That was my neighbor's son. He came over, put on a wig and learned all about the 5200

Just an FYI on the infamous "spark".  If you follow the instructions in the manual, you plug the video cable into the box BEFORE plugging the power supply into the outlet.  Then there is no spark.  People say the spark won't hurt the system, but that's a chance I would rather not take with a 30+ year old console. Just follow the manual.

i like how the things avgn hates this guy loves xD

Yes. All the music in my videos is written and recorded by me...either with live instruments, or using Garageband on the iPad

lol his kid self is hilarious

Little Jesus is played by my 8 year old neighbor Liam. He came over and played the Atari 2600 for the 1st time, and he was pretty into it! I also think he was digging wearing that cheesy Bon Jovi wig!

The Atari 5200 easily had the best home version of ms. PAC-man and joust at the time.

You should collect the atari 5200 it was the closest you could get aside to owning a arcade. When it was new.

A review for the Atari 5200 that isn't just foul language for the sake of it or to have a cheap laugh. Good.

Who is watching this 2020?

Don't give up on those 5200 controllers! They are probably just dirty. If you clean the tin contacts on the flex board inside the controller you can probably get them working again. Check out Best Electronics if you interested in getting superior gold plated replacement parts for the CX55 5200 controller, or system.

part of the reason many of the games "look the same" is because Activision do little if any upgrades to their titles when porting them over from the 2600

Easy fix for 5200 controller joystick issues: remove screws, remove top, replace top, replace screws. Works every time. No clue why. Works, though. Also, only the 4 player model uses that switch box. 2 player models have a power port and 4 player models can be easily modded to not need that box.

It's still an 8-bit system with limited RAM. This stuff was pretty expensive to manufacture in the day, so going all out on technology was very cost prohibitive. The old Apple II was $1,000 computer and its graphics weren't 5x better than the 5200.

I love your videos. I had a 2600 and about 50 cartridges and watching your videos really ramps up the nostalgia.

When my brother and I got the 2600 I think we played Space Invaders till 2:00 am

As a lil kid I stood there in awe at the store to wait my turn to be the next in line to play the demo game.

Hey, MetalJesus, I don't know if anybody has mentioned this, but the third party 5200 joystick you showcased wasn't Wico's. That was the digital joystick made by Competition Pro.

it seems this console has some good games, so im surprised the video game market crashed in 1983

Also to avoid the spark simply have the power plugged into the switchbox BEFORE you plug the other end into the wall or power strip.

Atari 5200 rocks still.