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North East Importers [NEI] 05

North East Importers [NEI]

5.444 lines of code

RasterbarsRSTRMusicSIDScrollerSCRL

History

Released
25 January 1991
Code
Roy
Music
Reyn Ouwehand — "Flimbo's Quest" (ripped)
Group
North East Importers — Germany, founded June 1989

The music is ripped from Reyn Ouwehand's "Flimbo's Quest" intro theme — one of the Dutch composer's most celebrated game soundtracks and a popular choice for crack intros of the late era. Roy coded the intro for North East Importers (NEI), a German group founded in June 1989 whose name reflects the mail-trading networks that connected Northern European crackers. Released on 25 January 1991, this arrived in the twilight years of active C64 cracking in Germany. The HVSC preserves Ouwehand's original composition. Doc Snyder's page documents NEI's output with detailed per-intro credits. Ouwehand would continue composing for games well into the 1990s, his work bridging the transition from 8-bit to 16-bit platforms. The group name "North East Importers" explicitly references their role in the distribution chain — importing cracked software from other regions.

Sources: CSDb · docsnyderspage

nei-05.asm 5.444 lines
// ============================================
// output - Part 1 of 2
// ============================================
// KickAssembler syntax
// Generated by Restore 64 v0.2.1 alpha build 298, 2026-04-01 10:59:27
// https://restore64.dev by datucker / Rabenauge
//
// Load address: $0800  End: $ffff  (63488 bytes)
// Crunched with Exomizer v2/v3 (with relocation) — depacked by emulation
// Packer entry: $0810 (via BASIC SYS 2064)
// Entry point:  $0dc1 (3521)
// IRQ handler:  $0b00 (irq_0b00)
// IRQ handler:  $ea31 (irq_ea31)
//
// Code: 3105 bytes, Data: 60383 bytes
// Labels: 593, Subroutines: 10
//
// Cross-references: all OK
// ============================================


// --- Region $0a00-$0af6 ---
.pc = $0a00 "loc_0a00"

loc_0a00:
        jmp loc_0a1f
// Referenced by: jsr from $0ac1

sub_0a03:
        sei
        lda #$0b
        ldy #$00
        sta $0315
        sty $0314
        lda #$01
        sta $d01a
        lda #$7f
        sta $dc0d
        lda #$1b
        sta $d011
        cli
        rts

loc_0a1f:
        jsr $ff5b
        lda #$0f
        sta $0286
        jsr $e544
        lda #$00
        sta $d020
        sta $d021
        jsr sub_1006
        ldx #$77

loc_0a37:
        lda $0f00,x
        sta $0400,x
        lda $0f78,x
        sta $0770,x
        dex
        bpl loc_0a37
        ldx #$77
        lda #$0b

loc_0a4a:
        sta $d800,x
        sta $db70,x
        dex
        bpl loc_0a4a
        ldx #$00
        lda #$0e

loc_0a57:
        sta $d8a0,x
        sta $d8e0,x
        inx
        bne loc_0a57
        ldx #$27
        lda #$00

loc_0a64:
        sta $d878,x
        sta $d9e0,x
        sta $db48,x
        dex
        bpl loc_0a64
        ldx #$4f

loc_0a72:
        lda txt_27b0,x
        sta $0608,x
        dex
        bpl loc_0a72
        lda #$20
        ldy #$40
        sta $7c
        sty $7d
        lda #$d8
        ldy #$41
        sta $9e
        sty $9f
        lda #$c7
        sta $50
        sta $80
        ldx #$00
        lda #$0f

loc_0a95:
        sta $da08,x
        sta $da48,x
        inx
        bne loc_0a95
        lda #$28
        ldx #$09
        sta $0cfc
        stx $0cfd
        lda #$00
        ldx #$1a
        sta smc_0c6c                                // SMC: modifies $0c6c
        stx smc_0b8a                                // SMC: modifies $0b8a
        lda #$0f
        ldx #$0a
        ldy #$0a
        sta smc_0b8f                                // SMC: modifies $0b8f
        stx smc_0b94                                // SMC: modifies $0b94
        sty smc_0c93                                // SMC: modifies $0c93
        jsr sub_0a03

loc_0ac4:
        jmp loc_0ac4

loc_0ac7:
        sta $d023
        ldx #$3f
        lda smc_0c93

loc_0acf:
        sta $d9a0,x
        dex
        bpl loc_0acf
        rts

loc_0ad6:
        sta $d016
        ldx #$13
        lda smc_0c93

loc_0ade:
        sta $d8a0,x
        dex