sqoon Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Do you have multiple consoles, 2 and 4 port, or just one? Are you close to completing the original game cartridge library in your personal collection? What are the most difficult pieces to acquire to complete a 5200 set? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldSchoolRetroGamer Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 An original 4 port FIXED to use 2600 adapter and play all games. Beautiful condition I added a BEST ELECTRONICS refurbished controller as well. Think I have about 20 games or so. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ransom Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I have two, 2-port 5200s. One is in mint condition, with box and all packing materials. I have two BEST gold controllers, a Wico 5200 joystick with y cable, two mint condition trak-balls complete with boxes and packing materials, and a few broken or semi-broken standard 5200 controllers. I have 39 CIB games and 1 unboxed game (Adventure II). I also have the 5200 Diagnostic Cart and the controller port jumpers. Finally, I have the 2600 adapter CIB. I have no desire to have every game ever made for this console (I have a pretty big A8 collection, so there's not much incentive to get every 5200 game), but I do enjoy the 5200 very much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cebus Capucinis Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Complete set (loose and boxed mixed, no I don't have CIB BBSB LOL) with 2-port and 4-port. Funny thing is I used to be a 5200 "hater"! Once I actually opened my mind and started playing the console with less pre-conceived notions, I found that it's actually a fun little quirky system with a great game library. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 1 x Atari 5200 2-port console approximately 35 individual cartridges. These are a mix of official Atari releases and AtariAge carts. The only ones I have boxes for are Tempest, Adventure II, and Football. Highlights of my game collection? I don't have anything rare. However, I'm fairly proud of my Blaster cart I won from a contest here a long time ago. 4 x CX-52 controllers. Two of these are gold refits from Best Electronics. 2 x Trak-Ball controllers. One has an iffy fire button on the left side. It has to be pressed just right to work. 1 x AtariMax 128 in 1 flash cart. I adore this thing. 1 x Videogame Wiz flash cart. One of the earliest flash carts for the 5200. The last time I used it was when I played Preppie in the 5200 High Score Competition. 1 x Dual Controller Holder for Robotron and Space Dungeon. 1 x Redemption 2600 to 5200 controller adapter. I wish I had bought a second one of these, because they're damn handy for a few games. That's about it. There's nothing particularly fancy. What have I had a problem getting hold of? I was chasing a Return of the Jedi: Death Star Battle cart many years ago and never did manage to snag one. Every once in a while I chase that Wico keypad thing, but no luck yet. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0078265317 Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 I have 1 4 port and 13 games think. 3 controllers. 1 broken and 2 good shape but 1 start pause and reset does not work. And fire maybe also I'm nnot sure. And 1 wico no keypad. Ad 1 adapter masterplay clone from low_budget so I can use atari 2600 controllers and nes controllers on my 5200. Oh, And 1 trackball kinda works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Sadly, I only have left 1 2-port system which works well but is a bit homely. The front plastic is coming off, scratches etc. If I ever saw a 5200 in really beautiful shape, I'd probably pick it up. But the ones in the wild I see are usually ugly 4-ports with no power block! I never counted all my carts - probably 30-40 of them. I have Videogame Wiz maxicart, which was created by AA's Old Guru before the bigger RAM carts were being sold. It holds 1 game at a time which I use for games I don't own. I own 4 controllers. They've all been rebuilt (flex pad) but their joystick calibrations need fine-tuned now & then, at least on my 5200. Their buttons don't have the foil trick so I need to pencil-erase-clean them from time to time. Someday, I say, I'll foil them up, but haven't been in the mood yet. Normally they work acceptably. Also own the Masterplay which I use with Sega Genesis 6-button pads, which works pretty well for most games. I must use the orig controllers for Missile Command, Star Raiders, and now Tempest, and some others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 .17mm2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S1500 Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 1 2 port console 3 controllers, naturally only 1 works about 10 games or so and the crem de la creme - a 5200->2600 cart adapter I found for $15. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari the Jedi Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 I have a 4-port and the original 2-port system I've had since the 80's. I own about 7-8 controllers, trac-ball and about 55 games. I find the hardest pieces to get the 2600 adapter, and various rarer but crappy titles like 007. I titles I have not seen in the wild are moon patrol and Popeye. We had a game shop open up in my area this past year. The owner who sells newer stuff let me go through his dusty boxes. I picked up my trac ball, pitfall 2, robotron, through him. It was cool to dig but I would like a copy of bob to just have been laying there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poker_plus Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 'bout 45 pounds. 