History
- Released
- January 1987
- Group
- Yeti Factories — Germany
The sole crack intro attributed to The Schnick — an individual scener rather than a group, documented on CSDb under scener ID 17353. The Schnick operated primarily as a cracker and was a member of Yeti Factories (CSDb group ID 2037), a German outfit. This intro (CSDb release 54641) is dated 5 January 1987 and was used in the crack "Cobra+" released jointly by Dynamic-Duo and Yeti Factories. The Schnick's other known productions include cracks with trainers for titles such as Future Knight and Infodroid, along with collaborative work on Grand Prix Simulator, Renegade, and Terra Cresta alongside Yeti Factories and Dynamic-Duo throughout 1987. No specific music or graphics credits are documented for this intro on CSDb. The production drew comments on intros.c64.org from Twoflower and Rough in November 2007. The Schnick represents a type common in the mid-1980s scene — a skilled individual cracker operating through group alliances rather than maintaining a standalone crew.
Sources: CSDb · CSDb — Scener · intros.c64.org
// ============================================ // output - Disassembled Source // ============================================ // KickAssembler syntax // Generated by Restore 64 v0.2.1 alpha build 298, 2026-04-11 21:36:43 // https://restore64.dev by datucker / Rabenauge // // Load address: $0800 End: $1126 (2343 bytes) // Entry point: $0800 (2048) // // Code: 230 bytes, Data: 2113 bytes // Labels: 49, Subroutines: 0 // // Cross-references: all OK // ============================================ // --- Region $0800-$0800 --- .pc = $0800 "main_0800" main_0800: brk // --- Region $080d-$082f --- .pc = $080d "loc_080d" loc_080d: ldx #$1b sei inc $01 loc_0812: cpx #$06 bcs loc_081b dat_0816: .byte $bd,$04,$10,$95,$fa // ..... loc_081b: lda $100a,x sta $a0,x dex bpl loc_0812 loc_0823: lda loc_1026,y sta $06e8,y iny bne loc_0823 jmp $0707 dat_082f: .byte $22 // " // --- Region $1026-$1045 --- .pc = $1026 "loc_1026" loc_1026: jsr $07cd sta ($fe),y lda #$ff .byte $c7,$fe // dcp $fe // ILLEGAL loc_102f: bne loc_1033 dec $ff loc_1033: lda $fd cmp #$07 bne loc_1050 lda $fc cmp #$e8 bne loc_1050 dec $01 cli jmp loc_080d dat_1045: .byte $a0 // . // --- Region $1050-$10f9 --- .pc = $1050 "loc_1050" loc_1050: jsr $07bb bcs loc_1026 ldx #$00 stx $9b stx $9c jsr $07bb bcc loc_109a jsr $07bb bcc loc_1096 jsr $07bb bcc loc_1092 jsr $07bb bcc loc_108e jsr $07bb bcc loc_1079 jsr $07cd bne loc_1088 loc_1079: ldx #$03 loc_107b: jsr $07bb rol $97 dex bne loc_107b lda $97 clc adc #$06 loc_1088: sta $97 ldx #$05 bne loc_109e loc_108e: ldx #$05 bne loc_109c loc_1092: ldx #$04 bne loc_109c loc_1096: ldx #$03 bne loc_109c loc_109a: ldx #$02 loc_109c: stx $97 loc_109e: jsr $07bb bcs loc_10a9 lda #$00 sta $9e beq loc_10bc loc_10a9: txa adc #$03 tax jsr $07bb