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The Nerd shows clips of various games to the Atari 2600 and expresses how it defines the term classic video games. He mentions that there were successors to the console that came and disappear within a couple years. Like the 5200 that was meant to replace the 2600, but it failed and eventually faded from the market. The main reason was because of the size of the console and AC adapter. While hooking it up to the TV with it's limited cable range makes it a real chore. After the Nerd goes through the painful process of trying to hook it up while almost breaking his back. He tries to play one of the 5200 games, except he discovers the control that came with the system doesn't work. Which is another reason why the 5200 was a failure when they failed to manufacture controllers that are functional resulting in manufacturing third party controllers to replace them. In conclusion, the Nerd finds hooking the system up in the first place wasn't worth it.