect I wish I had just kept it...

  • the joystick doesn't self center?

    so F****n stupid!

  • What the hell are the numbers for on the controller???

  • @terminatorkid1019

    Some games game with little inserts that you could place over the keypad and were used for additional inputs.

  • cool i know this has nothing to do with cgr but the lightbulb feature is awsome it reminds me of the terminal acking in fallout -

  • I had a 5200 back in the day (was so stuck on Atari back then that I even got a 7800 after that, but I digress.) I loved it. It was the 2 controller system, so I thankfully didn't have that insane power supply/AV box combo!

    Was worth it for me since it had Space Dungeon (along with the neat accessory that locked two controllers together, Robotron style!) and Sega's Star Trek game. I think I got up to level 70 in Space Dungeon before it just got so insanely hard. Thanks 4 the wayback trip!

  • how about the jaguar cgr

  • Large ?? wtf playstayion ,xbox is larger

  • @mongolarix no dude it isn't

  • I had one of these games as a kid. Everything this man says is true.

    Btw, the controllers that don't center came that way new. One great thing about it that was new at the time-- a pause button!!

    It's in a closet somewhere.

  • Have you reviewed the Texas Instruments TI-99/4A computer yet?

  • btw Mark, be careful with that. The black box can set your house on fire

  • I have a cx 2600 atari with the rf connection can you help me ? trying to figure out how to hook it up to my tv its the 1977 version

  • I have a cx 2600 atari with the rf connection can you help me ? trying to figure out how to hook it up to my tv its the 1977 version

  • lol @ 10:13 we can see his ds is on

  • Two things not mentioned here: Beware of the 2 slot/normal power version as some games do not play on it. Secondly, this console has probably the best sound capabilities of anything produced in the 1980's up to the Sega Genesis. But yeah, the reviewer is right, all the good things about this system are sabotaged by the god awful controllers. Playing Centipede on this thing is impossible with them.

  • make sure ur house dont go on fire with that basterd

  • Is it just me or the controller look like a phone

  • I like how the next logical thing to do with that DS was to put it in the cartridge slot.

  • Just type in power joy 2

  • Im selling a Power Joy 2 Classic TV Games ~ Plays Famicom Cartridges on ebay u should buy it

  • You should review the Power Joy II Classic TV Games ~ Plays Famicom Cartridges

  • it kinda looks like a ps3 in the front to me

  • Yo classic game room imma let you finish but the angry video game nerd had the best atari 5200 review of all time...of all time

  • Was the 5200 the first console to have 4 controller ports?

  • 7:52 you actually turned into the AVGN for a second! :O

  • Also, looks like you did nearly the exact review the AVGN did. except with less swear words. I don't think you're ripping of James, the console is just that godawful.

  • You can plug in the RF unit you showed off earlier into the 5200. The screw terminals on the side look like you can screw it into that box's prongy shaped input..

  • He never says a system sucks, even when it legitimatly sucks. LIKE THE 5200!

  • @Ryan75357 technikly hes saying it sucks if he says buy a coleco vision and a intellivision

  • great review im dying laughing i hate this power supply but i love the system

  • Why, oh why does the 5200 have a glove compartment on the back?

  • @TheFlyingJester It's an awesome place to keep your goods safe!

  • @TheFlyingJester To keep controllers but they belong in the trash (lame joke but true)

  • That's weird i was under the impression that the n64 was the first console with four controller ports built in.

  • wait, so you're mad because the power and RF hook up with one cable even though it works? As far as I can tell, your biggest beef with it is that you haven't seen anything else like it. It really does look like it's simple to hook up and use, so simple your mom could do it, so to speak. I don't see a flaw in it, except that it's sort of weird.

  • As far as I know the 5200 is one of the most dangerous console

    The menu with 10 pages aren't just for fun :/

  • man ! it's a mess

  • I though N64 was the first console with 4 controll ports?

  • Don't by it? Bull $#!%

  • I wonder if Mark has a 3DO. My cousin had one and I remember it being huge.

  • @Theriot6592 They arent that big, About as big as a small VCR really. Some models of the CD-i was huge though, needlessly bigger than a laserdisc player.

  • i was looking in my basement, and i found and atari 5200. how much do u think it would be worth if i sold it?

  • @sicpinoy You would pay them about 20$.

  • @sicpinoy If you dont want it, I'll take it, as long as the system works.

  • Who designed that black box? Maybe it was Fred Fuchs

  • @RLmike1234 lol dude that made my day

  • @RLmike1234 thanks fro reminding me of avgn review

  • @MrDavidtron7 Your welcome?

  • @RLmike1234 avgn fanboy

  • @123stephenno Have a problem with that?

  • @RLmike1234 FRED FUCHS! OH MY GOD IT'S FRED FUCHS

  • @RLmike1234 avgn all the way

  • Sometimes when i got nothing in particular to do and just browse the internet i put some of Marks reviews or random videos to play in the background :-) rather than music.