As my luck would have it I was innocently trying to buy a few carts from a dude who looke like Nick Nolte from Down N Out in Beverly Hills. He took my $20 and went to the liquor within 5min (I saw him) he looked to be a drunken worn-out old gambler idk what looked worse him or the machine both had stains smelt like urine ![:(]()
. He said it was possibly rained on for several years and may have been exposed to snow, the elements, coyotes, Bill Clinton, etc . The games were in a bag in a rusted old camper he lived in for a while until it colasped. He refused to sell me the games unless I took the machine as well; who wants an irate drunkard on their butt so I took it. I fully expected today that I clean her off like a mortician simply cleaning the body and removing the valuables (flip bay, grill, jewelry,fillings etc). In my efforts strangely I found something besides a raccoons’ nest. Holly F*** a heartbeat!!! ![:-o]()
Like a Terminator the red-light came flickering on and then strong with no flickering it was solid red and online. The ac adapter I had was an old generic adaptor and so before it began to smolder and set my house on fire…I took the adapter from my working 4-porter. So unplugged everything I cleaned the entire machine blew out the dust and ensured that the screws were intact (some of the screws were rusted, I replaced them) and now she’s playing Pac-Man. I felt like Dr. Frankenstein on crack! I've never ever in my life seen anything like it, it was truly the most horrific trashed machine I have ever seen!
My new problem is now I have 3 5200’s She was orginally only be a part machine. If I keep going further I’m gonna give the crazy cat-lady downstairs a run for her money!![:grin:]()
Tearing an Atari apart that appears to fully functional it would be a sin! Any Mofo should die a thousand deaths and have to watch both Howard the Duck and Glitter for the rest of eternity for doing such an act!!!![:mad:]()
. He said it was possibly rained on for several years and may have been exposed to snow, the elements, coyotes, Bill Clinton, etc . The games were in a bag in a rusted old camper he lived in for a while until it colasped. He refused to sell me the games unless I took the machine as well; who wants an irate drunkard on their butt so I took it. I fully expected today that I clean her off like a mortician simply cleaning the body and removing the valuables (flip bay, grill, jewelry,fillings etc). In my efforts strangely I found something besides a raccoons’ nest. Holly F*** a heartbeat!!! 
Like a Terminator the red-light came flickering on and then strong with no flickering it was solid red and online. The ac adapter I had was an old generic adaptor and so before it began to smolder and set my house on fire…I took the adapter from my working 4-porter. So unplugged everything I cleaned the entire machine blew out the dust and ensured that the screws were intact (some of the screws were rusted, I replaced them) and now she’s playing Pac-Man. I felt like Dr. Frankenstein on crack! I've never ever in my life seen anything like it, it was truly the most horrific trashed machine I have ever seen!My new problem is now I have 3 5200’s She was orginally only be a part machine. If I keep going further I’m gonna give the crazy cat-lady downstairs a run for her money!
Tearing an Atari apart that appears to fully functional it would be a sin! Any Mofo should die a thousand deaths and have to watch both Howard the Duck and Glitter for the rest of eternity for doing such an act!!!
