History
- Released
- 21 December 2020
- Music
- Bax (Bartek Wilk) — "Zombie"
- Charset
- Prowler
- Group
- Army of Darkness — United States, founded 21 December 2020
A modern crack intro released in 2020 — CSDb rates it 9.5/10, proof that the C64 cracking scene continues to produce exceptional work over three decades after the platform's commercial peak. Bax (Bartek Wilk) composed "Zombie" as an original SID piece, preserved in the HVSC. Prowler contributed the charset. Army of Darkness was founded on the same day this intro was released, suggesting it served as the group's debut statement. The 2020 date places this firmly in the "new school" era where C64 intros are created as artistic tributes to the historical cracking scene rather than practical accompaniments to pirated software. No coder credit is listed on CSDb. The high CSDb rating demonstrates that modern productions can match or exceed the quality of 1980s classics — contemporary SID musicians and pixel artists bring decades of accumulated technique to the platform.
Sources: CSDb · docsnyderspage
// ============================================ // output - Part 1 of 2 // ============================================ // KickAssembler syntax // Generated by Restore 64 v0.2.1 alpha build 298, 2026-04-01 10:59:44 // https://restore64.dev by datucker / Rabenauge // // Load address: $0800 End: $45c0 (15809 bytes) // Crunched with Cruncher AB — depacked by emulation // Packer entry: $080d (via BASIC SYS 2061) // Entry point: $0810 (2064) // IRQ handler: $08b8 (irq_08b8) // // Code: 2298 bytes, Data: 13511 bytes // Labels: 280, Subroutines: 15 // // Cross-references: all OK // ============================================ // --- Region $0810-$08aa --- .pc = $0810 "main_0810" main_0810: lda $02a6 beq loc_0824 lda #$08 sta smc_086e // SMC: modifies $086e lda #$10 sta $091d lda #$03 sta $091c loc_0824: sei jsr sub_0935 lda #$35 sta $01 lda #$01 sta $d019 sta $d01a lda #$1b sta $d011 lda #$7f sta $dc0d sta $dd0d lda #$00 sta $dc0e sta $dc0f lda $08b4 sta $d012 lda #$34 sta $fffc lda #$09 sta $fffd lda #$b8 sta $fffe lda #$08 sta $ffff // SMC: modifies $ffff lda $dc0d lda #$09 loc_0868: cmp $d012 bne loc_0868 .label smc_086e = * + 1 ldy #$04 // !SMC: modified by $0817 sty $dc04 loc_0872: dey bne loc_0872 sty $dc05 sta $dc0e,y lda #$11 cmp $d012 sty $d015 bne loc_0868 cli loc_0886: lda $dc01 cmp #$ef bne loc_0886 jmp loc_098b loc_0890: inc scr_08ab ldx scr_08ab cpx #$04 bne loc_089f ldx #$00 stx scr_08ab loc_089f: lda $08b4,x sta $d012 pla tax pla tay pla rti // --- Region $08b8-$0a58 --- .pc = $08b8 "irq_08b8" irq_08b8: pha lda $dc04 eor #$07 sta smc_08c2 // SMC: modifies $08c2 .label smc_08c2 = * + 1 bpl loc_08c3 // !SMC: modified by $08be loc_08c3: lda #$a9 lda #$a9 lda $eaa5 tya pha txa pha lda #$01 sta $d019 ldx scr_08ab lda tbl_08ac,x sta smc_08e3 // SMC: modifies $08e3 lda tbl_08b0,x sta smc_08e4 // SMC: modifies $08e4 .label smc_08e3 = * + 1 .label smc_08e4 = * + 2 jmp $ffff // !SMC: modified by $08d9, $08df lda #$19 sta $d018 lda #$00 sta $d021 jmp loc_0890 lda #$1d sta $d018 lda #$00 sta $d016 jmp loc_0890 sub_08ff: { ldy #$0c loop1: dey bne loop1 lda #$1b sta $d018