tyranthraxus Posted May 10, 2003 Share Posted May 10, 2003 Subject says it all. Thanks! John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoOchan! Posted May 10, 2003 Share Posted May 10, 2003 I know Super Breakout was one of them as that was the FANTASTIC Pack In! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic George 2K3 Posted May 12, 2003 Share Posted May 12, 2003 Super Breakout, Galaxian, Pac-Man, and Space Invaders, far as I know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Video Posted May 13, 2003 Share Posted May 13, 2003 I remember when i got a 5200 in the late 80's, I was mad cause I got Pac-Man (I got the box with the sticker "Pac-Man replaces Super Breakout in this package") I have never liked Pac-Man, but I at the time really loved Breakout. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted May 13, 2003 Share Posted May 13, 2003 Ironically, Asteroids was supposed to be the first game released for the Atari 5200. It was never officially released for obvious reasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted May 13, 2003 Share Posted May 13, 2003 Ironically, Asteroids was supposed to be the first game released for the Atari 5200. It was never officially released for obvious reasons. I'm not sure how great Asteroids would have been as a pack in game even without the controller issues. It really is a lazy mans conversion (sorry Todd!). http://www.atariprotos.com/5200/software/a...s/asteroids.htm Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted May 13, 2003 Share Posted May 13, 2003 I got Pac-man as the pack-in (remember pack-ins? ), and I was elated because it was Pac-Man, not 2600 Pac-Man. Now we were playing with POWER! I played so, so much Pac-Man, and we were all so pleased with the non-blinking and fast visuals, the loud sound FX, the intermissions, the challenge. I liked how it was slightly different from the coin-op version (different pattern, wider mazes), it made Pac-Man fresh again. Also Pac-Man was still very popular at this time and not nearly as worn-out as some seem to indicate. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyranthraxus Posted May 13, 2003 Author Share Posted May 13, 2003 I'm surprised this question has stumped the AA 5200 experts for so many days. So I did what I probably should have done in the first place and checked the online catalogs. Here's the list from the first catalog: Asteroids (unreleased as discussed) Centipede Defender Galaxian Missile Command Pac-Man Qix Realsports Baseball Realsports Football Realsports Soccer Space Invaders Star Raiders Super Breakout Not the most impressive list of launch titles apart from Pac-man being quite popular at the time. Perhaps this would be good FAQ material :wink: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian R. Posted May 13, 2003 Share Posted May 13, 2003 Hmm... but just because those were the games listed in the first catalog may not mean they were all the launch titles. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougy76 Posted May 15, 2003 Share Posted May 15, 2003 I'm surprised this question has stumped the AA 5200 experts for somany days. So I did what I probably should have done in the first place and checked the online catalogs. Here's the list from the first catalog: Asteroids (unreleased as discussed) Centipede Defender Galaxian Missile Command Pac-Man Qix Realsports Baseball Realsports Football Realsports Soccer Space Invaders Star Raiders Super Breakout Not the most impressive list of launch titles apart from Pac-man being quite popular at the time. Perhaps this would be good FAQ material :wink: I'm pretty sure Qix, Ms. Pac-Man, and Realsports Baseball were later releases. I think the rest were released pretty close to the original launch date though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atariboy2600 Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 Subject says it all. Thanks! John Atari 5200U.S. launch: November 1982 Galaxian Pac-Man Space Invaders Super Breakout 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 According to http://mcurrent.name/atarihistory/wci_games.html October: Atari shipped the 5200 Advanced Video Entertainment System (original 4-port model; previously: 5200 Home Entertainment System) with two 5200 Controller (CX52) units and Super Breakout, and separately for the 5200 shipped: Galaxian, Missile Command, Space Invaders, Star Raiders November: For the 5200 Atari shipped: Pac-Man, Soccer (VGU 12/82) December: For the 5200 Atari released: Defender, Football (VGU 12/82) February: For the 5200 Atari released: Countermeasure, Centipede (VGU) March: Atari released Qix (GCC) for the 5200. (VGU) April: Atari released Tennis for the 5200 (VGU 5/83) August: For the 5200 Atari released: Kangaroo (GCC) September: For the 5200 Atari released: Pole Position (GCC), Jung Hunt (title by Taito), Space Dungeon (with controller holder), Ms. Pac-Man (VGA 10/83) October: For the 5200 Atari released: Dig Dug (GCC), Joust (GCC), Vanguard (GCC), RealSports Baseball (VGU 11/83) December: For the 5200 Atari shipped: Moon Patrol, Pengo (VGU 12/83, 1/84) January: For the 5200 Atari released Berzerk, Mario Bros. (VGU 2/84) March: For the 5200 Atari released Robotron: 2084. (VGU 4/84) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubeon Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 (edited) [wrong window, doh!] Edited December 23, 2020 by rubeon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0078265317 Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 Look at the box pic number 4. Copyright 1982. https://www.ebay.com/itm/303680386291 Search for gremlins 5200 it says 1986 not 1982 or 82-86. So 1982 was the release year. It was one of the first ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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