Help researching a YouTube video on the Atari 5200

teknohed · August 27, 2022

Hi. I am making a series of videos on the value of classic video game libraries over the last 20 years..

I have already completed 3 and I have received some feedback from forum members that some of my data was not as accurate as it could have been. In the interest of improving this I wanted to share my current numbers here and get feedback from the collectors on the Atari 5200 Forum. My numbers are based on the Price Guide included in Billy Galaxy's book Collecting Classic video games. It was my belief that using these as my source of truth would avoid anyone arguing over the validity of these numbers, but that has not been the case. So, I'd like for you to take a look at what I have so far and, if you're interested, give me some feedback BEFORE I spend 20 hours making an 5200 video. Here are the numbers. This list is ranked by the games that had the largest change in value over time. It is not sorted by rarity. I want to include rarity for context, but it is not a list of "most rare games":

Title	CIB Price 2002	CIB Price August 2022	Percentage increase	System	Publisher
Bounty Bob Strikes Back	$275.00	$1,497.00	444.36%	5200	Big 5
Decathalon	$25.00	$107.00	328.00%	5200	Activision
PItfall 2	$18.00	$75.00	316.67%	5200	Activision
Zone Ranger	$25.00	$90.00	260.00%	5200	Activision
Montezuma's Revenge	$70.00	$172.00	145.71%	5200	Parker Bros
Megamania	$28.00	$68.00	142.86%	5200	Activision
Dreadnaught Factor	$30.00	$69.00	130.00%	5200	Activision
Keystone Capers	$27.00	$59.00	118.52%	5200
Beamrider	$35.00	$70.00	100.00%	5200	Activision
Robotron 2084	$35.00	$63.00	80.00%	5200	Atari
Zenji	$65.00	$111.00	70.77%	5200	Activision
Meteorites	$255.00	$421.00	65.10%	5200	Electra
Quest for Quintana Roo	$70.00	$110.00	57.14%	5200	Sunrise
Zaxxon	$95.00	$130.00	36.84%	5200	Sega
Gremlins	$65.00	$82.00	26.15%	5200	Atari
Frogger 2	$95.00	$116.00	22.11%	5200	Parker Bros
K-Razy Shootout	$100.00	$120.00	20.00%	5200	CBS
Blueprint	$55.00	$65.00	18.18%	5200	CBS
007 James Bond	$65.00	$75.00	15.38%	5200	Parker Bros
Mountain King	$65.00	$75.00	15.38%	5200	CBS
Gorf	$50.00	$49.00	-2.00%	5200	CBS
Star Wars: Arcade Game	$85.00	$68.00	-20.00%	5200	Atari
Rescue on Fractalis	$65.00	$45.00	-30.77%	5200	Atari
Mr Do's Castle	$130.00	$83.00	-36.15%	5200	Parker Bros
Star Wars: Death Star Battle	$130.00	$76.00	-41.54%	5200	Atari

Here is a link to a google sheet with these numbers. If you're interested, please leave me comments on any errors, discrepancies or inaccuracies and I will take that into consideration when working on the video.

Thank you.