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Currently, the only way to play backups of Atari 5200 games is to use an Atarimax Ultimate SD Multicart or build a Raspberry Pi multi-cart.

1 min readUpdated Oct 9, 2026

Currently, the only way to play backups of Atari 5200 games is to use an Atarimax Ultimate SD Multicart or build a Raspberry Pi multi-cart.

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