Yesterday in the chatroom, a few people peaked my interest in the Atari 5200. I always heard bad things about it (IE: controller easily broken, unit was HUGE, and it didn't really offer much).
Needless to say, I wasn't interested in the unit I read how closely related it is to the Atari 800 computer. This made me ponder a few questions to ask..
1.) Is there a way to expand the memory from 16KB to say.. 128KB or more.
2.) Would it be capable of the performance that an A800 would have? IE: Project-M, a Wolfenstien 3D remake, looks really impressive. So does the Space Harrier remake for the A800. Would the 5200, given it had enough memory, be capable of producing that kind of animation?
3.) Was there ever a gamepad made for the 5200? Or are the only options that one has is using a joystick?
Needless to say, I wasn't interested in the unit I read how closely related it is to the Atari 800 computer. This made me ponder a few questions to ask..
1.) Is there a way to expand the memory from 16KB to say.. 128KB or more.
2.) Would it be capable of the performance that an A800 would have? IE: Project-M, a Wolfenstien 3D remake, looks really impressive. So does the Space Harrier remake for the A800. Would the 5200, given it had enough memory, be capable of producing that kind of animation?
3.) Was there ever a gamepad made for the 5200? Or are the only options that one has is using a joystick?