I picked up my first 5200 recently, it came with 6 OEM controllers and a Trak-Ball controller. It appears to read the games fine, but I can't get past the "Press Start to Play" on any game. I looked into it a bit and everything says it's the controller, but I find it a bit hard to believe that all 7 controllers just don't work. Is it really just all the controllers? Or could there be something wrong with the system?

Hello fellow Atari gamers, I am brand new to the sub. As in I just found it today...

I have been an Atari fan since the 70's. My parents bought me a 5200 as a kid but they returned it rather quickly. I never really knew why. But we stuck with the 2600 for years afterwards. I purchased a used 5200 a couple of years ago and found this website (can't remember it now) that was a place in California you could send your joysticks to for an upgrade to gold something. Supposedly to help alleviate all the controller issues. Plus they sold a ton of old Atari controllers for all the systems.

Now that I'm at that age where I'm looking back on those simpler days I have a question...after many years of seeing (and owning) some of the Atari 2600 flashbacks, why has there never been one released for the 5200?

Is it because of the controllers? Licensing? Popularity? I know the library was small but there were some awesome retro games on there. Any ideas or theories are greatly appreciated.

Or someone could make my day and tell me there is one I missed and where I can find it!

So I recently acquired a master play 2 5200 interface. I just need to know is it still useable without the cord that originally came with it? If so can I get an aftermarket replacement cord? I am not quite sure what kind of cord it actually is. I’ve looked at the few clear pictures I can find of it and I’m at a loss. Any in fo would be helpful. Thanks!

Hey does anybody know where I can buy those plastic parts for the Atari 5200?? Like the controller door part and the little plastic cover in the front, is there any place I can purchase replacement pieces???

Does anyone have any good websites or places to buy controllers? Doesn’t have to be Atari brand as long as my dad can run them

I just replaced my flex circuit board on my 5200 controller, but it is still not working it worked for a few minutes then stopped again I don’t know what else could be wrong I even opened the console and messed with the thingy in there idk what else to do somebody come to the rescue please

https://youtu.be/xRx1qjjcpjU?si=_wxjZ27PX1S3MdXU

I'm considering getting a 5200 as a collectors item. However i live in the UK (Pal region) and most sellers only sell NTSC models. How do i hook it up to a UK wall socket.

And considering the TV. I'm plugging it into a flat screen tv. Can i just use an adapter and plug it into the co axel port?

I'm also reading conflicting reports on whether PC DB-15 or NeoGeo extension cords will work.

Some say they're great while others say the plugs don't quite fit

How large of a game, memory wise can the 5200 handle? Would it be possible to port some random rpg, like Temple of Apashai or Wizards Crown and get it playable. Perhaps with some key mapping. At least on an emulator?

I've been a mod for quite a few of the retrogaming (and other adjacent) subs here for a long time -- even if kind of dormant recently. I love these topics, and how our digital "ancestors" solved hard problems, and how we've build a continuum of interest with their work. I started and even took over a few dormant subs and worked with /u/zadocpaet to help build a broad community here, even appealing to niche systems.

The mod teams are doing a great job, especially /u/Derf_Jagged. I feel like now is a good time to step down. I'm going to continue to lurk, and be a regular user and I wish the subs, the mods, and the users the best!

Hello Atari 5200 fans !

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I have tried a few Atari 5200 emulators for the PC in the past, but haven't been able to get it to work. Does anyone know an Atari 5200 emulator that works on a PC?

Google sheet of my progress. Most of the info was harvested from Atariage.

Red & Orange highlighted areas, still need updating.

Help is welcome. Any game that can be played without or by ignoring the keypad in 1P or 2P mode. Please let me know.

Personal reason for the list, is to build/mod a nes style controller with limited function using this pcb, by NES64. D-Pad, Start/ReSet and Lower/Upper fire buttons. This limits us to 8 games. I'll need to add two momentary switches to have * & #. This will give us up to 29 Games. As highlighted in Column S. This is achieveable using the diagrams provided by MrRetroGamer on this forum, for the StarCon 5200 controller. Plus this drawing from RetroGameGirl helped.

Once I start building it, I'm going to see how much space I really have inside the shell. If I even have any space after building the up/down, L/R circuits. I'll start with the *,# and maybe 0. If I have more space, I'll experiment with installing 1, 2, and 3 buttons. At least with 1, 2 and 3, I can naviagate most of Beamrider difficulty settings. Sadly Dreadnaughts upper missions wont be available. We will see.

I've cross posted this. Thanks.