History
- Released
- 15 December 1986
- Group
- TMC 1991 — Netherlands
The Mercenary Cracker — identified on CSDb as scener ID 5357 — was a Dutch coder, cracker, and musician active from 1985 to 1988. His real identity was Charles Deenen, also known as The Silver Surfer. This intro, released on 15 December 1986, was used in cracks of Blood 'n Guts V2, Dragon's Lair II, and Space Harrier. Despite the "1991" in the group name, the releases date to 1986 — the suffix likely referenced a phone number or codename rather than a founding year. The Mercenary Cracker was a member of Flash Cracking Group, Hotline, Newlook, and The Light Circle, and he founded the group Scoop. No music or graphics credits are documented for this intro. A second TMC 1991 intro exists on CSDb from 9 December 1986, suggesting both designs were created within the same week. Another TMC entry appears at #280 TMC-02.
Sources: CSDb · intros.c64.org
// ============================================ // output - Disassembled Source // ============================================ // KickAssembler syntax // Generated by Restore 64 v0.2.1 alpha build 298, 2026-04-01 10:59:34 // 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: $0c00 (3072) // IRQ handler: $ea31 (irq_ea31) // IRQ handler: $0c97 (irq_0c97) // // Code: 717 bytes, Data: 62771 bytes // Labels: 159, Subroutines: 9 // // Cross-references: all OK // ============================================ // --- Region $0c00-$0c66 --- .pc = $0c00 "main_0c00" main_0c00: lda #$00 sta $c8 sta $a4 sta $d011 ldx #$00 loc_0c0b: lda chr_0f8b,x cmp #$00 beq loc_0c18 jsr $ffd2 inx bne loc_0c0b loc_0c18: sei jsr sub_0cfe lda #$97 ldy #$0c sta $0314 sty $0315 lda #$7f sta $dc0d lda #$01 sta $d01a jsr sub_0e9f cli loc_0c34: jsr $ffe4 beq loc_0c34 sei jsr $fda3 jsr $ff5b lda #$ea sta $0315 lda #$31 sta $0314 lda #$f0 sta $d01a sta $d020 sta $d021 ldx #$00 loc_0c57: lda chr_0c66,x sta $0400,x inx cpx #$31 bne loc_0c57 cli jmp $0400 chr_0c66: // === Charset data (1 bytes, $0c66-$0c66) === .byte $78 // char 0 (partial) // --- Region $0c97-$0ccf --- .pc = $0c97 "irq_0c97" irq_0c97: sei lda #$01 sta $d019 ldx $c8 lda chr_0cce,x sta $d021 sta $d020 lda $0cda,x sta $d016 lda $0ce6,x clc adc #$d0 sta $d012 lda $0cf2,x sta $c8 txa beq loc_0cc5 pla tay pla tax pla rti loc_0cc5: jsr sub_0efe jsr sub_0df7 jmp loc_0d1f chr_0cce: // === Charset data (2 bytes, $0cce-$0ccf) === .byte $00,$09 // char 0 (partial) // --- Region $0cfe-$0dcd --- .pc = $0cfe "sub_0cfe" // Referenced by: jsr from $0c19 sub_0cfe: lda #$d8 sta $35 lda #$0f sta $36 lda #$00 sta $02a7 lda #$02 sta $02a8 ldx #$00 lda #$20 loc_0d14: sta $04c8,x inx cpx #$28 bne loc_0d14 jmp loc_0d36 loc_0d1f: ldy $d8f0 ldx #$00 loc_0d24: lda $d8f1,x sta $d8f0,x inx