History
- Released
- 1985
- Code
- Sim
- Graphics
- Wam
- Concept
- Amb
- Group
- S.W.A.T. — United Kingdom, founded 1984
This 1985 intro from S.W.A.T. is an early British C64 production, coded by Sim with graphics by Wam and concept work credited to Amb. S.W.A.T. was a United Kingdom-based group founded in 1984, operating under the abbreviation SWAT. The 1985 release date places this intro in the first wave of the C64 cracking scene, when the platform was at its commercial peak. British groups of this era competed alongside Scandinavian and German crews for primacy in the European software distribution underground. Another S.W.A.T. intro — #192 S_w_a_t-02 — also appears in the rankings. The absence of a music credit and the presence of a "concept" role reflect the informal organizational structures of mid-1980s cracking groups, where members often filled multiple roles and credits were loosely assigned.
Sources: CSDb
// ============================================ // output - Disassembled Source // ============================================ // KickAssembler syntax // Generated by Restore 64 v0.2.1 alpha build 298, 2026-04-11 21:36:42 // 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: $0818 (2072) // IRQ handler: $0954 (irq_0954) // // Code: 1688 bytes, Data: 61799 bytes // Labels: 157, Subroutines: 17 // // Verification: 5 line(s) auto-corrected to .byte for exact byte matching // // Cross-references: all OK // ============================================ // --- Region $0818-$0830 --- .pc = $0818 "main_0818" main_0818: ldx #$3a loc_081a: lda $0830,x sta $02bf,x dex bne loc_081a lda #$00 sta $d020 jsr sub_3046 jsr sub_086b jmp $02c4 // --- Region $086b-$090f --- .pc = $086b "sub_086b" // Referenced by: jsr from $082b sub_086b: sei lda #$54 sta $0314 lda #$09 sta $0315 cli lda #$2b sta $07f8 lda #$2a sta $07f9 lda #$29 sta $07fa lda #$28 sta $07fb lda #$2c sta $07fc lda #$00 sta $d020 jsr sub_0949 lda #$00 sta $d021 sta $d009 lda #$0f sta $d01d lda #$52 sta $d000 lda #$82 sta $d002 lda #$b2 sta $d004 lda #$e2 sta $d006 lda #$a5 sta $d008 lda #$ff sta $d001 sta $d003 sta $d005 sta $d007 lda #$0f sta $d015 loc_08d1: dec $d001 dec $d003 dec $d005 dec $d007 jsr sub_093e lda $d007 cmp #$54 bne loc_08d1 loc_08e7: inc $d000 inc $d000 inc $d000 inc $d002 dec $d004 dec $d006 dec $d006 dec $d006 jsr sub_093e jsr sub_3000 lda $d000 cmp #$e2 bne loc_08e7 jmp loc_096c dat_090f: // === Fill data (1 bytes, $090f-$090f) === .byte $00 // . // --- Region $093e-$09a7 --- .pc = $093e "sub_093e" // Referenced by: jsr from $08dd, $08ff sub_093e: { ldx #$ff loop1: ldy #$05 loop2: dey bne loop2 dex bne loop1 rts } // Referenced by: jsr from $0895 sub_0949: lda #$01 // Referenced by: jsr from $097a sub_094b: { ldx #$05 loop: sta $d026,x dex bne loop rts } irq_0954: inc $d027 inc $d028 inc $d029