History
- Released
- 29 June 1991
- Code
- Raster Burner
- Music
- JCH (Jens-Christian Huus) — "Beatbassie"
- Group
- Italian Cracking Service — Italy, founded 1988
CSDb catalogues this as the "ICS Intro (Italian Dots+Bobs)," a reference to the visual effects used in the production. Raster Burner coded the intro while the soundtrack draws from JCH's (Jens-Christian Huus) "Beatbassie" — one of the Danish master composer's many tunes ripped for use in crack intros across Europe. The SID is preserved in the HVSC. Italian Cracking Service was founded in Italy in 1988, part of a modest but committed Italian C64 scene. Released on 29 June 1991, this arrived in the declining commercial years of the platform. Another ICS production appears elsewhere in the ranking at #271 ICS-12, which featured a different coder — Mamasoft — and also used a JCH tune. The group's consistent reliance on JCH's compositions demonstrates the Danish musician's extraordinary reach across national boundaries. The "dots and bobs" visual style was a common raster effect technique of the early 1990s.
Sources: CSDb
// ============================================ // ics-01 - Disassembled Source // ============================================ // KickAssembler syntax // Generated by Restore 64 vverify-cli 1.0 build 1, 2026-03-29 18:16:46 // 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: $3800 (14336) // IRQ handler: $3936 (irq_3936) // IRQ handler: $ea31 (loc_ea31) // // Code: 9201 bytes, Data: 54287 bytes // Labels: 690, Subroutines: 62 // // Verification: 3 line(s) auto-corrected to .byte for exact byte matching // // Cross-references: all OK // ============================================ // --- Region $0807-$080d --- .pc = $0807 "Program $0807" and ($34),y .byte $33,$33 // rla ($33),y // ILLEGAL rol $00,x brk // --- Region $0820-$0841 --- .pc = $0820 "sub_0820" // Referenced by: jsr from $0d47 sub_0820: txs ldy #$00 loc_0823: dec $32 dec $082c loc_0828: lda ($31),y sta $c100,y iny bne loc_0828 lda $32 cmp #$08 bne loc_0823 loc_0836: lda $0848,y sta $0100,y iny bne loc_0836 jmp $0000 // --- Region $089d-$08ad --- .pc = $089d "Program $089d" ldy #$fa ror $bc .byte $3a // nop // ILLEGAL tax bcs loc_08e3 inc $33f0 .byte $ff,$30,$33 // isc $3330,x // ILLEGAL .byte $33,$30 // rla ($30),y // ILLEGAL dat_08ad: .byte $0c // . // --- Region $08e3-$08f4 --- .pc = $08e3 "loc_08e3" loc_08e3: bmi loc_08f4 .byte $33,$c0 // rla ($c0),y // ILLEGAL .byte $0c,$cc,$c0 // nop $c0cc // ILLEGAL asl $c002 .byte $03,$9b // slo ($9b,x) // ILLEGAL brk dat_08f0: .byte $00,$ec,$00,$00 // .... loc_08f4: brk // --- Region $0908-$0908 --- .pc = $0908 "sub_0908" // Referenced by: jsr from $0c5e, $0c9c, $d8ad sub_0908: brk // --- Region $0920-$0927 --- .pc = $0920 "sub_0920" // Referenced by: jsr from $0c17 sub_0920: cpy #$0f .byte $ef,$c0,$0c // isc $0cc0 // ILLEGAL .byte $fc,$c0,$03 // nop $03c0,x // ILLEGAL // --- Region $0a0a-$0a0a --- .pc = $0a0a "sub_0a0a" // Referenced by: jsr from $105f sub_0a0a: brk // --- Region $0a20-$0a27 --- .pc = $0a20 "sub_0a20" // Referenced by: jsr from $0c3f, $0c86, $0ceb, $d8ef sub_0a20: brk dat_0a21: .byte $00,$30,$00,$00,$00,$00 // .0.... // Referenced by: jsr from $d898 sub_0a27: brk // --- Region $0b0a-$0b6f --- .pc = $0b0a "sub_0b0a" // Referenced by: jsr from $0d4a sub_0b0a: .byte $0b,$0c // anc #$0c // ILLEGAL ora sub_2020 bpl loc_0b12 .byte $02 // jam // ILLEGAL loc_0b12: jsr $0520 jsr sub_2020 jsr sub_200a jsr sub_0e0d .label sub_0b20 = * + 2 .byte $0f,$20,$20 // slo sub_2020 // ILLEGAL .byte $02 // jam // ILLEGAL .label sub_0b24 = * + 2 jsr sub_2020 asl $20 jsr sub_2020 jsr $0620 jsr sub_2020