Atari 5200 Guy

Quick question: can PS3 play online at all?

Weird. Games on mine load pretty quick. But I’ve only tried GT5 so far. My 360 consoles are much slower. I also have that Hydro Thunder game. I got it free with Games with Gold when they still did that. You need to get a PS5 man. That thing blows Xbox One out of the water!

Since having these modern consoles I’m on the lookout for new friends. I go by kamakazi20012 across all consoles. I don’t know how to find/add friends on Switch yet. I can be found on XBOX, PSN, Nintendo Switch Online, Steam and Epic. On Switch my profile picture is Yoshi and just says kamakazi. On PSN my icon is an 8-bit space ship much like that in Galaga and I go by kamakazi20012 there. On Xbox look for kamakazi20012. I’ll accept any invites from members here. Just let me know it’s you sending them because I get invites often from people I don’t know.

Thanks to Epic Games my library of PC games is over 300. I have claimed every free game they’ve offered weekly and during their 12 days of Christmas giveaways. I don’t even play those much let alone check them out. I have them just to have should I ever get that urge to try something different. I mostly play Steam games and I’ve picked up a few dozen titles at GOG when they go on sale but mostly for those old DOS games. I spend most of my modern gaming time on modern game consoles instead of computers. Since getting a PlayStation 5, a Switch, and now a PS3…and I have another surprise console coming…I’m enjoying exploring the modern offerings. Plus I’ve had ModNation Racers since before COVID and no way to play it. I use to have fun designing tracks on the demo I had of the game so I’m really looking forward to that one now that I can play it. I also picked up GT5 for PS3, GT7 for PS5 (that one blew my mind), and Mario Kart 8 for the Switch. I also picked up F-Zero 99 to enjoy. So I have plenty of modern gaming options.

I had a PS3 before I had a 360. Even though I have more history and experience with the 360 I honestly prefer the PS3. It seems to be a more capable console. I personally like the fact I don’t need batteries for the controllers. And Xbox 360 controllers gobble those up. We have rechargeable batteries for our 360 controllers and I’m changing those daily if I do any heavy gaming. I have also had 360 controllers wear out after a few months of use. Over the years it was in production the 360 dashboard got lots of updates. The last update seemed to slow the system down somehow and it now has a habit of popping up a message saying you have been playing for hours when the system has just been turned on and a game started. It’s annoying and they won’t fix it. The main decision you would have to make boils down to exclusive titles. Halo, Forza, Gears of War can only be played on the 360 while Gran Turismo, Jak & Daxter, and God of War are on PlayStation. It really boils down to what games you have that are not on the other you would want to spend time on. Other factors to consider: Xbox is slowly removing 360 games from the Marketplace and have removed Indie games completely. While they have kept some games there it’s only about a quarter of what use to be there. I’ve noticed the same with the PS3 Store since the last time I send it over 10 years ago but it has more offerings.

New addition!

It wasn’t doing anything so they sent me a replacement. I posted the issue under the Squad Challenge thread for Berzerk.

It works.

My replacement Berzerk came today. Let’s see if it works.

I remember those. Never had one but I kept finding it odd that Atari made something not video game related.

Y’all need to get you one of these

I have been upgraded

Yep. Did that first thing. That’s how I was able to put the board in the machine backwards.

Well, I got brave and took apart my Enhanced Edition cartridge. Didn’t see anything but I remembered watching John Hancock showcasing new Atari VCS games by Atari where he said they don’t work because someone put the circuit boards in backwards. Take them apart, flip the board, put it back together, and they will work. So I tried that. Nothing. Tried it the way it was going in and it started working again. So I played a test game. Game 3. Did a full run, lasted maybe five minutes. Satisfied I turned the game off, reassembled it, put it back in the 2600 and…stupid thing won’t work again. I’ve been trying to get it to work again since with no luck 😢

So that’s what happened to the others. @RickR knocked them out!

Well. It’s a start. Original Berzerk. 4,490. Tough game.

It’s hard not to head-bang to this iconic song.

I stumbled across this looking for 5200 games I don’t have. And they are sold on EBay here: https://www.ebay.com/itm/115911714663

Ahh. I missed that part. Thank you!

That makes sense and you are right…different times, different market. Maybe all this revamping is gearing them up for a much bigger plan? Atari has an unreleased 5200 model they could use if they used their brains and actually did it. THAT would be cool to see happen!

I wonder if they might do a Jaguar mini? Put Tempest 2000 in that sucker and I’m in!

I wonder if they might do a Jaguar mini? Put Tempest 2000 in that sucker and I’m in!

The 5200 cost Atari literally millions of dollars. It nearly took the entire company down with it. As much as I love the 5200 it had a dark side not many people know about. I really doubt Atari would want to repeat history. At least if they did with an HDMI system we won’t have to worry about that RF spark again.

That’s the company that I won my copy of Berzerk Enhanced Edition from that doesn’t work. They are sending a replacement though.

That would be cool. I’m surprised that the XEGS didn’t get picked for something like the 400 Mini. I wonder why that model over the XL or the 800?