Atari 5200 Guy

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

It works.

Y’all need to get you one of these
 

Sweet! You’ll need to add one of these.😉
 

 

Y’all need to get you one of these
 

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

Y’all need to get you one of these
 

I have been upgraded
 

I have been upgraded
 

Man, I am on a *roll* this year, because look at what I picked up on ebay.  Atari 1200XL.  Didn't I say I wanted one of these for a long time?  Well, I took a gamble on this "as-is", "powers on but untested" model.  And guess what?  It is really dirty, but works!  I had to provide my own power supply.  And the keyboard is very spotty (some keys don't work, or you have to press them several times).  I think that bad keyboard mylar is expected.  Anyway, I'm happy to have this and I'll spend some time cleaning it up. 
 

Have you tried taking the circuit board out of the case again?  Could be that the case is flawed and doesn't hold the game in precisely the right spot. 
 

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 😢
 

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

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

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

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

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

I used the old controllers to keep everyone else from playing.  Swing them around by the cord and bonk people on the head.  This is one way to win! 

32300 ENHANCED version game 3. I switched to a Slik Stik and ripped out this score
 

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

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

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

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

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

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!