History
- Released
- December 1992
- Code
- The Alchemist
- Group
- Fairlight — Sweden, founded 14 April 1987
Coded by The Alchemist — a name that also appears on #2 Fairlight Intro #1's sister production, the #02 intro on Doc Snyder's page, where The Alchemist coded alongside Tob's charset. This December 1992 release has no credited musician or SID data in CSDb, suggesting it either uses minimal audio or an unidentified ripped tune. Fairlight was founded in Sweden on 14 April 1987 and became one of the most storied names in cracking history — their legacy documented in Hugi's "The Delight of Eternal Might" retrospective. By December 1992 the C64 scene had thinned considerably, yet Fairlight continued producing releases. The Alchemist's presence on both an early iconic intro and this late-era piece spans nearly the full arc of Fairlight's C64 period. The intro attracted comments from Bacchus and iAN CooG — both well-known scene archivists.
Sources: CSDb · Doc Snyder's Page
// ============================================ // output - Part 1 of 2 // ============================================ // KickAssembler syntax // Generated by Restore 64 v0.2.1 alpha build 298, 2026-04-11 21:35:42 // https://restore64.dev by datucker / Rabenauge // // Load address: $0800 End: $10b5 (2230 bytes) // Crunched with Cruncher AB — depacked by emulation // Packer entry: $080d (via BASIC SYS 2061) // Entry point: $0801 (2049) // // Code: 372 bytes, Data: 1858 bytes // Labels: 43, Subroutines: 2 // // Cross-references: all OK // ============================================ // --- Region $0801-$0805 --- .pc = $0801 "main_0801" main_0801: jmp loc_0c40 chr_0804: // === Charset data (2 bytes, $0804-$0805) === .byte $00,$00 // char 0 (partial) // --- Region $0c40-$0d30 --- .pc = $0c40 "loc_0c40" loc_0c40: lda #$01 sta $d021 sta $0286 jsr $e544 ldx #$00 stx $d020 lda #$08 loc_0c52: sta $d828,x inx cpx #$f0 bne loc_0c52 jsr $ffd2 ldx #$27 loc_0c5f: lda $0e2f,x sta $0400,x lda $0f47,x sta $0518,x lda $0f73,x and #$3f sta $0658,x dex bpl loc_0c5f ldx #$f1 loc_0c78: lda $0e56,x sta $0427,x dex bne loc_0c78 lda #$1b sta $d011 lda #$d8 sta $d016 lda #$12 sta $d018 lda #$d7 sta $0805 lda #$9b ldx #$0f sta $f8 stx $f9 loc_0c9d: sei lda #$d8 sta $d016 lda #$40 loc_0ca5: cmp $d012 bne loc_0ca5 ldx #$00 loc_0cac: lda chr_0dcf,x sta $d021 lda $0def,x sta $d022 lda $0e0f,x sta $d023 lda $d012 loc_0cc1: cmp $d012 beq loc_0cc1 inx cpx #$20 bne loc_0cac stx $d021 lda #$8a loc_0cd0: cmp $d012 bne loc_0cd0 lda $0805 sta $d016 lda #$94 loc_0cdd: cmp $d012 bne loc_0cdd lda #$c8 sta $d016 jsr sub_0d4e jsr sub_0d96 lda #$00 sta $dc00 lda $dc01 cmp #$ef beq loc_0d09 lda $0e0f and #$07 ldx #$27 loc_0d00: sta $da58,x dex bpl loc_0d00 jmp loc_0c9d loc_0d09: jsr $ff81 jsr $ff84 lda #$00 sta $d020 sta $d021 sta $0286 jsr $e544 ldx #$1e loc_0d1f: lda chr_0d30,x sta $03c0,x