History
- Released
- October 1995
- Code
- Druid
- Graphics
- Astaroth
- Music
- Compod (Roman Majewski) — "Egipska Opowiesc"
- Group
- Avantgarde — Germany, founded October 1993
CSDb catalogues this as the "Sphinx' Power" intro — Druid coded it, Astaroth created the graphics, and Compod (Roman Majewski) composed "Egipska Opowiesc," preserved in the HVSC. The Egyptian-themed music and title suggest a coordinated visual concept, unusual for crack intros which rarely featured thematic coherence between audio and visuals. Released in October 1995, this came two years after Avantgarde's founding in October 1993. Doc Snyder's page reveals a deep roster including coders Suicide, Dave, Magic Man (Stephan Schloepke), and Jack Alien, with musicians Thomas Detert, Iron Cat, Xayne, and Predator. Avantgarde operated under the tagline "The Leaders of new Movements" and their scrolltexts regularly greeted Empire, F4CG, TRC+SCS, Chromance, and Fairlight. This is the third Avantgarde entry in the rankings, alongside #247 AVT-03 and #429 AVT-27.
Sources: CSDb · Doc Snyder
// ============================================ // output - Disassembled Source // ============================================ // KickAssembler syntax // Generated by Restore 64 v0.2.1 alpha build 298, 2026-04-11 21:35:09 // https://restore64.dev by datucker / Rabenauge // // Load address: $0800 End: $4800 (16385 bytes) // Crunched with Cruncher AB — depacked by emulation // Packer entry: $080d (via BASIC SYS 2061) // Entry point: $0b00 (2816) // IRQ handler: $ea86 (nmi_ea86) // IRQ handler: $0e00 (irq_0e00) // // Code: 2460 bytes, Data: 13925 bytes // Labels: 266, Subroutines: 15 // // Cross-references: all OK // ============================================ // --- Region $0b00-$0bc0 --- .pc = $0b00 "main_0b00" main_0b00: jmp loc_43fb loc_0b03: lda #$00 sta $d020 sta $d021 lda #$07 sta $0286 jsr $e544 sei lda #$00 sta $d012 sta $3fff jsr sub_1000 lda #$86 sta $0318 lda #$ea sta $0319 lda #$7f sta $dc0d lda $dc0d lda #$01 sta $d01a lda #$00 sta $0314 lda #$0e sta $0315 ldx #$00 loc_0b42: lda $4000,x sta $0400,x lda $4100,x sta $0500,x lda $4200,x sta $0600,x lda $4300,x sta $0700,x inx bne loc_0b42 ldx #$02 lda #$0f loc_0b61: sta $dad8,x inx cpx #$1e bne loc_0b61 lda #$0f loc_0b6b: sta $db00,x inx bne loc_0b6b ldx #$01 loc_0b73: lda chr_0bc0,x and #$3f sta $3ed0,x inx cpx #$26 bne loc_0b73 ldx #$00 loc_0b82: lda txt_0c00,x and #$3f sta $3f20,x inx cpx #$28 bne loc_0b82 jsr sub_0c28 ldy #$00 sty $db98 sty $db99 sty $dbbf sty $dbbe ldx #$0b stx $db9a stx $dbbd inx stx $db9b stx $dbbc dey loc_0bb0: cpy $d012 bne loc_0bb0 lda #$30 loc_0bb7: cmp $d012 bne loc_0bb7 cli loc_0bbd: jmp loc_0bbd chr_0bc0: .text " " // --- Region $0c28-$0c7c --- .pc = $0c28 "sub_0c28" // Referenced by: jsr from $0b8f sub_0c28: lda #$00 sta $02 lda #$46 sta $03 rts // Referenced by: jsr from $0e12 sub_0c31: lda #$f0 sta $d015 lda #$00 sta $d010 sta $d01c sta $d017 // SMC: modifies $d017 sta $d01b sta $d01d jsr sub_0c89 lda #$a1