Atari 5200

During fierce battles with the Intellivision and the Colecovision, Atari decided to make a console that will replace the 2600. But ironically, the 5200 failed. Here's why:

1: The system was incompatible with 2600 games.

2: there was a whole shitload of Re- release titles.

3: they have a software library that failed to hit triple digits.

4: They created the most hated controller of all time.

The controller: Sure it has a pause button and a 360* joystick, but it didn't recenter properly and it was so fragile that it will break after just a few hours of play.

*Bonus!* did you know that you could plug in a sega genesis controller into a 2600 and it will work? As for the Atari 5200, there are third party controllers to replace the shitty ones that the system came with.

by Spl33nfat March 5, 2009

Atari Shuffle

The act of rubbing your feet on the carpet to build up a static charge, and touching the top bolt of the coin mechanism on the origial pong machine, this would sometimes trigger a free game. If there is no carpet you can use vinal jackets.

Me and my girl did the Atari Shuffle all night.

by G.H. Strikes Again! September 25, 2006

Atari 2600

A games console created by Atari.

Known for it's simplistic use of graphics yet highly addictive gameplay at the time.

Such games include the likes of Pong, Centipede and Space Invaders.

Atari 2600 for $50 and 100 games, a bargain!!!

by Bruce Lee March 29, 2003

atari hill

punk, metal uk band. immence stage presence and amasing music!!!

lee: did u see atari hill last night?
Dave: yeah.. they were immence!

by deiselmark May 21, 2007

Atari VCS

Atari's newest console that hopes to beat the PS5.

Person 1: Hey, have you seen the Atari VCS?
Person 2: Yea, Atari is about 43 years too late.

by An Astronomer November 17, 2020

Atari Safari

"Atari Safari" is an addendum to the Palma Sutra, the ancient vedic discourse on self-pleasure. An Atari Safari is when you climb inside an arcade-size video game and replace the joystick with your own and hope that the next player gets the high score.

Roger thought he was just playing Burgertime, but he was really on an Atari Safari.

by boat butter March 11, 2009

atari st

Computer system from 1980s and early 1990s. Marketed under the tag, "Power without the price", the Atari ST was an extremely good system - and affordable - for its time, but the damp squib that was the STE (like a standard ST but with a blitter chip which no sod used and and extra £50 on the price), followed by the destined-never-to-arrive Falcon (also from Atari) caused interest to lapse. That, and the fact that there was a bit of a lack of decent software for it - it lost huge swathes of market share to PCs.

If you still have nostalgia for this miseworthy computer system, visit www.atari.st.

"Operating your ST computer is not difficult; however, you should learn to operate it properly..." - ST Owner's Manual

by KHD October 17, 2003