For perspective, this amount would have been equal to $671.40 in 2016 US currency. The Atari 5200 originally retailed for $269.95. The Atari 5200 was also known as the 'Video System X' just prior to release. Developed under the name of PAM (Atari, at the time, typically named projects after well-endowed female employees), Atari considered releasing it with that moniker PAM in this case an acronym for 'Personal Arcade Machine'. ![]() TRIVIA The Atari 5200 was introduced in 1982 and was actually designed to be a competitor to the Intellivision before ColecoVision entered the market. It was based on Atari's existing 400/800 computers and the internal hardware was almost identical, although software was not directly compatible between the two systems. The Atari 5200 was a video game console introduced as a higher end complementary console for the popular Atari 2600. ![]() Console published 40 years ago: Atari 5200 © 1982 Atari, Incorporated.
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