Xbrawl Posted August 26, 2023 Share Posted August 26, 2023 I recently inherited a 5200 Retail Display Stand. My father was able to acquire this from work and it’s been in our family’s garage for 40 years untouched. Needs a good clean out for the dust but I’m curious, are these still in demand and worth refurbishing? I’m not necessarily attached to this system since it pre-dates me but if it still has market demand, I’ll put the work in to clean it up. Not a lot of threads or details about these things so hoping I can lean on the enthusiast community for a realistic idea of what I have. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+x=usr(1536) Posted August 26, 2023 Share Posted August 26, 2023 There is definitely interest in these, and it's looking surprisingly complete. What was the backstory on how he ended up with it? IIRC, the Pac-Man cartridge is basically a glued-in shell, the controller storage area doesn't open, and there's a plastic strip over where the controller ports would have been. Nifty. Where are you located? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bent_pin Posted August 26, 2023 Share Posted August 26, 2023 Had I more cash, I'd make you an offer for it in its current condition. Restoring that and then putting it in my garage for beer nights would be awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xbrawl Posted August 26, 2023 Share Posted August 26, 2023 My dad worked at Service Merchandise in the 80s and when this was to be discarded, he grabbed a truck and brought it to where it sits today. I’m gonna clean all the dust up, power it up and see what all it’s looking like since I’m pretty confident it hasn’t been touched since the day it came off the retail sales floor. I’m located in Delaware. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted August 26, 2023 Share Posted August 26, 2023 11 hours ago, Xbrawl said: I recently inherited a 5200 Retail Display Stand. My father was able to acquire this from work and it’s been in our family’s garage for 40 years untouched. Needs a good clean out for the dust but I’m curious, are these still in demand and worth refurbishing? I’m not necessarily attached to this system since it pre-dates me but if it still has market demand, I’ll put the work in to clean it up. Not a lot of threads or details about these things so hoping I can lean on the enthusiast community for a realistic idea of what I have. It’s beautiful. What a Time Capsule. This is right up there with the classic car barn finds IMO. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bent_pin Posted August 26, 2023 Share Posted August 26, 2023 Looking forward to seeing how it comes out. I have a pile of 5200s, might have to build one like that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted August 26, 2023 Share Posted August 26, 2023 Cool. Are the posters intact on the sides? By the way, there is a official Atari service manual for that. https://archive.org/details/AtariCX5200RetailDemonstratorFieldServiceManual/mode/2up 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+x=usr(1536) Posted August 26, 2023 Share Posted August 26, 2023 It'd be interesting to see how the joystick mechanisms were implemented. They would have needed to stand up to a lot more abuse than controllers in the home, and from looking at those two it appears as though they may self-centre. FWIW, I used to see these (and other) demo kiosks pop up occasionally at arcade game auctions in the early 2000s. Kinda kicking myself now that I didn't pick one up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+craigmaloney Posted August 26, 2023 Share Posted August 26, 2023 There are a few videos about restorations of this kiosk: What a great find! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted August 26, 2023 Share Posted August 26, 2023 Wow - what a find! You'll get a pretty penny for that when it's cleaned up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted August 26, 2023 Share Posted August 26, 2023 Or you'll have great time using and playing it knowing how much you dad thought of it to get truck and bring it home! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0078265317 Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 On 8/26/2023 at 3:23 PM, _The Doctor__ said: Or you'll have great time using and playing it knowing how much you dad thought of it to get truck and bring it home! Agreed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirlynxalot Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 These are rare. Definitely go for a restore or sell it to another atari fan. Do not junk it. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holygrailvideogames.com Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 If you don't feel like working on it I am sure someone would buy it as is. I would love to have one but I don't think my wife would appreciate it as much I would. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
82-T/A Posted August 29, 2023 Share Posted August 29, 2023 On 8/25/2023 at 8:14 PM, Xbrawl said: I recently inherited a 5200 Retail Display Stand. My father was able to acquire this from work and it’s been in our family’s garage for 40 years untouched. Needs a good clean out for the dust but I’m curious, are these still in demand and worth refurbishing? I’m not necessarily attached to this system since it pre-dates me but if it still has market demand, I’ll put the work in to clean it up. Not a lot of threads or details about these things so hoping I can lean on the enthusiast community for a realistic idea of what I have. XBrawl, if you can help ship it.. I'm interested in it and would be willing to pay a fair price. Please let me know... (please PM me if interested). Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xbrawl Posted August 29, 2023 Share Posted August 29, 2023 32 minutes ago, 82-T/A said: XBrawl, if you can help ship it.. I'm interested in it and would be willing to pay a fair price. Please let me know... (please PM me if interested). Thanks! PM’d. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dravensth Posted September 21, 2023 Share Posted September 21, 2023 Sent a pm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommodoreDecker Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 What everyone else said. It's rare, the joysticks are definitely of better build quality due to the nature of the kiosk, and it'd fetch a ton of money, especially on auction sites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xbrawl Posted October 15, 2023 Share Posted October 15, 2023 Finally got some free time to dive back into this. Apparently dad had been hiding some more games and instruction manuals to them (and other games he didn’t have under there). Minus the cobwebs, everything looked relatively in tact. plugged in and after about 1-2 mins, I got all the lights powered up and tv came on. Got no red led on the board underneath and started fishing around looking for a power switch. Found something behind the physical motherboard for the system but didn’t seem like it gave me anything. Anyone aware if there was an external power switch on these things? I couldn’t pull it all the way out solo to scan the back unfortunately so I’ll have to bring friends next visit to assist with moving it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted October 15, 2023 Share Posted October 15, 2023 Can you take some pics of the sides of the unit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
82-T/A Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 On 10/15/2023 at 2:47 PM, Xbrawl said: Finally got some free time to dive back into this. Apparently dad had been hiding some more games and instruction manuals to them (and other games he didn’t have under there). Minus the cobwebs, everything looked relatively in tact. plugged in and after about 1-2 mins, I got all the lights powered up and tv came on. Got no red led on the board underneath and started fishing around looking for a power switch. Found something behind the physical motherboard for the system but didn’t seem like it gave me anything. Anyone aware if there was an external power switch on these things? I couldn’t pull it all the way out solo to scan the back unfortunately so I’ll have to bring friends next visit to assist with moving it out. This is really cool! Atari was known for producing a lot of arcade machines back in the day, and it appears to me that they literally used their arcade components to put together this kiosk. This is literally an arcade machine. I think you probably already know what you're looking at since you took picture of these distinct components, but above in what I quoted, that first one is obviously a 4-Port Atari 5200 with the case off. The second image above is the sound board... which is basically an amplifier. This is the same amplifier that's used in all the Atari arcade machines, including my Missile Command Arcade. Next is the third image, which you recognize of course as the power supply. This is also... literally, the same power supply that's found in all the Atari cabinets, including my Atari Missile Command. Any updates on this? I'd love to see this thing restored... I'm also still interested in it ... if you've changed your mind. Let us know!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0078265317 Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 On 11/25/2023 at 8:25 PM, 82-T/A said: I'd love to see this thing restored... As would I. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyindrew Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 This is an amazing find. Have you considered doing a YouTube video maybe giving a little back story, showing restoration and then some game play? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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