History
- Group
- Hotline — Netherlands, founded August 1986
Doc Snyder's page catalogues this as "Crack Intro #05" from Hotline — note that the Doc Snyder numbering differs from the intros.c64.org catalogue position. The Mercenary Cracker handled the code while Marc Buttery contributed the music with "Brummen." Founded in August 1986 under the tagline "Where cracking is an Art," Hotline was one of the Netherlands' oldest cracking operations. This late-numbered entry is paired with HTL-02 in this batch. The scrolltext credits the crack to Popeye and thanks Ronnie for supplying the game, while the greetings list names RAD, Triad, FAC, The Movers, Plutonium Crackers, Fairlight, Reflex, and dozens more — mapping the group's extensive connections across the European scene. The intros.c64.org listing drew comments from iAN CooG (2009) and Twoflower (2008), both prominent scene archivists. No specific CSDb release match was found for this entry.
Sources: docsnyderspage · intros.c64.org
// ============================================ // output - Disassembled Source // ============================================ // KickAssembler syntax // Generated by Restore 64 v0.2.1 alpha build 298, 2026-04-11 21:35:48 // https://restore64.dev by datucker / Rabenauge // // Load address: $0700 End: $403f (14656 bytes) // Crunched with Exomizer v2/v3 — depacked by emulation // Packer entry: $080b (via BASIC SYS 2059) // Entry point: $0800 (2048) // IRQ handler: $0839 (irq_0839) // IRQ handler: $0876 (irq_0876) // IRQ handler: $08b6 (irq_08b6) // IRQ handler: $08f3 (irq_08f3) // IRQ handler: $0930 (irq_0930) // IRQ handler: $0a35 (irq_0a35) // IRQ handler: $0a89 (irq_0a89) // IRQ handler: $0adc (irq_0adc) // IRQ handler: $0b9d (irq_0b9d) // IRQ handler: $0bba (irq_0bba) // IRQ handler: $0c1c (irq_0c1c) // IRQ handler: $0c43 (irq_0c43) // IRQ handler: $0c79 (irq_0c79) // IRQ handler: $0cbe (irq_0cbe) // IRQ handler: $0cf7 (irq_0cf7) // IRQ handler: $0d28 (irq_0d28) // IRQ handler: $0d67 (irq_0d67) // IRQ handler: $ea31 (irq_ea31) // // Code: 3983 bytes, Data: 10673 bytes // Labels: 364, Subroutines: 30 // // Cross-references: all OK // ============================================ // --- Region $0800-$0948 --- .pc = $0800 "main_0800" main_0800: lda #$00 sta $d020 sta $d021 lda #$15 sta $d018 ldx #$ff loc_080f: inx lda $09a8,x jsr $ffd2 bne loc_080f ldx #$00 loc_081a: ldy #$00 loc_081c: iny nop nop nop nop nop nop bne loc_081c inx bne loc_081a lda #$0b sta $d011 jsr sub_1bd9 jsr sub_1cfb loc_0833: jmp loc_0833 dat_0836: .byte $4c,$fc,$0e // L.. irq_0839: { rol $d019 lda dat_1d20 sta $d021 lda $1d21 sta $d023 lda $1d22 sta $d022 lda $1d98 sta $d016 lda $43 beq skip2 lda $49 bne skip1 jsr sub_1b24 jmp $0864 skip1: dec $49 skip2: lda #$76 sta $0314 lda #$08 sta $0315 lda #$61 sta $d012 jmp $ea81 } irq_0876: { rol $d019 nop nop nop lda $1d99 sta $d016 lda $1d23 sta $d021 lda $1d24 sta $d023 lda $1d25 sta $d022 lda $43 beq skip2 lda $4a bne skip1 jsr sub_1b58 jmp $08a4 skip1: dec $4a skip2: lda #$b6 sta $0314 lda #$08 sta $0315 lda #$91 sta $d012 jmp $ea81 } irq_08b6: { rol $d019 lda $1d26 sta $d021 lda $1d27 sta $d023 lda $1d28 sta $d022 lda $1d9a sta $d016 lda $43 beq skip2 lda $4b bne skip1