REFURBISHED ATARI 5200 CONTROLLER review

Classic Game Room HD reviews a REFURBISHED ATARI 5200 CONTROLLER for the Atari 5200 game system. This Atari 5200 refurb controller has been rebuilt with new rubber, electronics, buttons and still sucks. It just sucks less than a non-functional Atari 5200 controller. Regarded as one of the worst game controllers ever created, the dreaded Atari 5200 joystick / keypad controller suffers from numerous problems. Deteriorating components, sticking buttons and off-center joysticks are common after about 30 years. They are expensive to replace with a good aftermarket controller like a Wico, and it's nearly impossible to find an original controller that isn't broken. The best, most affordable option to find a working Atari 5200 controller is to pick a refurb Atari 5200 controller up from eBay. This CGR review shows a refurbished Atari 5200 controller with new buttons and components. It still has that new controller smell!

Category:

• Gaming
• Entertainment

Starring:

• Edit-Station 1
• Mark
• Space Gar

Directed by:

• Mark & Classic Game Room

Produced by:

• Lord Karnage

Written by:

• Wind Squid
• Dr. 8-Ball

Tags:

• atari
• 5200
• refurb
• controller
• refurbished
• refurbish
• parts
• button
• where
• wico
• replacement
• ebay
• how

[wirelessguy1]

@lemongull Yeah for calling up Fucker Nauts and Astro Bastard.

[foxonfire100]

How they came up with the idea for

Man: Hey Atari, i got this thing its called a mobile phone!

Atari: Hang on we got a better idea! Make it a video game controller!

Man: But...

Atari: SHUT UP!!

[Diskoboy1974]

If you can find a complete Wico controller, buy it. The controllers sucked THAT bad. I remember they made a metal plate that you put over the stick to make the controller work for games that used 4 way controls like Pac-man, Pitfall, etc. And those plates actually made the controllers even shittier.

And technically, the Intellivision was the first console with a pause feature on the controller. IIRC, you had to press 1 and 9 on the numeric pad, at the same time.

Atari just simplified it.

[LastActionCowboy]

I actually have an atari 5200 controller non-refurbished or anything.

[SitarKnight]

Will the Neo Geo controller work on an Atari 5200?

[RazorBeamz]

Can it be modded to be self-centering?

[OneEyedJack1970]

I thought the Atari 5200 controller was a knockoff of the Star Cruiser 7 controller. At least that what the Star Raiders manual said.

[Claziranon]

What the fk is that?

Rejected piece of shit!?

So shitty even shit was better!?

God, i rather play with my old phone that has the classic snake on it.

[virusalert996]

I've always expected the 5200 to smell like cigarettes.

[pacmanfan1214]

worst controller to ever see the light of day. period.

[Luigi84289]

Does it contain springs in place of the rubber boots mark? If not the rubber boots will wear quickly and it'll end up looking like those other 3 quickly.

[OfficialSyntax]

@wirelessguy1 gotta love those AVGN Refrences