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- The Mediator — Germany
The sole ranked intro from The Mediator, a German cracking group documented on CSDb under group ID 3375. The group's membership included crackers Cutty Sark, Data Hacker, Hal, Kater Karlo, Snivi, and TCI, with Soma contributing code. CSDb lists approximately 50 releases, primarily cracks from 1985, placing The Mediator among the earliest German cracking operations. No founding or dissolution dates are recorded, but the concentration of releases in 1985 suggests a brief but active period. No specific credits for code, music, or graphics have been confirmed for this particular intro. Comments on intros.c64.org from Daison and Rough — both recognized scene cataloguers — confirm the production's visibility. The Mediator's early-era activity predates the wave of German groups that dominated the late 1980s scene, making it a representative example of the formative period when German crackers first established their presence on the platform.
Sources: CSDb Group · intros.c64.org
// ============================================ // output - Part 1 of 2 // ============================================ // KickAssembler syntax // Generated by Restore 64 v0.2.1 alpha build 298, 2026-04-11 21:35:56 // https://restore64.dev by datucker / Rabenauge // // Load address: $0800 End: $da03 (53764 bytes) // Note: PRG was crunched, depacked by emulation // Packer entry: $080b (via BASIC SYS 2059) // Entry point: $0813 (2067) // IRQ handler: $0813 (main_0813) // IRQ handler: $ea31 (irq_ea31) // IRQ handler: $09c2 (irq_09c2) // // Code: 531 bytes, Data: 53233 bytes // Labels: 73, Subroutines: 8 // // Verification: 5 line(s) auto-corrected to .byte for exact byte matching // // Cross-references: all OK // ============================================ // --- Region $0812-$0951 --- .pc = $0812 "loc_0812" loc_0812: brk main_0813: sei lda #$13 sta $0318 lda #$08 sta $0319 cli lda #$06 sta $d020 sta $d021 lda #$73 ldy #$0b jsr sub_ab1e lda #$96 sta $58 sta $57 ldx #$11 ldy #$00 jsr $e50c lda #$7b ldy #$0d jsr sub_ab1e jsr sub_0987 jsr sub_0992 jsr sub_0bb3 jsr sub_0b94 lda #$81 sta $af loc_0852: dec $57 inc $58 jsr sub_0b83 jsr $ffe4 cmp #$5f bne loc_0863 jmp loc_08e3 loc_0863: lda $57 cmp #$32 bne loc_0852 jsr sub_0987 lda #$07 sta $ae jsr sub_0d6c jsr sub_0987 lda #$41 sta $af lda #$53 sta $8b lda #$0a sta $8c jsr sub_0987 lda #$00 sta $8d sta $0286 sei lda #$b1 sta $0314 cli loc_0893: ldx #$16 ldy #$00 jsr $e50c lda $8b ldy $8c jsr sub_ab1e lda $0286 cmp #$01 bne loc_08ab jsr sub_0b83 loc_08ab: lda #$16 jsr sub_0985 ldx $8d lda $0b78,x cmp #$ff beq loc_08c1 sta $0286 inc $8d jmp loc_0893 loc_08c1: lda #$00 sta $8d clc lda $8b adc #$29 sta $8b lda $8c adc #$00 sta $8c ldx #$00 lda ($8b,x) cmp #$ff beq loc_08e0 jsr sub_0987 jmp loc_0893 loc_08e0: jsr sub_0987 loc_08e3: ldx #$16 jsr $e9ff jsr sub_0bb3 lda #$06 sta $ae jsr sub_0d6c lda #$81 sta $af loc_08f6: inc $57 dec $58 jsr sub_0b83 lda $57