History
- Released
- c. 1994–1995
- Group
- Chromance — Hungary, founded 1990
Alex of Chromance coded this intro — identified through intros.c64.org comments as one of the group's earliest productions, likely dating to 1994 or 1995. Alex was a co-founder and key coder for Chromance, a Hungarian cracking group that emerged from FBI Crew in 1990. The group's name derived from a portmanteau of "CH" and "Romance," referencing an earlier Swiss-themed demo project. Alex handled both coding and graphics across multiple Chromance intros, as documented on Doc Snyder's page. Chromance operated under the tagline "Light in the Night" and grew into one of the C64 scene's most prolific Eastern European collectives, amassing over 1,100 releases. The group maintained connections with major Western European groups — their scrolltexts regularly greeted Demonix, Empire, F4CG, Fairlight, Hitmen, Onslaught, and TRC+SCS. This intro predates the more elaborate later Chromance productions that featured artwork by Mermaid and music from international composers.
Sources: CSDb · intros.c64.org · docsnyderspage
// ============================================ // output - Disassembled Source // ============================================ // KickAssembler syntax // Generated by Restore 64 v0.2.1 alpha build 298, 2026-04-11 21:35:13 // https://restore64.dev by datucker / Rabenauge // // Load address: $0800 End: $48ff (16640 bytes) // Crunched with Cruncher AB — depacked by emulation // Packer entry: $080d (via BASIC SYS 2061) // Entry point: $1c00 (7168) // IRQ handler: $1c45 (irq_1c45) // IRQ handler: $1c71 (irq_1c71) // IRQ handler: $1ca0 (irq_1ca0) // IRQ handler: $1cc2 (irq_1cc2) // IRQ handler: $1cf6 (irq_1cf6) // IRQ handler: $ea31 (irq_ea31) // // Code: 2517 bytes, Data: 14123 bytes // Labels: 250, Subroutines: 8 // // Cross-references: all OK // ============================================ // --- Region $1000-$1006 --- .pc = $1000 "sub_1000" // Referenced by: jsr from $1ea5 sub_1000: jmp loc_1040 // Referenced by: jsr from $1d12 sub_1003: jmp loc_10da dat_1006: .byte $01 // . // --- Region $1040-$136a --- .pc = $1040 "loc_1040" loc_1040: asl asl asl tay ldx #$00 loc_1046: lda $17ef,y sta $174e,x sta $1754,x lda $17f0,y sta $1751,x sta $1757,x iny iny inx cpx #$03 bne loc_1046 ldx #$00 stx $174d lda $17ef,y sta $100b sta $177b sta $177c sta $177d loc_1073: sta $17d9,x inc $174d lda $100b clc adc $17ef,y sta $100b clc adc $174d inx cpx #$10 bne loc_1073 lda $1020 beq loc_10bc ldx #$02 loc_1093: lda $17f0,y sta $174d and $175a,x sta dat_1006,x dex bpl loc_1093 bit $174d bpl loc_10bc ldx #$00 loc_10a9: lda $17f1,y sta $1754,x lda $17f2,y sta $1757,x iny iny inx cpx #$03 bne loc_10a9 loc_10bc: ldy #$00 tya loc_10bf: sta $d400,y iny cpy #$1b bne loc_10bf tay loc_10c8: sta $177e,y sta $1766,y iny cpy #$0c bne loc_10c8 lda $1009 sta $d418 rts loc_10da: ldx #$02 loc_10dc: lda $1769,x cmp #$02 bne loc_110f ldy $1772,x lda $18af,y ldy $1760,x sta $d405,y ldy $1772,x lda $18b0,y ldy $1760,x sta $d406,y lda $188a beq loc_1109 lda $1889 sta $d404,y jmp loc_110f loc_1109: