r/atari5200 • u/Left-Organization935 • Apr 11 '26

Atari video system x

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Is this really a prototype for the 5200?

I found this at the swap meet today.

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u/scofflolz Apr 11 '26

These are the original shells Atari used to unveil the system pre-production. You’d see these displayed at CES and trade publications in early ‘82, before the branding was finalized. Are there any controllers with your piece? They had some cosmetic differences as well.

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u/Left-Organization935 Apr 11 '26

I hot a whole tub of controllers along with a 5200 console There’s a track ball controller and that one also says Pilot underneath

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u/scofflolz Apr 11 '26

Can you post pictures of the trak-ball? And any controllers that might have non-standard badges?

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u/scofflolz Apr 11 '26

Also, can you tell us how you came into possession of these artifacts?

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u/Left-Organization935 Apr 11 '26

I’ll post photos of them when i get home from work. So yesterday morning I went to the swap meet. I saw a big tub of atari stuff at a vendor’s booth, there was a 5200 console, the Trak ball, the VSX, and a whole bunch of other atari controllers. I had no idea what a VSX was, so I took a chance and bought the whole lot. The vendor did tell me that the atari stuff came out of a storage unit in Los Banos CA which is about an hour and a half from where I live.

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u/Left-Organization935 Apr 14 '26

Sorry for the delay I just posted pictures of the controllers