History
- Released
- 9 December 1986
- Group
- TMC 1991 — Netherlands
The second TMC 1991 intro, released on 9 December 1986 — six days before its companion piece. The Mercenary Cracker (Charles Deenen / The Silver Surfer) was a Dutch scener active from 1985 to 1988, serving as coder, cracker, and musician across multiple groups including Flash Cracking Group, Hotline, and The Light Circle. He also founded the group Scoop. This intro was reused across several cracks including 1943: One Year After, Blood 'n Guts, Jailbreak, and Pac-Man. No music or graphics credits are documented. The "1991" suffix in the group name is misleading — both TMC intros predate 1991 by five years, and the number likely references something other than a founding year. Deenen's presence across multiple Dutch groups illustrates the interconnected nature of the Netherlands' C64 scene. Another TMC entry appears at #88 TMC-01.
Sources: CSDb · intros.c64.org
// ============================================ // output - Disassembled Source // ============================================ // KickAssembler syntax // Generated by Restore 64 v0.2.1 alpha build 298, 2026-04-11 21:37:17 // https://restore64.dev by datucker / Rabenauge // // Load address: $0801 End: $1209 (2569 bytes) // Crunched with PuCrunch — depacked by emulation // Packer entry: $080d (via BASIC SYS 2061) // Entry point: $0c00 (3072) // IRQ handler: $ea31 (irq_ea31) // IRQ handler: $0ca3 (irq_0ca3) // // Code: 590 bytes, Data: 1979 bytes // Labels: 76, Subroutines: 5 // // Verification: 2 line(s) auto-corrected to .byte for exact byte matching // // Cross-references: all OK // ============================================ // --- Region $0c00-$0cd5 --- .pc = $0c00 "main_0c00" main_0c00: lda #$00 sta $c8 sta $a4 sta $d011 nop nop nop nop nop ldx #$00 loc_0c10: lda dat_0eac,x cmp #$00 beq loc_0c1d jsr $ffd2 inx bne loc_0c10 loc_0c1d: sei jsr sub_0d04 lda #$a3 ldy #$0c sta $0314 sty $0315 lda #$1b sta $d011 lda #$7f sta $dc0d lda #$01 sta $d01a lda #$13 sta $d018 cli loc_0c40: jsr $ffe4 beq loc_0c40 sei jsr $fda3 jsr $ff5b lda #$ea sta $0315 lda #$31 sta $0314 lda #$f0 sta $d01a sta $d020 sta $d021 ldx #$00 loc_0c63: lda dat_0c72,x sta $0400,x inx cpx #$31 bne loc_0c63 cli jmp $0400 dat_0c72: .byte $78,$a9,$00,$85,$01 // x.... loc_0c77: ldx #$00 loc_0c79: lda $1200,x sta dat_0801,x inx bne loc_0c79 inc $0409 inc $040c .label loc_0c89 = * + 1 lda $0409 cmp #$70 bne loc_0c77 lda #$c0 sta $af sta $2e lda #$00 sta $ae sta $2d lda #$37 sta $01 cli jmp $fce2 irq_0ca3: sei lda #$01 sta $d019 ldx $c8 lda dat_0cd4,x sta $d021 sta $d020 lda $0ce0,x sta $d016 lda $0cec,x sta $d012 lda $0cf8,x sta $c8 txa beq loc_0cce pla tay pla tax pla rti loc_0cce: jsr sub_0e04 jmp loc_0d25 dat_0cd4: .byte $00,$0b // .. // --- Region $0d04-$0dda --- .pc = $0d04 "sub_0d04" // Referenced by: jsr from $0c1e