History
- Released
- 1987
- Group
- Electro
This crack intro from the mid-1980s represents a production by Electro, an individual scener or small group active in 1986–1987. CSDb documents three Electro intros from this period, including the "Electro 1939 Intro" used with the crack of Booty. No individual credits for code, music, or graphics have been preserved in the database, which is common for releases from this early era when scene documentation was sparse. The intro predates the formalized credit structures that later became standard in crack intros. Electro's releases were produced during a transitional period in the C64 cracking scene, when groups were evolving from simple text-based intros toward more elaborate audiovisual presentations. The scarcity of documentation surrounding Electro underscores how many early contributors to the scene remain poorly recorded, their work surviving only through preserved disk images and database entries.
Sources: CSDb — Electro Intro · intros.c64.org
// ============================================ // output - Part 1 of 2 // ============================================ // KickAssembler syntax // Generated by Restore 64 v0.2.1 alpha build 298, 2026-04-11 21:35:18 // https://restore64.dev by datucker / Rabenauge // // Load address: $0700 End: $db26 (54311 bytes) // Crunched with Exomizer v2/v3 — depacked by emulation // Packer entry: $080b (via BASIC SYS 2059) // Entry point: $0ffb (4091) // IRQ handler: $157a (irq_157a) // IRQ handler: $1700 (irq_1700) // // Code: 1004 bytes, Data: 53307 bytes // Labels: 160, Subroutines: 16 // // Cross-references: all OK // ============================================ // --- Region $0f22-$0faa --- .pc = $0f22 "loc_0f22" loc_0f22: ldx #$00 loc_0f24: lda dat_0f00,x sta $d000,x inx cpx #$22 bne loc_0f24 nop nop nop nop nop nop nop nop nop nop ldx #$00 loc_0f3b: lda #$01 sta $d027,x inx cpx #$08 bne loc_0f3b ldx #$08 loc_0f47: .label smc_0f48 = * + 1 lda #$20 // !SMC: modified by $1004 .label smc_0f4a = * + 1 sta $07f7 // !SMC: modified by $1007 dec smc_0f48 dec smc_0f4a dex cpx #$00 bne loc_0f47 lda #$80 ldx #$0a sta $5f stx $60 lda #$68 ldx #$0e sta $5a stx $5b lda #$e8 ldx #$07 sta $58 stx $59 jsr sub_a3bf jsr sub_15fb lda #$17 ldx #$00 sta $0315 stx $0314 loc_0f7f: lda $dc01 cmp #$ef beq loc_0f99 ldx #$00 loc_0f88: lda $d9e0 sta $d990,x sta $daf8,x inx cpx #$2f bne loc_0f88 jmp loc_0f7f loc_0f99: sei jsr $ff8a jsr $e518 lda #$00 sta $d418 jsr $fda3 jmp $fce2 // --- Region $0ffb-$10c1 --- .pc = $0ffb "main_0ffb" main_0ffb: lda #$0f sta $d418 lda #$28 ldx #$ff sta smc_0f48 // SMC: modifies $0f48 stx smc_0f4a // SMC: modifies $0f4a jsr sub_1010 jmp loc_0f22 // Referenced by: jsr from $100a sub_1010: lda #$00 ldx #$18 sta $5f stx $60 lda #$e8 ldx #$1b sta $5a stx $5b lda #$e8 ldx #$db sta $58 stx $59 jsr sub_a3bf rts // Referenced by: jsr from $1f53 sub_102c: sta $d027 sta $d028 sta $d029 sta $d02a sta $d02b sta $d02c sta $d02d sta $d02e rts loc_1045: lda $d9e0