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Atari 5200 vs 400/800 Game Differences
It's well known that the Atari 5200
and Atari 400 share the same basic design. In fact the
Atari 5200 is for all intents and purposes an Atari 400 without
the keyboard. Therefore it's no surprise that games that
were released on both systems are practically identical except
for the BIOS entry points and how the controls were handled
since the 5200 used analog sticks and the 400/800's sticks were
digital. However some games had other changes made when
they were ported to the 5200 (both minor and major), and that is
what we'll explore on this page.
Note since the 5200 did not have a keyboard all instances
of Select and Option were changed to * and # respectively.
Also, various commands that were originally assigned to the
keyboard were reassigned to the numerical keypad on the 5200
controller. I will not be covering those changes here.
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