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- Newlook -- Norway
Another crack intro from Newlook (NWL), the Norwegian group also represented by #824 newlook-01 in this collection. CSDb catalogues Newlook with group ID 1958, listing multiple crack intros, a disk renamer, and an "Intro Designer II" tool -- the latter confirming the group developed reusable frameworks for generating intros. The associated CSDb scener is based in Sweden, while the group itself is registered as Norwegian, reflecting the tight-knit Scandinavian scene where members frequently crossed national borders. No individual credits for code, graphics, or music are confirmed for this particular production. The group attracted enough attention that both a "Hellmates vs. Newlook" release and a "Letter to Newlook" appear on CSDb, documenting the rivalries and correspondence typical of the era. Despite multiple CSDb entries, Newlook left no trace on Doc Snyder's page, Demozoo, or other major archives. The intros.c64.org comments from 2011--2012 by Hades, Rough, and Twoflower suggest community interest in identifying the group's history.
Sources: CSDb Group · intros.c64.org
// ============================================ // output - Disassembled Source // ============================================ // KickAssembler syntax // Generated by Restore 64 v0.2.1 alpha build 298, 2026-04-11 21:36:01 // https://restore64.dev by datucker / Rabenauge // // Load address: $0801 End: $ffff (63487 bytes) // Crunched with Exomizer v2/v3 (with relocation) — depacked by emulation // Packer entry: $0810 (via BASIC SYS 2064) // Entry point: $0f00 (3840) // IRQ handler: $ea31 (irq_ea31) // IRQ handler: $0f2b (irq_0f2b) // // Code: 2705 bytes, Data: 60782 bytes // Labels: 340, Subroutines: 28 // // Verification: 5 line(s) auto-corrected to .byte for exact byte matching // // Cross-references: all OK // ============================================ // --- Region $0f00-$0f6e --- .pc = $0f00 "main_0f00" main_0f00: lda #$00 sta $c8 sta $3fff sei jsr sub_0fa5 lda #$2b ldy #$0f sta $0314 sty $0315 lda $d011 and #$7f sta $d011 lda #$7f sta $dc0d lda #$01 sta $d01a cli jmp loc_4000 irq_0f2b: lda #$01 sta $d019 ldx $c8 lda dat_0f6d,x sta $d011 lda $0f75,x sta $d016 lda tbl_0f85,x sta $d020 sta $d021 sta $d021 sta $d020 lda tbl_0f8d,x sta $d018 lda $0f95,x sta $d012 lda $0f9d,x sta $c8 txa beq loc_0f67 pla tay pla tax pla rti loc_0f67: jsr sub_121d jmp loc_0fd0 dat_0f6d: .byte $80,$1b // .. // --- Region $0fa5-$108c --- .pc = $0fa5 "sub_0fa5" // Referenced by: jsr from $0f08 sub_0fa5: lda #$ff sta $cffd lda #$00 sta $cffc lda #$ad sta $35 lda #$12 sta $36 lda #$00 sta $02a7 lda #$02 sta $02a8 ldx #$00 lda #$20 loc_0fc5: sta $0798,x inx cpx #$28 bne loc_0fc5 jmp loc_0ff8 loc_0fd0: ldy $d850 ldx #$00 loc_0fd5: lda $d851,x sta $d850,x inx cpx #$27 bne loc_0fd5 sty $d877 tya ldy $dbc0 ldx #$27 loc_0fe9: lda $db98,x sta $db99,x dex bne loc_0fe9 sty $db99 jmp loc_1182 loc_0ff8: lda #$00 sta $fb sta $fd lda #$38 sta $fc lda #$30 sta $fe lda #$32 sta $03 sei lda #$33 sta $01 loc_100f: lda #$00 pha lda ($fb),y tax