Atari 5200
Atari · Launched in 1982
- Family
- Atari
- Launch
- 1982
- Type
- Home console
- In the family
- #2 of 4 in launch order
No sales figure for this device from a checked source.
About the family
Atari was founded in June 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney in Sunnyvale, California, and released the Pong arcade game on November 29 of that year. In 1977 came the Atari VCS, later called the Atari 2600, which brought cartridges into the living room; according to History.com, it sold more than 30 million units and was discontinued in 1992. The Atari 5200, the Atari 7800 and the Lynx handheld followed.
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Sources
Numbers checked against the sources below on 08/11/2026. These are the figures the companies publish for investors; Nintendo updates them every quarter, and Sony shows the latest figure released for each device, with different dates.