History
- Released
- December 1987
- Code
- The Syndicate
- Music
- Jeroen Tel — "The Beginning" / "Trying Out 2"
- Group
- Beastie Boys — Germany, founded July 1987
The twenty-fourth numbered intro from Beastie Boys, coded by The Syndicate — the group's primary programmer who handled many of their productions. Jeroen Tel contributed two SIDs: "The Beginning" and "Trying Out 2," both preserved in the HVSC. Released in December 1987, five months after the German group's founding in July 1987, this was part of their intense early output period. Doc Snyder's page documents the extensive Beastie Boys catalogue, listing The Syndicate (Sascha) as their most prolific coder. Jeroen Tel's presence is notable — by late 1987, the Dutch composer was already one of the most sought-after SID musicians in the European scene. This intro joins a large cluster of BB entries in the rankings, including #16 BB-02 and #326 BB-01. The high intro numbering relative to the group's brief 1987 founding date reflects the rapid pace at which cracking groups iterated their visual branding during this competitive era.
Sources: CSDb · docsnyderspage
// ============================================ // output - Disassembled Source // ============================================ // KickAssembler syntax // Generated by Restore 64 v0.2.1 alpha build 298, 2026-04-11 21:35:10 // https://restore64.dev by datucker / Rabenauge // // Load address: $0800 End: $32ff (11008 bytes) // Crunched with Cruncher AB — depacked by emulation // Packer entry: $080d (via BASIC SYS 2061) // Entry point: $1a60 (6752) // IRQ handler: $1029 (irq_1029) // IRQ handler: $1b00 (irq_1b00) // IRQ handler: $1a43 (irq_1a43) // IRQ handler: $ea31 (loc_ea31) // // Code: 2111 bytes, Data: 8897 bytes // Labels: 266, Subroutines: 23 // // Cross-references: all OK // ============================================ // --- Region $0814-$0817 --- .pc = $0814 "$0814" ror $7c brk chr_0817: // === Charset data (1 bytes, $0817-$0817) === .byte $00 // char 0 (partial) // --- Region $0f03-$0f03 --- .pc = $0f03 "$0f03" brk // --- Region $0f14-$0f14 --- .pc = $0f14 "$0f14" brk // --- Region $1000-$14e2 --- .pc = $1000 "sub_1000" // Referenced by: jsr from $1a60 sub_1000: sei lda #$29 sta $0314 lda #$10 sta $0315 lda #$00 sta $dc0e lda #$01 sta $d01a lda #$1b sta $d011 lda #$42 sta $d012 jsr sub_1846 lda #$00 jsr sub_1876 cli rts // Referenced by: jmp from $243a irq_1029: lda #$01 sta $d019 bit $d020 jsr sub_1830 bit $d020 jmp $ea31 loc_103a: ldx #$02 dec $18e0 bpl loc_1047 lda dat_189a sta $18e0 loc_1047: stx $fe lda $189b,x sta $18ce tay lda $18e0 cmp dat_189a bne loc_106a lda $1665,x sta $fa lda $1668,x sta $fb dec $18a4,x bmi loc_106d jmp loc_1185 loc_106a: jmp loc_11a4 loc_106d: ldy $189e,x lda ($fa),y cmp #$fe beq loc_1088 cmp #$ff bne loc_1090 lda #$00 sta $18a4,x sta $189e,x sta $18a1,x jmp loc_106d loc_1088: lda #$01 sta $18e1 jmp loc_188e loc_1090: sta $18d9 and #$80 beq loc_10a5 lda $18d9 and #$1f sta $18c5,x inc $189e,x jmp loc_106d loc_10a5: lda $18d9 asl tay lda $166b,y sta $fc lda $166c,y sta $fd lda #$00 sta $18b9,x ldy $18a1,x lda #$ff sta $18d8 sta $18bc,x lda ($fc),y sta $18a7,x sta $18d7 and #$3f sta $18a4,x bit $18d7 bvs loc_1118 inc $18a1,x lda $18d7