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Even if you were completely drunk and high on cocaine, you'd find Kim Jong Un's propaganda way more believable than what the Atari 5200 "ambassadors" are trying to convey.

Pretty apparent the machine was developed by people who knew the basics of the 8-bit line but not enough to avoid the small misfires. Gotta question the quality control on both sides. Was it because there wasn't enough time to fine-tune the system? It's good news the MULE situation was sorted out but found the apology a bit embarrassing. They overdid it and pretty much admitted they had no idea what was going on in the Atari 8-bit world. That's plain bad communication. The fact the faulty game was replaced with another cracked file is telling and isn't a great message to current users in the know. I would've dropped 5200 support, the games are exactly the same as the computer titles and it unnecessarily complicates everything. For titles on your USB card, it would've been less confusing to just have standard max memory XL/XE compatibility and issue a bypassable warning message suggesting what to switch if a game doesn't work: - XL/XE or 400/800 - NTSC or PAL - BASIC disabled or enabled

Holy crap... If you believed nothing could top Ray's antics, think again...

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Well, guess any publicity is good publicity... In our defense, our page clearly states we're missing the original disk image (yes, I know it's available as an .atx now, it just hasn't been added to our site yet). If you're going to pay a license and charge something, at least be 100% professional and either: - play the title thoroughly to check everything works fine - get the preserved disk which is also available, although from another source - if you don't know where to look, discreetly ask archivists how to get a fully functional version None of this was done, which is a bit sad.

Wow... If that's really the case and withouth blowing things out of proportion, this is inexcusable. I mean, you pay the license for an iconic game and you just pick an unverified image without playing it through? There are only 25 titles, not 50. Also, is the team aware of the .atx format and the preservation efforts of some people? Feels so amateurish... This may be the reason Flip and Flop is the cart version and not the superior disk release. Could somebody check whether Boulder Dash has that prolonged "ping" sound at the very beginning of the game? I heard this in one of the reviews and this would mean it's a cracked file as well.

Is this just bad emulation or the result of choosing a dodgy file for the system? If it's the latter, that's clearly unacceptable. The fact .atx files don't show up makes me fear the worst.

No offense but that's quite an absurd statement.

Yeah, I wonder who would honestly care about the so-called exclusive games. Either 8-bit users got them back in the day or they were converted recently. They were programmed on the computer line anyway... The Mean Hamster titles are barely type-in quality and, although I feel like prostituting myself for saying this, Video 61's Tempest Xtreem massacres the console version in all possible ways. Tempest on the 5200 may have fine playability but is plain horrible to look at so no thank you... That may be sad but the 5200 is just a bastard child, always was, still is. The only reason third-party publishers supported it is because it was dead easy to convert games from the computers. As long as some 5200 "ambassadors" promote it for what it isn't, it will be laughed at by the mainstream public.

It would be interesting to know which versions of the games were chosen. For example, Flip and Flop appears to be the cart edition whereas the disk release has a different font and looks a bit better. Also, I watched a few videos of reviewers playing Boulder Dash and there's a horrible prolonged "ping" sound at the very beginning of the game. Is this the result of bad sound emulation or because of a dodgy file?

I'll refrain from saying this topic belongs in the sewer.

God... No wonder the 5200 gets ridiculed...

Many thanks for getting in touch with the author, the game would've probably been lost without you!

Atari shot itself in the foot with the 1200XL fiasco and horrible 1982 Christmas season. The Commodore 64 wouldn't have taken off so easily without severe misorganization within Atari at that time.

Quite strange you should say such a thing. Considering the small market, I feel Atari Benelux did a pretty decent job. You had some software development and Aackosoft even took the trouble to import titles like Stealth or Ultima II so it probably wasn't that bad. Also, didn't the Dutch government choose the Atari for local schools at one point?

If only Atari had seen the potential of the UK market... It's a crying shame the Atari 8-bit line was never more popular in the UK. The computers were there at the right time, the press loved them but the hardware and imported software were so damn expensive that the system never sold enough units to attract local coders who would have developed the market. Not having a proper subsidiary and relying on Ingersoll for distribution probably didn't help either. We would've had ALL the huge British titles with just the market share of the Amstrad CPC... It was too late when the prices finally dropped and the Atari was never in the game when it came to software development, falling behind the competition in sixth or seventh place.

That's an amazing find, thank you!

Very fun game! The final screen has two typos: "challange" and "obstracle".

It took some time but the site is now secure. Note that our webmaster Franck is still working on a number of behind-the-scenes functionalities so some pages or features may not run properly.

A number of type-ins are still missing from these two books: _ https://archive.org/details/ataribooks-computes-atari-collection-vol-1/mode/2up _ https://archive.org/details/ataribooks-computes-atari-collection-vol-2/mode/2up

We're working on the security aspect. I know we already said this last year but it shouldn't be too long now.

Looks like a Seven Cities of Gold saved game.

Do you think this was an early 2K cartridge originally?

_ https://forums.atariage.com/topic/358076-nac-100-e-nakamichi/ _ https://forums.atariage.com/topic/357343-atari-disk-subsystem-read-test

Thank you very much, quite incredible to see this one!