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Berzerk on the 5200 is very close to the arcade version - much more so than Berzerk for the 2600. This version features the synthesized voice as well as 2-player support and is just as difficult as you may remember the arcade being. However, unlike most Atari 5200 games, the difficulty comes from the game programming rather than just the shitty controllers. You'll frequently find that your humanoid tends to travel well past the point at which the joystick went back to neutral. With 11 skill settings this is one of the most challenging games out there. The mazes are horribly simplistic. It's the patrolling robots and their dead-on shooting prowess that made the coin-ops devour quarters as eager escape-artists tried to evade Evil Otto. These characteristics have been well kept for the Atari 5200 release with all of Berzerk's arcade controls present and accounted for.
