History
- Group
- The Wanderer Group — Germany, founded 1987
The Wanderer Group was a German cracking and demo group founded in 1987 by Rubberduck and Speedcracker. CSDb catalogues over 280 releases by the group, which dissolved in 1989 after roughly two years of activity. Key members included coders Bone, Def, J-Up, Leffty, and Mad Butcher, alongside crackers Caos, Paradroid, and ZAZ. The group's motto — "Only the Strong Survive" — reflected the intensely competitive nature of the German cracking scene during this period. Two other TWG intros appear in this collection: TWG-02 and TWG+Pentacle, the latter a joint release with the German group Pentacle. Intros.c64.org comments reference a CSDb forum discussion and a Neuromancer crack release, suggesting community interest in documenting TWG's output. The group operated during the peak years of German C64 cracking, competing with operations like Tristar and Trianon for dominance in the domestic market.
Sources: CSDb — Group
// ============================================ // output - Part 1 of 2 // ============================================ // KickAssembler syntax // Generated by Restore 64 v0.2.1 alpha build 298, 2026-04-11 21:36:57 // https://restore64.dev by datucker / Rabenauge // // Load address: $0800 End: $2fff (10240 bytes) // Crunched with Cruncher AB — depacked by emulation // Packer entry: $080d (via BASIC SYS 2061) // Entry point: $0f10 (3856) // IRQ handler: $11a0 (irq_11a0) // IRQ handler: $21a0 (irq_21a0) // // Code: 1083 bytes, Data: 9157 bytes // Labels: 177, Subroutines: 12 // // Cross-references: all OK // ============================================ // --- Region $0e00-$0e39 --- .pc = $0e00 "sub_0e00" // Referenced by: jsr from $106f sub_0e00: lda #$ff sta $d015 sta $d01c lda #$0b sta $d025 lda #$0c sta $d026 ldx #$00 loc_0e14: lda txt_0e40,x sta $07f8,x inx cpx #$08 bne loc_0e14 lda #$ff sta $d01c ldy #$00 loc_0e26: lda $0e50,y sta $d027,y iny cpy #$08 bne loc_0e26 lda #$00 sta $d00e sta $d00f rts // --- Region $0e60-$0e73 --- .pc = $0e60 "sub_0e60" // Referenced by: jsr from $2228 sub_0e60: ldy dat_1500 ldx #$00 loc_0e65: lda $1501,x sta dat_1500,x inx cpx #$4f bne loc_0e65 sty $154f rts // --- Region $0f00-$0f23 --- .pc = $0f00 "loc_0f00" loc_0f00: ldx #$00 loc_0f02: lda $0d00,x sta chr_0800,x inx cpx #$10 bne loc_0f02 jmp loc_1000 main_0f10: jsr $fda3 jsr $fd15 jsr $ff5b jmp loc_0f00 // Referenced by: jsr from $2211 sub_0f1c: ldx #$00 loc_0f1e: nop inx bne loc_0f1e rts chr_0f23: // === Charset data (1 bytes, $0f23-$0f23) === .byte $00 // char 0 (partial) // --- Region $1000-$1075 --- .pc = $1000 "loc_1000" loc_1000: sei lda #$81 sta $d01a lda #$1b sta $d011 lda #$7f sta $dc0d lda #$11 sta $0315 lda #$a0 sta $0314 lda #$12 sta $d018 lda #$00 sta smc_232b // SMC: modifies $232b lda #$1b sta smc_232c // SMC: modifies $232c nop nop nop ldx #$00 loc_102e: lda #$0f sta $d800,x sta $d900,x inx bne loc_102e ldx #$00 loc_103b: lda #$0a sta $d9d0,x inx bne loc_103b nop nop nop nop