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5200 Brotherhood


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Bigger than an Xbox... AND damn sexier!

 

I love my 5200. It was the "holy grail," the last Atari console I had to add to my collection. And to think, now I have TWO! And they both work!

 

And the cartridges - don't forget those beautiful cartridges.

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There's a joy you get from handling a 5200 cart you can't get with a disc.

 

Of course, handle the disc too much and you'll just scratch it and it won't work.

 

Store a 5200 cart in a cardboard box in a garage for 20 years and it will still work.

 

:D

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There's a joy you get from handling a 5200 cart you can't get with a disc.

 

Of course, handle the disc too much and you'll just scratch it and it won't work.

 

Store a 5200 cart in a cardboard box in a garage for 20 years and it will still work.

 

:D

 

You are right. It is especially satisfying to switch games without having to turn the 5200 off and on.

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Count me in. Wait, did I already join?

That's what I'm saying...

 

I think I joined...

 

/me looks back through thread.....

 

 

EDIT:

 

Oh yeah.. I joined in 2011 :)

http://atariage.com/forums/topic/191743-5200-brotherhood/page-2?do=findComment&comment=2432106

 

And of course only adding the highest quality content to the conversation:

http://atariage.com/forums/topic/191743-5200-brotherhood/page-3?do=findComment&comment=2492545

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I can understand liking the 5200 overall, but anyone who justifies the stock joystick for it is a deluded fool. It had a pause button, yes, but the fire buttons were mushy, the keypad buttons had poorly made aluminum contacts that easily broke if pushed too hard, and a joystick that didn't recenter itself, making Pacman, missile command, and games that weren't like Pole position or Robotron 2084 a nightmare. :-o :-o :-o :-o

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We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;

For he to-day that powers up his 5200 with me

Shall be my brother; be his joystick ne'er so vile,

This day shall gentle its condition:

And gentlemen in 8-Bit Land now a-bed

Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,

And hold their CX-40s cheap whiles any speaks

That gamed with us upon the Atari 5200.


Oh my God, Mr. Shakespeare, I am so totally sorry. :-o

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We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that powers up his 5200 with me
Shall be my brother; be his joystick ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle its condition:
And gentlemen in 8-Bit Land now a-bed
Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,
And hold their CX-40s cheap whiles any speaks
That gamed with us upon the Atari 5200.
Oh my God, Mr. Shakespeare, I am so totally sorry. :-o

 

Very nice speech brother. We will use that for the 5200 pledge of allegiance. :thumbsup:

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