History
- Released
- 1 December 1987
- Group
- Fantasy Cracking Service -- Germany, founded 1986
CSDb confirms this as a later FCS intro coded by T'Kay, reusing Flash's "Das Boot" SID composition that also appeared in the earlier Lukullus-coded FCS intro. T'Kay was a coder and cracker within FCS, part of a group that had approximately 30 members spanning coding, cracking, and swapping roles. Released on 1 December 1987, the intro was used in cracks of Andy Capp, Deflektor +, Pebbles, Power Struggle, and Tobruk 1942. Fantasy Cracking Service was a German group founded in 1986 that produced 542 documented releases before dissolving in 1988. The reuse of Flash's popular "Das Boot" tune across multiple FCS intros created sonic continuity -- listeners would immediately associate the music with the group's identity. FCS's Copy Party on 5 December 1987 was held just days after this intro's release. Doc Snyder's page documents the group's output, and several FCS members later founded the group Axios.
Sources: CSDb · docsnyderspage
// ============================================ // output - Disassembled Source // ============================================ // KickAssembler syntax // Generated by Restore 64 v0.2.1 alpha build 298, 2026-04-11 21:35:40 // https://restore64.dev by datucker / Rabenauge // // Load address: $0800 End: $ffff (63488 bytes) // Crunched with Exomizer v2/v3 (with relocation) — depacked by emulation // Packer entry: $0810 (via BASIC SYS 2064) // Entry point: $108f (4239) // IRQ handler: $0d34 (irq_0d34) // IRQ handler: $ea31 (loc_ea31) // IRQ handler: $1031 (irq_1031) // IRQ handler: $3081 (irq_3081) // // Code: 1325 bytes, Data: 62163 bytes // Labels: 174, Subroutines: 5 // // Cross-references: all OK // ============================================ // --- Region $085a-$0860 --- .pc = $085a "loc_085a" loc_085a: sei bvs loc_08d5 ror.abs $0063 rti // --- Region $0890-$0897 --- .pc = $0890 "loc_0890" loc_0890: bvs loc_08fe ror $7c sei jmp ($0063) // --- Region $08d5-$08d5 --- .pc = $08d5 "loc_08d5" loc_08d5: rts // --- Region $08fe-$0900 --- .pc = $08fe "loc_08fe" loc_08fe: bpl loc_0900 loc_0900: brk // --- Region $0d00-$0df9 --- .pc = $0d00 "sub_0d00" // Referenced by: jsr from $1290, $ffb6 sub_0d00: lda #$d7 sta $034d lda #$00 sta $f9 lda #$0a sta $fa sei lda #$34 sta $0314 lda #$0d sta $0315 lda $d011 and #$7f sta $d011 lda #$10 sta $d012 lda #$81 sta $d01a lda #$00 sta $dc0e sta $034a cli rts irq_0d34: lda $d019 and #$01 bne loc_0d3e jmp loc_ea31 loc_0d3e: sta $d019 lda $034a cmp #$00 bne loc_0d8f lda #$0f sta $d015 lda #$c8 sta $d016 jsr sub_0ee0 lda $034d cmp #$bf bne loc_0d8f lda #$c7 sta $034d ldy #$00 lda ($f9),y beq loc_0d7a sta $07bf inc $f9 bne loc_0d70 inc $fa loc_0d70: jmp loc_0d82 dat_0d73: .byte $00,$00,$00,$00,$00,$0e,$00 // ....... loc_0d7a: lda #$00 sta $f9 lda #$0a sta $fa loc_0d82: ldx #$00 loc_0d84: lda $0799,x sta $0798,x inx cpx #$27 bne loc_0d84 loc_0d8f: ldx $034a lda $0e6c,x sta $d000 lda txt_0e32,x sta $d001 lda $d010 and #$fe ora $0ea8,x sta $d010 lda txt_0dfa,x sta $d012 inc $034a ldx $034a