Atari 5200

The Atari 5200 SuperSystem, commonly known as the Atari 5200, is a second generation (1976‚Äì1992) video game console developed and distributed by Atari, Inc. It was released in November 1982 in North America at a retail price of $269. It was not released outside North America. The 5200’s internal hardware was almost identical to Atari’s 8-bit computers however it came with an innovative controller featuring a 360-degree non-centering joystick with a numeric keypad, start, pause, and reset buttons. The console was discontinued on May 21, 1984.

“The Atari 5200 was short-lived console designed to follow up Atari’s 1977 console, the Atari VCS (Aka Atari 2600). The guts of the machine is almost identical to Atari’s 400/800 8-bit machines. It was discontinued two years after launch, after the announcement of the Atari 7800.
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## Emul
System | Emulator | Notes
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Windows / Mac OS / Linux | [MAME/MESS](https://www.mamedev.org) | Good Support. Setname: `a5200`
Various | [Jum52](https://jum.pdroms.de/emulators/emu5200.html) | –
Various | [atari800](https://atari800.github.io) | Also supports Atari 8-bit computers
Windows | [Altirra](http://www.virtualdub.org/altirra.html) | Also supports Atari 8-bit computers
Mac | [OpenEmu](https://openemu.org) | OpenEmu is an emulator front-end for multiple emulators
Mac | [Jum52](https://www.bannister.org/software/jum52.htm) | Mac version ported by Richard Bannister
RetroPie | [via atari800 and lr-atari800](https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Atari-800-and-5200/) | –

*Emulator information last updated 6th April 2020*
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## Tech
**Name** | Atari 5200 Supersystem
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**Codename** | Pam
**Origin** | United States
**Processor** | MOS 6502C
**Memory** | 16KB RAM
**Colours** | Total palette of 256
**Storage** | ROM Cartridge
**Input** | Joystick with built-in keypad, trackpad (available separately)
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## Reso
* [AtariAge](http://www.atariage.com/)”