Atari 5200 Controller

The Atari 5200 Controller was the original bundled controller for the Atari 5200. It looked similar to the Colecovision and Intellivision controllers.

Why It Sucks

 * 1) The controller is infamous for being unreliable and prone to breakage.
 * 2) The analog joystick does not center itself and gradually becomes jerky.
 * 3) The red buttons are on really uncomfortable places and become sticky to press.
 * 4) The Start, Pause, Reset and numeric buttons will barely work over time.
 * 5) Most of the games do not use the numeric buttons, making them useless most of the time.
 * 6) Some games came with overlays for the numeric keys, but most of them didn't had anything special written on them, due to the simplicity of most games.
 * 7) Atari used another type of plug for the Atari 5200 controller, that means you cannot use your Atari 2600, Atari 7800 or Sega Genesis/Mega Drive Controller with the console. Finding an original working Atari 5200 controller can take some time, and they are not cheap. You can buy a third-party controller, but they are really expensive.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) For 1982, it was quite an advanced controller.
 * 2) It was one of the first controllers to feature an analog joystick, as well as the first controller to have a pause button.
 * 3) It can be fixed and refurbished (though not guaranteed to always work).

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