atari5200 roms

Atari 5200

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The Atari 5200 SuperSystem, or simply Atari 5200, was a video game console introduced in 1982 by Atari as a replacement for the famous Atari 2600. The 5200 was created to compete with the Mattel Intellivision, but wound up more directly competing with the Colecovision shortly after its release. In some ways, it was both technologically superior and more cost-efficient than any console available at that time. However, a number of design flaws had a serious impact on usability, and the system is generally considered a failure.

Technical specifications

CPU: Custom 6502C @ 1.79 MHz (not a 65c02).
Support Hardware: 2 custom VLSI chips
Maximum Screen Resolution: 320×192 resolution, 16 (out of 256) on-screen colors per scan line. Palette can be changed at every scan line using ANTIC display list interrupts, allowing all 256 colors to be displayed at once.
Graphics: ANTIC and GTIA
Sound: 4-channel sound via the POKEY chip which also handles keyboard scanning, serial I/O, high resolution interrupt capable timers (single cycle accurate), and random number generation
RAM: 16 KB
ROM: 32 KB ROM window for standard game cartridges, expandable using bank switching techniques. 2 KB on-board BIOS for system startup and interrupt routing

Some well known Atari 5200 emulators today are:

Atari800Win
Jum52

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How to Play

Please check our Getting started page for more information.

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