ATARI 5200 Concept Designs

        The Atari 5200 "Super System" has one of the most stylish designs of all of the 1980's videogame consoles.    Its large size, high tech clean wedge shaped look was unique.      The key Industrial designer on the 5200 system was Regan Cheng,  the 5200 concept evolved from his design ideas and the inputs from fellow designers in the design group.   This was  the way all of the Atari products were developed.   From ideas , critiques and refinements.    The inspiration for the look of the Atari 5200 as well as many other Atari products came from the admiration of the low profile, high tech look of a line of what can only be described as an audio aficionado's dream machine line of stereo equipment from Bang & Olufsen.
 

        Getting from point "A" to point "B" in the design of a product isn't always something that simply happens overnight, nor is designing a new piece of videogaming hardware that represented the worlds leader in home video gaming entertainment.    From start to finish, you will see many of the various design stages that the Atari 5200 (originally known as the Atari System X) went through before it became the now legendary game console it is today.     Enjoy this trip through time as you look through the concept designs of what became the Atari 5200 SUPERSYSTEM.
 
 

        Today he owns and operates his own design firm in California called Regan Cheng Design where he designs coin-op game cabinets, and provides industrial design services for the developement of consumer products, medical products and instruments.