History
- Released
- November 1990
- Group
- Hotline — Netherlands, founded August 1986
A Hotline intro from November 1990, catalogued on CSDb but without specific credits for code, graphics, or music. Hotline was a prolific Dutch cracking group founded in August 1986 under the tagline "Where cracking is an Art." Doc Snyder's page documents a rotating roster of coders — The Silver Surfer, BOD, Coco, The Mercenary Cracker, and Softhunter — alongside musicians like Jeroen Tel, Holly, EVS, Charles Deenen, and Marc Buttery. The group is one of the most represented in the rankings, with entries including #5 HTL-03, #60 HTL-28, and #66 HTL-02 among many others. By November 1990, Hotline had been active for over four years — a substantial run during the C64's peak cracking era. The Netherlands produced several strong groups during this period, and Hotline's ability to draw on top Dutch and international SID composers was central to the quality of their intros. Their scrolltexts — preserved across multiple entries — reveal an extensive network of contacts spanning the UK, Scandinavia, and Germany.
Sources: CSDb · docsnyderspage
// ============================================ // output - Part 1 of 2 // ============================================ // KickAssembler syntax // Generated by Restore 64 v0.2.1 alpha build 298, 2026-04-11 21:36:18 // https://restore64.dev by datucker / Rabenauge // // Load address: $0800 End: $dbff (54272 bytes) // Crunched with Cruncher AB — depacked by emulation // Packer entry: $080d (via BASIC SYS 2061) // Entry point: $09a1 (2465) // IRQ handler: $0b1f (irq_0b1f) // IRQ handler: $0a48 (nmi_0a48) // // Code: 488 bytes, Data: 53784 bytes // Labels: 60, Subroutines: 8 // // Cross-references: all OK // ============================================ // --- Region $09a1-$0b7c --- .pc = $09a1 "main_09a1" main_09a1: sei lda #$77 sta $01 jsr $fda3 jsr sub_0a92 jsr sub_0ae7 ldy #$00 sty $d020 sty $d021 sty $dc0e iny sty $d01a sty $d019 ldx #$2a ldy #$04 lda #$09 jsr sub_0a4c lda #$a6 jsr sub_0d00 lda #$1f ldx #$0b sta $0314 stx $0315 lda #$48 ldx #$0a sta $0318 stx $0319 lda #$a4 ldx #$0b sta $f6 stx $f7 ldx #$27 loc_09ed: lda #$07 sta $da58,x lda #$20 sta $0658,x dex bpl loc_09ed cli lda #$00 sta $fb loc_09ff: ldx $fb inx cpx #$0c bne loc_0a08 ldx #$00 loc_0a08: stx $fb lda $0b98,x // !SMC: modified by $0af2 ldx #$01 ldy #$04 jsr sub_0a4c loc_0a14: bit $d011 bmi loc_0a14 loc_0a19: bit $d011 bpl loc_0a19 lda #$ef cmp $dc01 bne loc_09ff jsr $ff5b lda #$08 jsr $ffb1 lda #$6f jsr $ff93 lda #$49 jsr $ffa8 jsr $edfe ldx #$00 loc_0a3c: lda sub_0d00,x sta $02a7,x inx bne loc_0a3c jmp $fce2 nmi_0a48: lda $dc0d rti // Referenced by: jsr from $09c7, $0a11 sub_0a4c: { sta $f8 stx $fe sty $ff ldx #$00 ldy #$09 stx $fc sty $fd ldy #$00 loop: lda ($fc),y beq loc_0a88 tax lsr lsr lsr lsr jsr sub_0a74 txa jsr sub_0a74 inc $fc bne skip inc $fd skip: bne loop } // Referenced by: jsr from $0a65, $0a69 sub_0a74: and #$0f cmp #$03 beq loc_0a82 jsr sub_0a89 lda $f8 jsr sub_0a89