4 port modified to use 2600 adapter, 2600 adapter, trak-ball, joystick coupler, wico sticks, Adventure II, Castle Crisis. I have all of the original carts except Meteorites and BBSB, though I have EEPROM carts of Meteorites, Millipede, and a couple others. I used to have lots of boxed hardware, carts, and a couple of prototypes (nothing undiscovered), but I passed them on. What's this stuff going for these days? Honestly, it's been in a foot locker for the last 2-3 years. I bought an upright Tempest (couldn't wait for 5200 Tempest) and that led to getting into collecting more upright Atari vectors. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shinju Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 My 5200 colletion grew pretty much over night, I got 35 games (loose) in one lot via local trade, I did not have any systems to play these on then out of the blue I got 3 of them BAM! two 4 ports and one 2 port (not working). I now have over 40 games including Montezuma's Revenge, H.E.R.O. and Star Wars Arcade. I would love to be able to play these games instead of just demo'ing them as ALL 6 of my controllers are messed up in one form or another. I really want to dive into MZR and Pitfall II! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 2-port, 17 loose games, 2 cib games. don't collect 5200 like i do 2600, but when i find a game cheap, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sqoon Posted January 25, 2013 Author Share Posted January 25, 2013 I see two mentions of BBSB. What is that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 I see two mentions of BBSB. What is that? Bounty Bob Strikes Back. A fairly rare game. The rarest retail game for the system? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari5200dude82 Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 (edited) I have a few 2 ports and 4 ports, consoles that some are in boxes. I have 2 trackballs. Say about 45-50 Original released games. I also Have the 5200 redemption, and A 5200 Multicart. Few prototype reproduction game carts, and some homebrew games. Edited January 25, 2013 by atari5200dude82 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Does Best still provide BBSB repros? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldSchoolRetroGamer Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 1 x AtariMax 128 in 1 flash cart. I adore this thing. Ah yes how could I forget to mention I have this wonderful device too! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxpressed Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 After I got the multicart (awesome), I decided to sell my CIB games because of space issues. Hardware and accessories are a different story. I've bought and sold a half dozen or more consoles. Here's what I kept: 1 two-port 5200 1 four-port 5200 (this is the asterisk version) 2 trackball controllers 1 controller coupler 1 CIB Masterplay 2 Competition Pro joysticks 1 Wico joystick 1 Wico keypad 1 official 5200 carrying case 1 5200 kiosk cart shell (blank label) and about a dozen controllers in various states of repair! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariLeaf Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 (edited) Lets see, I think. . . yep, its all the way up to zero Edited January 25, 2013 by AtariLeaf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldSchoolRetroGamer Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Lets see, I think. . . yep, its all the way up to zero And you call yourself "Atari" Leaf! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poker_plus Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Whoops. I forgot my 5200 dust cover (NIB). This will date me, but I got most of this stuff from usenet auctions. Remember those? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassGuitari Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 2 4-port consoles, both boxed 1 2-port console, boxed 6 or 7 joysticks 1 5200 Trakball 1 Joystick Coupler 2 Wico joysticks w/ Y-splitters (no keypads) 1 Competition Pro joystick I have all released titles (loose) except about 15, at last count. I know I'm missing Fractalus, all but 3 of the Activision games, K-Razy Shoot-Out, Meteoroids, Bounty Bob, and some others I'm forgetting. But I do have Koffi, Christmas Cart, and Adventure II (formerly CIB until the wife lost the skeleton key...). So except for those 15-odd missing games and the Wico keypads, I've got just about everything, I think, unless you start getting into boxes and stuff like the Starcon controller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariLeaf Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 And you call yourself "Atari" Leaf! I know, I should turn in my membership badge, maybe join those people over at the . . . oh wow this is hard to say. . . Intellivision forum 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Phruby Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 I have 20 5200 cartridges yet I do not own the system itself. I just haven't found a working one that I like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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