History
- Released
- April 1990
- Code
- Chrizz
- Music
- Markus Schneider — "Lingo"
- Group
- Warning / Sphinx — Netherlands, founded 8 May 1988
This crack intro, released in April 1990, is catalogued on CSDb under the Warning label but is attributed to the group Sphinx — a Dutch group founded on 8 May 1988 with the abbreviation "SPX." The relationship between Warning and Sphinx suggests either a sub-label, a brief renaming, or a cooperation between the two identities. The code is by Chrizz, and the SID music is "Lingo" by Markus Schneider, preserved in the HVSC. Schneider was a prolific SID composer whose tunes appeared in numerous crack intros across multiple groups during this era. Sphinx maintained a web presence at dotsphinx.com and operated from the Netherlands. The intro received a comment from StainlessSteel of Paramount on intros.c64.org in June 2007. No entries for the Warning name appear on Doc Snyder's page or Demozoo, reinforcing the likelihood that Warning was an alternate identity rather than a fully independent group.
Sources: CSDb · intros.c64.org
// ============================================ // output - Part 1 of 2 // ============================================ // KickAssembler syntax // Generated by Restore 64 v0.2.1 alpha build 298, 2026-04-11 21:37:00 // https://restore64.dev by datucker / Rabenauge // // Load address: $07ee End: $3801 (12308 bytes) // Crunched with Beta Dynamic v3 — depacked by emulation // Packer entry: $080b (via BASIC SYS 2059) // Entry point: $19a0 (6560) // // Code: 2677 bytes, Data: 9631 bytes // Labels: 263, Subroutines: 8 // // Cross-references: all OK // ============================================ // --- Region $1000-$1006 --- .pc = $1000 "sub_1000" // Referenced by: jsr from $19d4, $1b0f sub_1000: jmp loc_109a // Referenced by: jsr from $19a8 sub_1003: jmp loc_10a4 dat_1006: .byte $00 // . // --- Region $109a-$1644 --- .pc = $109a "loc_109a" loc_109a: lda dat_1006 beq loc_1110 bpl loc_1105 jmp loc_10dd loc_10a4: tax lda $10de,x sta $1046 txa sta $1047 ldx #$00 asl asl clc adc $1047 adc $1047 tay loc_10bb: lda $1726,y sta $1720,x iny inx cpx #$06 bne loc_10bb ldy #$00 lda $1047 asl adc $1047 tax loc_10d1: lda $1007,y sta $1007,y inx iny cpy #$03 bne loc_10d1 loc_10dd: ldx #$02 lda #$00 loc_10e1: sta $1030,x sta $102a,x sta $1027,x sta $101e,x sta $1076,x sta $1021,x sta $1079,x sta $1024,x dex bpl loc_10e1 sta dat_1006 lda $1046 sta $1042 loc_1105: ldx #$18 lda #$00 loc_1109: sta $d400,x dex bpl loc_1109 rts loc_1110: lda #$1f sta $d418 ldx #$02 stx $100d dec $1042 bpl loc_1125 lda $1046 sta $1042 loc_1125: stx $1038 lda $101a,x sta $101d lda $1042 cmp $1046 bne loc_1157 txa asl tay lda $1720,y sta smc_1477 // SMC: modifies $1477 lda $1721,y sta smc_1478 // SMC: modifies $1478 dec $1024,x bpl loc_114d jmp loc_147a loc_114d: lda $1064,x beq loc_1157 lda #$fe sta $1033,x loc_1157: lda $1030,x asl asl asl tay sty $1049 lda $17a6,y and #$f0 sta $103b