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Atari 2600 4 switch package: MAKE ME AN OFFER Includes: 4 switch 2600 console Pair of paddle controllers One driving controller Extra 2600 circuit board Extra 4 switch face plate Boxed trackball in like-new condition with manual and styrofoam Phaser Patrol cassette F-14 Tomcat Burgertime Commando Indy 500 Asteroids Bowling Pressure Cooker Freeway Skate Boardin' Pitfall II Parker Brothers game with no label (probably Frogger) Tunnel Runner E.T. with custom end label

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Playstation Original Package: MAKE ME AN OFFER Includes: Console AV Cables Power Cord 2 Original controllers (both same as the one shown) 2 memory cards Bear in the Big Blue House game Centipede game

Final Fantasy Series for Playstation: Sold on ebay

Playstation 1 Mini Package: MAKE ME AN OFFER Includes: Console Home Power supply 12V Car Power Supply AV Cables 2 Memory Cards Controller

Atari 7800 Package: SOLD

Make me an offer. I want it gone. No reasonable offer refused. Just make it worth my time to drive to the post office, please.

I want to know what will happen if I buy 5 of these and piggyback them all onto themselves.

You threw away some pointless 2600 stuff??? NOTHING for the 2600 is pointless!! I beg to differ. See post 12.

I do not know how many were made. There was a list online a LOOONG time ago. Mine is for sale, but it was broken in half at one time so it now needs a bit of paint work in back. Let me know.

All fun aside many people have been wondering just what the heck the original Bira Bira idol really was before it became the central figure in a new online religion for classic videogame collectors. Being an anthropology major I figured I'd tackle the task of identifying just what exactly that little wooden idol really was. So one day, armed with a bit of free time I hit the university library and did a little bit of research. These are the results as I originally posted to the newsgroup rec.games.video.classic. From: ad329@james.hwcn.org (Chris Cracknell) Newsgroups: rec.games.video.classic Subject: Bira Bira Research Findings Date: 27 Jan 1998 01:34:59 -0500 Many of us here know what Bira Bira is, or at least what he is to us collectors of classic games. Bira Bira is the mystic guardian of the sacred Reef Store.From the Reef Store comes our dreams of glorious classic game finds and Bira Bira channels "positive cartridge energy" from the Reef Store to the faithful collectors of classic video games thus blessing them with good finds. Ever since he was first found by Robert Batina he has inspired a number of testimonial "Brag Posts" from his faithful devotees. And from those very hip to the cult of Bira Bira there have come posts exploring and expanding upon the mythos of Bira Bira. There exists an official Bira Bira webpage, hosted by the person who discovered him. Bira Bira himself gets passed from devotee to devotee having moved from Robert, to myself and then on to Jay Tilton. Some of the faithful own plaster replicas of Bira Bira that they place in special classic videogame shines. Some of the faithful have found their own incarnations of Bira Bira while out thrifting as it is believed that Bira Bira manifests himself in various forms. There is even a game for the 2600 based on Bira Bira (a G-rated graphics mod of an older X-rated game). And like all the best deities, Bira Bira even has an evil arch enemy. He comes in the form of one "Mr. Friendly", the anti-Bira. Mr. Friendly is actually the mascott of an ice-cream franchise in Japan that appears to sell more Mr. Friendly merchandise than ice-cream. Some collectors absolutely hate Bira Bira, some few going so far as to claim he is actually Satanic. Some collectors really don't care much about him at all. And to others he's just plain ol' fun, right up there with Big Foot, Greys, and Chubacabra. So far, to the best of my knowledge nobody has sacrificed a virgin to Bira Bira, though some collectors may be willing to at least sacrifice their virginity in his name (or any name for that matter). But one thing has remained mysterious ever since Bira Bira became an unofficial mascott for many on RGVC. Just what the heck is he, really? Well, I decided today that I wouldn't be worthy of being an anthropology major if I didn't at least try to shed some light on the subject. So when I got tired of studying for a Japanese test I took a break and searched the resources of McMaster University's Mill's library for some evidence of this little figure's origins. And now that the library has upgraded it's systems to Windows '95 I had the power to generate search results that would crash the system in less than half the time it took to crash it before. From his physical appearance it seemed quite obvious to me that Bira Bira originated somewhere in the south Pacific. My first attempt to identify him was to seach for any references to "Bira Bira" within Polynesian, Indonesian, and Micronesian mythology and religion. These efforts were most unfruitful. There are many south pacific gods and goddesses, but to the best of my knowledge there is no deity called "Bira Bira" anywhere except on RGVC. Looking at the back of the Bira Bira figure you'll notice that the "I" is somewhat different from the other letters in the name. Perhaps it isn't an "I" after all but an apostrophy. So I searched through the tomes of mythology for any references to B'ra B'ra. Still nothing. So my next step was to search through books on south pacific artwork to see if I could find any figures that resembled our Bira Bira. Fortunately Mac's library has a pretty good selection of books on south pacific artwork. Here is where I made my most interesting finds. Some people on RGVC had suggested that perhaps Bira Bira is from Easter Island, noting a similarity between his appearance and the appearance of the giant stone statues on the island. But after checking through books on Easter Island art it would seem this would be highly unlikely. Although both the stone giants and Bira Bira have blocky, conical shapped heads, when it comes to the smaller sculptures of Easter Island one notices a remarkable difference between them and Bira Bira. Small Easter Island figures are long, slender, and very highly detailed, quite different from the stocky and blocky Bira Bira. Searching through more books I discovered that Bira Bira shares traits with carvings from all over the south pacific. Bira Bira is made of a light coloured wood that is first carved into the basic shape then stained dark. After being stained his details are then carved out making them contrast strongly with the dark stained wood (this contrast was more striking before I attempted to clean Bira Bira with some Murphy's Wood oil which removed much of the pith used to stain him). This is a feature common to many wood carvings of the Solomon Islands. But when examining the form of the figure itself you find even more striking similarities to figure carvings of Central Polynesia. In particular Tahiti, Raiateu, Huahine, Bora Bora, and most the Marquesas Islands. The long head, the crouched, knees bent, shoulders hunched stance, and the way the arms bend at the elbows to come around and girdle the stomache is all indicative of artwork from Central Polynesia. The style in which the eyes and mouth are carved are very similar to the style of carvings from the Marquesas Islands. Someone on this newsgroup once postulated that perhaps the "I"s in Bira Bira are not "I"s at all but are suggestive of the letter "O", and that the the inscription doesn't bear the name of the deity, "Bira Bira", but is the name of the place of origin "Bora Bora". This could very well be the case. The actual Bira Bira carving is not a very sophisticated religious icon, but is actually a somewhat crude piece of folk art, no doubt reproduced on mass as souvenirs for tourists. It has features common to carving artwork from much of the south pacific but is most suggestive of the artwork of Central Polynesia. Quite possibly the craftsmen who made this based the form of the carving on his native artwork and embellished it with features from other Polynesian islands. The form is a very crude when compaired to most polynesian artwork, but was likely simplified to increase productivity. I'm strongly inclined to believe that what Bira Bira is, is a generic good luck "tiki" made to sell to the tourists visiting Bora Bora. Being somewhat of an amalgamation of polynesian art styles it would not be unlikely that other figures similar to Bira Bira exist with the names of other polynesian islands inscribed on their backs. There is a less likely possibility that Bira Bira is a Central Polynesian "Canoe God", a figure carved and carried onboard canoes by fishermen both for protection and a bountiful catch. He could also be an ancestral figure used by priests for blessings and healings. And there's an outside (very outside) chance that he might be a representation of the polynesian god Thane. My research into the origin of Bira Bira has by no means been exhaustive and I concur that it is highly likely that Bira Bira may be something entirely different from what I've suggested. It is entirely likely (unless one of us takes a vacation to Bora Bora) that the mystery of the origin of Bira Bira will never be solved, and perhaps that is for the best. For no matter what Bira Bira may be in actuallity, it is most definetly assured that it is quite different from what he has come to be for those of us with a love for classic video games. Love him or hate him, Bira Bira belongs to us all. CRACKERS (Extra Credit projects from hell!!) Well what do you know, not long after theorizing that Bira Bira is actually a carving from Bora Bora I find this little (or should I say big) item. It's a carving from Tahiti. The facial features (ie. eyes, nose, mouth) are identical to Bira Bira's. As you can see from this picture, this new Bira Bira carving is significantly larger than the original Bira Bira (pictured beside the new carving is a Plaster Bira). Tahiti is an island near Bora Bora and both islands share a cultural heritage. In light of this new finding I think it's pretty safe to assume that the origin of the Bira Bira statue is Bora Bora.

