I'm just curious, I've never owned or even played a game on the Atari 5200 (none of my friends had one growing up). And I know that the Atari 7800 is graphically at the same level as the NES and Sega Master System which are 8-bit.
So my question is, why is the Atari 5200 referred to as 8-bit? Is it actually the same graphics as Atari 7800? And if it is, why would Atari bother making another system that isn't anymore advanced than the previous one? (I know Atari made some dumb decisions back in the 80s but still...)
So yeah probably a dumb question... but just figured I'd ask anyway...
So my question is, why is the Atari 5200 referred to as 8-bit? Is it actually the same graphics as Atari 7800? And if it is, why would Atari bother making another system that isn't anymore advanced than the previous one? (I know Atari made some dumb decisions back in the 80s but still...)
So yeah probably a dumb question... but just figured I'd ask anyway...