History
- Released
- 1990
- Group
- Paramount [P] — Germany, CSDb group ID #621
- Charset
- Flex (Antti Hannula)
- Music
- Jeroen Tel — "Remark Intro"
This crack intro from Paramount — a German cracking group founded in January 1989 — dates to 1990 and is catalogued on CSDb as release #124703 under the title "Paramount Intro." The charset was created by Flex (Antti Hannula), and the music is by Jeroen Tel, using his "Remark Intro" composition from the HVSC. Doc Snyder's page confirms these credits for Crack Intro #01. The scrolltext — signed by Sky of Paramount — lists the group's active roster at the time, including Paralax, Joe Cool, Jalt, Stainless Steel, Tom Tailor, Sky, Thage, Blitz, Tango and Cash, Brainkiller, Jack Daniels, Three DK, Headhunter, and Mike. All coding for the intro is credited to Thage. The accompanying crack of Turrican II by Rainbow Arts was handled by Tyger and Sting. Greetings extend to Ikari+Talent, Censor, Illusion, Dominators, Legend, Crazy, Extasy, Transcom, F4CG, Censor Design, Culture, ATG, Chromance, Bonzai, Genesis Project, and American contacts Inc, NEC+NEI, TSM, Exodus, ATC, and DDT.
Sources: CSDb Release · Doc Snyder · intros.c64.org
// ============================================ // output - Disassembled Source // ============================================ // KickAssembler syntax // Generated by Restore 64 v0.2.1 alpha build 298, 2026-04-01 10:59:28 // 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: $0a00 (2560) // IRQ handler: $0b02 (irq_0b02) // IRQ handler: $0b38 (irq_0b38) // IRQ handler: $0b70 (irq_0b70) // // Code: 2044 bytes, Data: 61444 bytes // Labels: 151, Subroutines: 12 // // Cross-references: all OK // ============================================ // --- Region $0803-$0803 --- .pc = $0803 "Program $0803" brk // --- Region $0a00-$0c53 --- .pc = $0a00 "main_0a00" main_0a00: sei lda #$02 sta $0314 lda #$0b sta $0315 lda #$1b sta $d011 lda #$28 sta $d012 lda #$08 sta $0286 lda #$05 sta dat_0cdc lda #$00 sta $0d70 sta $0d72 sta $0d96 sta $0d97 sta $0d98 sta $0d99 sta $0d7a sta $c6 bit $0b4b sta $d418 sta $d020 sta $d021 jsr $e544 lda #$01 ldy #$27 loc_0a4b: sta $d990,y sta $d9e0,y sta $da30,y dey bpl loc_0a4b ldx #$01 stx $d01a dex stx $dc0e lda #$80 sta smc_0bc1 // SMC: modifies $0bc1 lda #$13 sta smc_0bc2 // SMC: modifies $0bc2 jsr sub_0dd0 nop nop nop nop nop nop nop cli ldy #$03 loc_0a77: lda #$00 jsr sub_0ae1 dey bne loc_0a77 lda #$01 sta $0d7a ldy #$03 loc_0a86: lda #$00 lda sub_0ae1 dey bne loc_0a86 ldy #$00 loc_0a90: lda $0d7b,y sta $0d96 lda tbl_lo_0d84,y sta $0d97 lda tbl_hi_0d8d,y ldx #$00 loc_0aa1: sta $d800,x sta $d8a0,x inx cpx #$a0 bne loc_0aa1 lda #$e6 jsr sub_0ae1 iny cpy #$08 bne loc_0a90 ldy #$00 loc_0ab8: lda $0d7b,y sta $0d98 lda tbl_lo_0d84,y sta $0d99 lda tbl_hi_0d8d,y ldx #$00 loc_0ac9: sta $daa8,x sta $db48,x inx cpx #$a0 bne loc_0ac9 lda #$e6 jsr sub_0ae1 iny cpy #$08 bne loc_0ab8 jmp loc_0dea // Referenced by: jsr from $0a79, $0aae, $0ad6 sub_0ae1: sta $0d76 stx $0d74 sty $0d75 loc_0aea: