Atari 5200 technical specifications
| Date of release | Fall 1982 |
| CPU | MOS 6502C (custom design, NOT 65C02), runs at 1.78 MHz
(CPU) Special design allows "ANTIC" chip to take over the bus to perform DMA |
| Graphics | The "ANTIC"
processor has direct RAM-access Handles NMI's Colors available: 256, colors on screen: 16 Resolution: 320 x 192 The "GTIA" supports 17 different video modes, text and graphic-modes can be mixed, generates video-signals to the television and handles the sprites Player sprites can be: 8 x 128 or 8 x 256 pixels Missile sprites can be: 2 x 128 or 2 x 256 pixels Responsible for collision detection and reading joystick trigger buttons and controlling which controller is being read by POKEY |
| Sound | "POKEY": 4 channels,
also keypad and joystick control, random number generator, IRQ-handling, 3 high-speed-counters and serial communications port connected to the 5200's expansion port. |
| Memory | 16 KBytes of RAM |
| Interfaces | Cartridge port Expansion port 4 control-port version 2 control-port version |
| Power supply | 4-Port: 11.5VDC/1.95A 2-Port: 9.3VDC/1.95A You can ignore the difference between the two versions, because the voltage regulators of the 5200 will take care of it. Trust the Atari-engineers... |