History
- Released
- 1994
- Code
- Axon
- Music
- Bax (Bartek Wilk) — "Excuse"
- Graphics
- Fazee
- Group
- Fatum — Poland
A 1994 crack intro from Fatum, a Polish group identified on CSDb by the single-letter abbreviation "F." Axon handled the code while Fazee contributed the graphics. Bax (Bartek Wilk) composed the soundtrack "Excuse" — preserved in the HVSC. Doc Snyder's page confirms the same credits and also attributes the charset to Axon, indicating he served a dual role. The scrolltext — preserved on Doc Snyder's page — reveals the intro accompanied a crack of "Alien Smash +2" by Moonchild of Fatum, trained on 20 April 1994, with the original supplied by Blaster. Fatum operated from Poland, part of the Eastern European scene that grew significantly in the early 1990s as political changes opened up access to Western software and scene contacts. The scrolltext's phone number references a Finnish BBS connection, suggesting the group maintained international trading channels.
Sources: CSDb · docsnyderspage
// ============================================ // output - Disassembled Source // ============================================ // KickAssembler syntax // Generated by Restore 64 v0.2.1 alpha build 298, 2026-04-11 21:35:38 // https://restore64.dev by datucker / Rabenauge // // Load address: $0800 End: $39ff (12800 bytes) // Crunched with Cruncher AB — depacked by emulation // Packer entry: $080d (via BASIC SYS 2061) // Entry point: $0803 (2051) // IRQ handler: $08da (irq_08da) // IRQ handler: $0b5c (irq_0b5c) // IRQ handler: $0d70 (irq_0d70) // // Code: 3244 bytes, Data: 9556 bytes // Labels: 292, Subroutines: 11 // // Cross-references: all OK // ============================================ // --- Region $0803-$0bff --- .pc = $0803 "main_0803" main_0803: lda #$37 sta $01 jsr $ff5b sei lda #$00 sta $d020 sta $d021 sta $d027 sta $d028 sta $d029 sta $d02a sta $02 sta $d01b tax tay jsr sub_1000 jsr sub_0eb4 lda #$ff sta $d015 lda #$08 sta $03 sta $d00c lda #$e8 sta $d00e lda #$50 sta $d00a lda #$b3 sta $d010 lda #$0f sta $d017 // SMC: modifies $d017 sta $d01d sta $1717 ldx #$00 txa loc_0855: sta $da98,x sta $0698,x sta $0400,x sta $d800,x inx bne loc_0855 lda #$03 sta $dd00 lda #$18 sta $d016 sta $d018 ldx #$00 loc_0873: lda dat_3600,x sta $04e8,x lda $3700,x sta $05e8,x lda dat_3800,x sta $d8e8,x lda $3900,x sta $d9e8,x lda #$00 sta $2400,x sta $2500,x inx bne loc_0873 lda #$ff loc_0898: sta spr_2580,x inx cpx #$40 bne loc_0898 ldx #$90 stx $07fc inx stx $07fd inx stx $07fe inx stx $07ff lda smc_0b8d sta smc_0d2b // SMC: modifies $0d2b sei lda #$da sta $0314 lda #$08 sta $0315 lda #$7f sta $dc0d lda #$01 sta $d01a lda #$9b sta $d011 lda #$1b sta $d012 cli loc_08d7: .label smc_08d8 = * + 1 .label smc_08d9 = * + 2 jmp loc_08d7 // !SMC: modified by $0e22, $0e27 irq_08da: ldy #$06 sta scr_0800 nop nop nop bit $ea ldx #$0d loc_08e6: dex bne loc_08e6 nop lda $d012 cmp #$1c beq loc_08f1 loc_08f1: ldx #$0a loc_08f3: dex bne loc_08f3 nop