History
- Released
- October 1991
- Code
- B.A.
- Charset
- Fox
- Music
- A-Man (Steven Diemer) — "Thriller"
- Group
- A-Team — Austria, founded 1990
A crack intro from A-Team, an Austrian group founded in 1990 and identified on CSDb by the short tag "A." Released in October 1991, the intro credits B.A. for the code, Fox for the charset, and A-Man (Steven Diemer) for the music — a SID tune titled "Thriller," preserved in the HVSC. The CSDb release is catalogued as "A-Team (Austria) Crack Intro 15," distinguishing this outfit from other groups sharing the A-Team name. A-Man was a prolific SID composer whose work appeared across multiple cracking groups' intros during this period. The comment from iAN CooG — a well-known scene archivist — on the intros.c64.org page suggests this intro was re-examined during preservation cataloguing efforts. No Doc Snyder's page or Demozoo entry exists for this group, and the intro carries no graphics credit beyond the charset.
Sources: CSDb
// ============================================ // output - Disassembled Source // ============================================ // KickAssembler syntax // Generated by Restore 64 v0.2.1 alpha build 298, 2026-04-11 21:35:05 // https://restore64.dev by datucker / Rabenauge // // Load address: $0800 End: $2aff (8960 bytes) // Crunched with Cruncher AB — depacked by emulation // Packer entry: $080d (via BASIC SYS 2061) // Entry point: $2400 (9216) // IRQ handler: $2526 (irq_2526) // // Code: 2625 bytes, Data: 6335 bytes // Labels: 271, Subroutines: 11 // // Cross-references: all OK // ============================================ // --- Region $0f02-$0f02 --- .pc = $0f02 "$0f02" .byte $02 // jam // ILLEGAL // --- Region $1000-$1009 --- .pc = $1000 "sub_1000" // Referenced by: jsr from $251f sub_1000: jmp loc_1187 dat_1003: .byte $00,$00,$01 // ... // Referenced by: jsr from $2533 sub_1006: jmp loc_1179 dat_1009: .byte $03 // . // --- Region $1179-$18a6 --- .pc = $1179 "loc_1179" loc_1179: lda $100c cmp #$01 beq loc_11dd cmp #$02 bne loc_11a7 jmp loc_11cd loc_1187: tax lda $1e93,x sta $10ab txa asl sta $1080 ldx #$00 asl clc adc $1080 tay loc_119b: lda $19f2,y sta $19ec,x iny inx cpx #$06 bne loc_119b loc_11a7: ldx #$9f loc_11a9: lda #$00 sta $1008,x dex bne loc_11a9 ldx #$02 loc_11b3: lda #$00 sta $18a9,x lda #$01 sta $102b,x sta $1058,x dex bpl loc_11b3 lda #$10 sta smc_11de // SMC: modifies $11de lda #$01 sta $100c loc_11cd: ldx #$18 loc_11cf: lda #$08 sta $d400,x lda #$00 sta $d400,x dex bpl loc_11cf rts loc_11dd: .label smc_11de = * + 1 lda #$1f // !SMC: modified by $11c5, $121f, $16d3 sta $d418 lda $10a6 beq loc_1200 clc adc $10a7 sta $10a7 lda smc_11de adc #$00 .label loc_11f4 = * + 1 cmp #$20 bcc loc_121f lda #$00 sta $10a6 lda #$1f bne loc_121f loc_1200: lda $10a5 beq loc_1222 lda $10a7 sec sbc $10a5 sta $10a7 lda smc_11de sbc #$00 cmp #$10 bcs loc_121f lda #$00 sta $10a5 lda #$10 loc_121f: sta smc_11de // SMC: modifies $11de loc_1222: ldx #$02 stx $100f dec $1050 bpl loc_1232