Atari 5200

The Atari 5200 is a video game console developed by Atari and released in 1982. The Atari 5200 was created to compete with the ever-growing market of the ColecoVision, and helped with the fall of Mattle's Intellivision. The Atari 5200, due to the Atari 2600's failure on a worldwide scale, was only released in North America.
The 5200's controllers have an analog joystick and a numeric keypad along with start, pause and reset buttons. The 5200's design was inspired and developed by the Atari 8-bit family home computer line.
One interesting and unique feature of the Atari 5200 was its 360-degree, non-centering joystick that offered more control than the four-position joystick controller offered with the Atari 2600. However, this led to the Atari 5200 to gain criticism for its "sloppy" design.
The Atari 5200 didn't progress well in the markets when compared to its predecessor, the Atari 2600. While graphically superior to the consoles of the era, the Atari 5200 lacked compatibility with the 2600's expansive library of games. Though hundreds were released under the Atari 2600, the 5200 only had a library of 69 games released.
== Technical specifications ==
* CPU: Custom MOS 6502C @ 1.79 MHz (not a 65C02).
* Support Hardware: 2 custom VLSI chips
Maximum Screen Resolution: 320×192 resolution, 16 (out of 256) on-screen colors per scan line. Palette can be changed at every scan line using ANTIC display list interrupts, allowing all 256 colors to be displayed at once.
* Graphics: ANTIC and GTIA
* Sound: 4-channel sound via the POKEY chip which also handles keyboard scanning, serial I/O, high resolution interrupt capable timers (single cycle accurate), and random number generation.
* RAM: 16 KB[8]
* ROM: 2 KB on-board BIOS for system startup and interrupt routing.
32 KB ROM window for standard game cartridges, expandable using bank switching techniques.
* Dimensions: 13" × 15" × 4.25"
== Prototypes ==
=== Atari 2500 ===
The Atari 2500 never saw finished production due to the release of the Atari 2600 Jr. and the initial decline of the Atari 2600. Originally designed as the 2600's replacement, the Atari 2500 utilized a one-controller combination of the joystick and paddle controllers of the Atari 2600, an idea used in later prototypes of the Atari 5200.
=== Atari 2700 ===
The Atari Remote Control VCS, or Atari 2700, was intended to be released in 1981, four years after the Atari 2600's release. The Atari 2700 was one of the first gaming systems to feature wireless controllers. The controllers had a working radius of 1000 ft; this meant the 2700 could affect nearby 2700s, as well as other remote controlled devices, such as garage doors and TVs. System testers claimed that there were too many design problems which caused the console to be withdrawn just as it was about to be released. 
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