Atari 5200 Guy

Boxed with all papers and instructions.

Found this sony trinitron 32" for $25. I had to have it. Too bad I don't have room for it currently so it went straight to storage.
 
My pic is sideways! Oh well...

I'd have bought it for $2.99.

sometimes the corrosion stays put in the battery tray even though at first look it appears really bad. but I've passed by some stuff because of it for sure !!!!
 
http://modernsurvivalblog.com/preps/battery-corrosion-why-they-leak-and-how-to-prevent-it/
 
I haven't tried these yet though , I hadn't looked into the price comparison yet either http://www.energizer.com/about-batteries/no-leaks-guarantee

They do if someone drops it off.  They had a beat up gameboy for 2.99, but it was REALLY beat up, bad battery compartment...no thanks.

Your Goodwill sells Gameboy?

Hit my local Goodwill today and actually found some goodies!

It took me a while today. I had to go to a flea market i havent been too in a little while, but thats where i found some 5200 games

But wait, there's more....


There's also a few more Atari titles for me to test and sort out that I'll be posting soon!

Now we know why Jack bought Atari.  It was a conspiracy!  It was his way of slowly destroying Atari while Commodore could live on.  
 
In all honesty, I had a C64 in 2005 that a co-worker literally gave me with a floppy drive and ton of copied floppy disks.  It was cool and all but I didn't like it all that well.  When I ordered an Atari 800 shortly after from V61 (no...it's not an advertisement trick) I was not surprised to feel the Atari 8-bit computer seem more powerful.  It also remains, in my opinion, the most supported and well documented computer for the time because of Atari making it an open system for anyone to develop for.  There are hundreds of books just on programming the Atari.  I truly believe that the APX and Atari computers were one of the best business tactics to ever come about...and something that would be nice to see again in a modern world.

Into The Eagle's Nest was probably not made for the 7800 because of a few things.  After reading programming guides for the 7800 it can appear that the system might not have been able to handle the memory requirements for the game.  Then again it could have been the timing of the 7800 as well.  It came way too late in the game to have much of a shelf-life.  By the time it came out others had moved on to other systems and the 16-bit consoles were just around the corner so why waste time on another 8-bit system?  For the most part, when looking back, the 7800's library was tired and boring when compared to what Nintendo and Sega was publishing even if it was filling in a much needed arcade-style gap.  Just a theory anyway.  
 
Then again, from what I've been told, there are a lot of things that Atari should have done but never did.  That 5200 JR model Atari Museum for example is stunning and I would have bought one.  The crash and management/owners of Atari back then I don't believe realized all the potential in the stuff they were creating.  It's a shame really and talent gone to waste.  So, the 7800 should have received Into The Eagle's Nest but missed it.  

I have to admit that for a pack-in game it was one of the better games for the 7800.  It was also the reason I wanted a 7800 when I seen the box on the store displays.  Lots of 7800 memories brought up with this game alone.

Now we know why Jack bought Atari.  It was a conspiracy!  It was his way of slowly destroying Atari while Commodore could live on.  
 
In all honesty, I had a C64 in 2005 that a co-worker literally gave me with a floppy drive and ton of copied floppy disks.  It was cool and all but I didn't like it all that well.  When I ordered an Atari 800 shortly after from V61 (no...it's not an advertisement trick) I was not surprised to feel the Atari 8-bit computer seem more powerful.  It also remains, in my opinion, the most supported and well documented computer for the time because of Atari making it an open system for anyone to develop for.  There are hundreds of books just on programming the Atari.  I truly believe that the APX and Atari computers were one of the best business tactics to ever come about...and something that would be nice to see again in a modern world.

Now we know why Jack bought Atari.  It was a conspiracy!  It was his way of slowly destroying Atari while Commodore could live on.  
 
In all honesty, I had a C64 in 2005 that a co-worker literally gave me with a floppy drive and ton of copied floppy disks.  It was cool and all but I didn't like it all that well.  When I ordered an Atari 800 shortly after from V61 (no...it's not an advertisement trick) I was not surprised to feel the Atari 8-bit computer seem more powerful.  It also remains, in my opinion, the most supported and well documented computer for the time because of Atari making it an open system for anyone to develop for.  There are hundreds of books just on programming the Atari.  I truly believe that the APX and Atari computers were one of the best business tactics to ever come about...and something that would be nice to see again in a modern world.

FIFA 16 Demo
Dragon Age™: Inquisition - Trial
The Sims™ 4 Create A Sim Demo
SimCity™ (Free Trial)
Mass Effect™ 3 Demo
FIFA 15 Demo
FIFA 14 Demo
FIFA Soccer 13 Demo
FIFA Manager 13 Demo
 
all of these demos are free at: https://www.origin.com/en-us/store/free-games/demos-betas

EA Sports has one free download too:
 
STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™
 
http://www.ea.com/pc-download/free

If anyone has an Xbox 360 or Xbox One, I have a free download code for Fallout 3. First one to let me know & it's yours!

Stolen from an AA post.  Consortium is free on Steam.  Looks like a game RPG lovers will dig. 

Current free game on origin: Jade Empire™: Special Edition
 
https://www.origin.com/en-us/store/free-games/on-the-house

You can get David Bowie's only video game for free until Jan. 22 
http://mashable.com/2016/01/15/david-bowie-omikron-free-game/#jie_S_2gyuqz

Not free, but Postal 2 is on sale for $0.99 until Jan 25 on Steam.  For those that like dark humor and action. 
 
(I just bought it). 

Fans of Ultima, or just fans of gaming history, here's Lord British's first game....Akalabeth: World of Doom (AKA why I never got anything done in Data/Word Processing Class)

http://www.gog.com/game/akalabeth_world_of_doom

FREE!

C & C :Red Alert 2 - free
 
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Did you know that Dig Dug is the father of Mr. Driller? He also used to be married to the main character from the Japanese arcade game Baraduke, but they got divorced. So Dig Dug might be the first divorced video game character.

Into The Eagle's Nest was probably not made for the 7800 because of a few things.  After reading programming guides for the 7800 it can appear that the system might not have been able to handle the memory requirements for the game.  Then again it could have been the timing of the 7800 as well.  It came way too late in the game to have much of a shelf-life.  By the time it came out others had moved on to other systems and the 16-bit consoles were just around the corner so why waste time on another 8-bit system?  For the most part, when looking back, the 7800's library was tired and boring when compared to what Nintendo and Sega was publishing even if it was filling in a much needed arcade-style gap.  Just a theory anyway.  
 
Then again, from what I've been told, there are a lot of things that Atari should have done but never did.  That 5200 JR model Atari Museum for example is stunning and I would have bought one.  The crash and management/owners of Atari back then I don't believe realized all the potential in the stuff they were creating.  It's a shame really and talent gone to waste.  So, the 7800 should have received Into The Eagle's Nest but missed it.