There is no such thing as "pointless 2600 stuff" 12 or 13 years ago I had taken artwork I found somewhere in the tubes for Survival Island and made up some glossy cassette tape inserts. I never got around to actually making the reproduction tapes. At one point I was a "hole filling" collector and had to have something to hold the place for any game I knew of.

Found Bira in my garage last night while cleaning and came very close to tossing him in the garbage. Decided to post a photo here instead. I did throw away some pointless 2600 stuff, but Bira escaped the grave for now. I think I'm going to put plaster Bira #007 in my garden and let it return to earth that way.

Google it or just search this site. Be prepared to read 14 or 15 years of posts on the subject. PICTURE

Blast from the rgvc past

BUMP! Asking $15 now. Need a picture?

SOLD.

Sale pending.

Less then 25 of these were made (that i know of) wish we had numbered them! nice price! Rick Thanks Rick! I believe I paid somewhere in the neighborhood of $45-$60 for this, but my memory is foggy.

I do not remember exactly when I got this or from whom, but I am the original purchaser. The CD faces look very similar to the "Worship the Woodgrain" project. You can see images of that if you search the forums. I believe there are very few of these, but I also do not believe it was a numbered official release.

Stella Gets a New Brain CD, version 2.0 for sale. Includes a slimline jewel case and front insert with CD in perfect condition. 59 audio tracks to use with Supercharger or Cuttle Cart. Phaser Patrol, Communist Mutants from Outer Space, Fireball, Suicide Mission, Escape from the Mindmaster, Dragonstomper, Killer Satellites, Rabbit Transit, The Official Frogger by Sega, Party Mix (5 paddle games), Sword of Saros, Survival Island, Sweat! The Decathlon Game. Asking $20

Cuttle Card Underground CD Set CX-2002. Contains audio files for 566 Atari 2600 games. For sale for $25 + priority mail shipping.

Is this a CRT iMac or LCD? What is the screen size? I have a 17" LCD from a broken Titanium laptop sitting around at home.

Sold!

Now really... cheaper again.