WaverBoy

Actually, it's pretty easy: type "Atari 5200" in the eBay search field.

If the 7800 had been released in 1983, it would have blown gamers away. Mouths would be dropping open. And Atari would be rich. And if the Sega Genesis had been released in 1983, it would have blown gamers away. If the Playstation 2 had been released in 1983, it would have blown gamers away. If the Honda Accord had been released in 1922, it would have blown drivers away. Who cares? 1983 was 1983. And for 1983, the 5200 is an excellent system; if it wasn't, there wouldn't be an extremely active 5200 forum. Your statement is pointless.

Geez, sorry Vigo...I meant Big Mo, the one who wrote the comparison of the CV Vs. 5200. At the beginning of Big Mo's post, he quotes you, and it was your nick that stuck in my head for some reason...sorry.

That is simply not true. I never had a Wico controller, and I played Pac-Man, Space Dungeon, Kix, Kangaroo, Joust, Missile Command, Galaxian, Countermeasure, Defender, etc. etc. etc. successfully for hours and hours and hours at the tender age of 15. And, re: reliability problems, Best Electronics has thankfully come to the rescue with their gold contact auxiliary keypads. They currently have gold contact fire buttons in the works as well, and when they come out with those, one rebuild will be all you'll ever need.

5200 controllers = most unfairly maligned video game controllers in history!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

For the record, the Atari 5200 is my favorite console, PERIOD. I've been in the process of rejuvenating it for the past few weeks now...had to get a new controller port, rebuild joysticks, get replacement bearing for the trackball...by the end of this week all should be well again, and I can play it for the first time in probably 17 years. I should never have let it fall into disrepair and neglect...I feel a bit guilty about abandoning it when the NES and Sega Genesis came along (two great systems themselves, and tied for third favorites; Atari 2600 is second favorite). I installed the Jum5200 emulator, but it just isn't the same without those controllers and the trackball. And, for the record, 5200 PAC-MAN plays JUST FINE with those controllers. Vigo, I must disagree with you here; it is NOT the definition of "out-of-control". Once I got used to it, it was a snap. I eventually had no problem playing one game for hours, way past the first key table. Even my mother could do it, for chrissakes, and she's no gamer. I really think the controllers are, except for their lack of reliability, unfairly maligned; I tried to play Montezuma's Revenge on the emulator with a gamepad, and, forget it. It's gotta be those controllers or nothing. I can't wait until I can play it again...only a few days more...