Omega-TI Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Until I can find time when it gets warmer this spring to refurbish it, I've turned my Atari 5200 into a hidden "Stealth Unit" in the guest room.... HIDDEN FROM VIEW JUST OPEN THE DOOR READY TO PLAY IN ACTION 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Check out dem custom labels! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tombstone Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Badass! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 I like it! I'd like a writing desk like that. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0078265317 Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Now just cut 2 small round holes in the cabinet fron folding part so the controllers stick out of it and the 5200 stays hidden. Make it look like a custom game machine or cabinet. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bohoki Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 haa stealth it wouldn't be more hidden if it was in a roll top desk although it makes a sturdy looking table if you get a trackball 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted February 24, 2017 Author Share Posted February 24, 2017 I'm not sure a trackball is in my future, but I'm holding off on any new personal 5200 purchases until after Fest West. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted February 24, 2017 Author Share Posted February 24, 2017 Oh, BTW - this is me with my first 5200 unit back in 1984! I wish I could get my hands on those joysticks now! I guess this is why I remember the display being so much sharper... Sadly I was young and dumb and cannibalized it to make a monitor for my TI-99/4A 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynxpro Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Oh, BTW - this is me with my first 5200 unit back in 1984! I wish I could get my hands on those joysticks now! I guess this is why I remember the display being so much sharper... Sadly I was young and dumb and cannibalized it to make a monitor for my TI-99/4A That's some pimp equipment there, especially the TI's external expansion chassis. I bet you have the FA18 graphics chip upgrade, right? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted February 24, 2017 Author Share Posted February 24, 2017 That's some pimp equipment there, especially the TI's external expansion chassis. I bet you have the FA18 graphics chip upgrade, right? Thanks. The photo above was my original TI system around 1987. My current TI is shown directly below... ... and yes, I do have an F18A it's something that I consider NECESSARY! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 Oh, BTW - this is me with my first 5200 unit back in 1984! I wish I could get my hands on those joysticks now! I guess this is why I remember the display being so much sharper... Sadly I was young and dumb and cannibalized it to make a monitor for my TI-99/4A What is the story behind how you got the 5200 Kiosk back in 1984? Allan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted February 25, 2017 Author Share Posted February 25, 2017 What is the story behind how you got the 5200 Kiosk back in 1984? Allan Back when I was MUCH younger, I worked for a now defunct retail outlet called Montgomery Wards. When they decided to "re-set" the displays for new items/stock they needed to get rid of both the Coleco and Atari display units. I bought them both for $52.00! In fact I still have one of the Coleco sticks that I re-tasked for the TI-99/4A. (pictured below). 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGHMW Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 I remember Montgomery Ward. I lived down in L.A. at the time (born in 1966 in Panorama City and raised in Northridge and Sepulveda, CA, until moving to Washington state in 1987) and there were a few of them down there, btw, how convenient that you bought both the Coleco and 5200 kiosks for a mere "$52.00" (get it? 5200 - $52 bucks?) I remember we also had a store down in the San Fernando Valley (the ONLY valley you need to know!!!) and we had a place on Valjean Ave. called G.A.M.E.S. and they were a videogamer's dream place, every system, almost every game, and almost every computer that played them, and also arcade coin-ops and even those portables that Coleco used to come out with (remember Pac-Man and Galaxian among others that Coleco made in 1982-83???), it was a paradise!!! I bought cartridges and accessories every month down there until they sadly closed down in 1984 after the videogame crash. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassGuitari Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 Cool bureau, breau. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 Oh, BTW - this is me with my first 5200 unit back in 1984! I wish I could get my hands on those joysticks now! I'm extremely sexually attracted to your 80's stache. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted February 26, 2017 Author Share Posted February 26, 2017 I'm extremely sexually attracted to your 80's stache. Uh... okay... It's still there, but now it's mixed with grey. By the way, when you asked if I've hugged my smurf today... I'd hug this one... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassGuitari Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 Well this got weird in a hurry. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted February 27, 2017 Author Share Posted February 27, 2017 Well this got weird in a hurry. Yeah... just a little! I was having some fun with Shawn's avatar (pictured here) ---- > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted August 8, 2018 Author Share Posted August 8, 2018 Wow, it's been a year and a half since I got my 5200. I guess an "update" is in order.... So far... 1) Obtained a few more cartridges including an Atarimax 2) Got a switchbox 3) Got my joystick rebuilt 4) Got a joystick coupler Still on the "to do" list... 1) Get a second rebuilt joystick 2) Install a UAV video upgrade and attach a HDMI converter 3) Obtain a Masterplay Clone 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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