History
- Released
- December 1992
- Code
- Vizz
- Music
- Rob Hubbard — "Lightforce" (ripped)
- Group
- Empire — Canada, founded February 1989
Vizz coded this Empire intro, released in December 1992, with Rob Hubbard's iconic "Lightforce" as the ripped soundtrack — one of the most celebrated SID compositions ever written, preserved in the HVSC. Choosing Hubbard's work was a statement of taste; "Lightforce" remains among the most recognized C64 game soundtracks. Doc Snyder's page documents Empire's output, listing numerous coders including The Last Dragon, Booze, Blackice, and Zapper across their releases. Empire was a Canadian group founded in February 1989, and their scrolltexts consistently greeted Enigma, Action, Fairlight, F4CG, and Dominators. This is one of six Empire entries in the rankings, including #64 Empire-04, #66 Empire-01, and #585 Empire-05. The December 1992 date places this in the twilight of Empire's most active period.
Sources: CSDb · Doc Snyder
// ============================================ // output - Part 1 of 2 // ============================================ // KickAssembler syntax // Generated by Restore 64 v0.2.1 alpha build 298, 2026-04-11 21:35:19 // https://restore64.dev by datucker / Rabenauge // // Load address: $0800 End: $ffff (63488 bytes) // Crunched with Exomizer v2/v3 (with relocation) — depacked by emulation // Packer entry: $0810 (via BASIC SYS 2064) // Entry point: $0980 (2432) // // Code: 1350 bytes, Data: 62138 bytes // Labels: 148, Subroutines: 4 // // Cross-references: all OK // ============================================ // --- Region $0843-$087f --- .pc = $0843 "Program $0843" .byte $f7,$59 // isc $59,x // ILLEGAL ldx $dd ror $99 sbc $9a,x adc $d6 tax stx $d9,y .byte $83,$5e // sax ($5e,x) // ILLEGAL inc $83 ror $da,x .byte $83,$de // sax ($de,x) // ILLEGAL sbc #$83 ror $83e6,x inc $d9,x .byte $83,$de // sax ($de,x) // ILLEGAL sbc $83 ror $d7,x .byte $83,$d6 // sax ($d6,x) // ILLEGAL cmp $5a83,x .byte $f7,$83 // isc $83,x // ILLEGAL ror $df .byte $83,$9a // sax ($9a,x) // ILLEGAL sbc $6a83,x .byte $f7,$83 // isc $83,x // ILLEGAL ldx $dd .byte $83,$9a // sax ($9a,x) // ILLEGAL sbc $83,x ror $ea .byte $83,$aa // sax ($aa,x) // ILLEGAL brk // --- Region $0980-$0ca6 --- .pc = $0980 "main_0980" main_0980: jsr $fda3 ldx #$2f loc_0985: lda $0f60,x sta $cfff,x dex bne loc_0985 nop jsr sub_0f00 jsr sub_0f95 ldx #$00 loc_0997: lda $0d76 sta $d8a0,x sta $daf8,x lda $0d77 sta $d8c8,x sta $dad0,x lda $0d78 sta $d8f0,x sta $daa8,x lda $0d79 sta $d918,x sta $da80,x lda $0d7a sta $d940,x sta $da58,x inx cpx #$27 bne loc_0997 ldx #$00 loc_09cb: lda #$20 sta $02c0,x inx cpx #$28 bne loc_09cb ldx #$00 loc_09d7: lda txt_0ca5,x sta $07f8,x lda #$00 sta $d027,x inx cpx #$08 bne loc_09d7 lda #$0b sta $d025 lda #$0c sta $d026 lda #$7f sta $d015 sta $d01c loc_09f9: sei lda #$2c loc_09fc: cmp $d012 bne loc_09fc .label smc_0a02 = * + 1 ldx #$34 // !SMC: modified by $0b94 lda $0cf7,x sta $e0 .label smc_0a09 = * + 1 ldx #$3c // !SMC: modified by $0ba3 lda $0cf7,x sta $e1 .label smc_0a10 = * + 1 ldx #$44 // !SMC: modified by $0bb2 lda $0cf7,x sta $e2 .label smc_0a17 = * + 1 ldx #$4c // !SMC: modified by $0bc1 lda $0cf7,x sta $e3 .label smc_0a1e = * + 1 ldx #$54 // !SMC: modified by $0bd0 lda $0cf7,x sta $e4 .label smc_0a25 = * + 1 ldx #$5c // !SMC: modified by $0bdf lda $0cf7,x sta $e5 .label smc_0a2c = * + 1 ldx #$64 // !SMC: modified by $0bee lda $0cf7,x sta $e6 ldx #$38