History
- Released
- November 1984
- Group
- Mr. Z / Triad — Sweden
A crack intro by Mr. Z — a Swedish coder and cracker who co-founded Triad, one of the most enduring groups in C64 history. CSDb documents Mr. Z (scener ID 8072) as a Triad member from 28 July 1986 to June 1987, with over 200 releases to his name. His earliest documented intro (CSDb release ID 102797) dates to November 1984, and his later "Mr. Z intro" from March 1987 was used in over 400 Triad cracks — an extraordinary figure. Mr. Z's intros were characterised by distinctive striped patterns, and he embedded dates in a unique encoding format using the string "baaabonm" in reverse video. His TRIAD-era intros also appear at CSDb under IDs 53379 and 107321. The ranking of this intro at position 144 — the highest of all the Mr. Z entries — reflects the community's recognition of his foundational contributions to Swedish cracking culture. Mr. Z's prolific output during 1984-1987 helped establish Triad's early reputation.
Sources: CSDb · CSDb Scener · intros.c64.org
// ============================================ // output - Disassembled Source // ============================================ // KickAssembler syntax // Generated by Restore 64 v0.2.1 alpha build 298, 2026-04-01 10:59:29 // https://restore64.dev by datucker / Rabenauge // // Load address: $0801 End: $ffff (63487 bytes) // Crunched with NSU Packer 1.1 — depacked by emulation // Packer entry: $080d (via BASIC SYS 2061) // Entry point: $c000 (49152) // IRQ handler: $c21c (irq_c21c) // IRQ handler: $c25d (irq_c25d) // // Code: 475 bytes, Data: 63012 bytes // Labels: 49, Subroutines: 4 // // Verification: 4 line(s) auto-corrected to .byte for exact byte matching // // Cross-references: all OK // ============================================ // --- Region $8dd0-$8dd0 --- .pc = $8dd0 "Segment $8dd0" brk // --- Region $c000-$c07c --- .pc = $c000 "main_c000" main_c000: jsr sub_c076 jsr sub_c1f8 ldy #$00 ldx #$00 lda #$06 sta $fb jsr sub_c294 loc_c011: lda #$00 sta $dc00 lda $dc01 cmp #$ff bne loc_c027 iny bne loc_c011 inx bne loc_c011 dec $fb bne loc_c011 loc_c027: jsr $ff81 jsr $ff84 jsr $ff8a jsr $e518 ldx #$00 loc_c035: lda dat_c300,x sta $0800,x inx cpx #$15 bne loc_c035 ldx #$40 loc_c042: lda dat_c300,x sta $f500,x inx bne loc_c042 sei lda #$35 sta $01 lda #$e6 ldx #$f6 ldy #$0a jsr sub_c06d lda #$37 sta $01 cli lda #$cc ldx #$04 ldy #$04 jmp loc_fce2 dat_c067: .byte $20,$9b,$c1,$4c,$e2,$fc // ..L.. // Referenced by: jsr from $c056 sub_c06d: sta $fb stx $fc sty $fd jmp loc_c15a // Referenced by: jsr from $c000, $c15c sub_c076: .byte $af,$e7,$c0 // lax $c0e7 // ILLEGAL .byte $df,$2c,$c1 // dcp $c12c,x // ILLEGAL dat_c07c: .byte $ff // . // --- Region $c15a-$c165 --- .pc = $c15a "loc_c15a" loc_c15a: .byte $f4,$d9 // nop $d9,x // ILLEGAL jsr sub_c076 .byte $af,$59,$c1 // lax $c159 // ILLEGAL .byte $0b,$ff // anc #$ff // ILLEGAL dat_c164: .byte $eb,$80 // .. // --- Region $c1f8-$c2a0 --- .pc = $c1f8 "sub_c1f8" // Referenced by: jsr from $c003 sub_c1f8: sei lda #$1c sta $0314 lda #$c2 sta $0315 lda #$01 sta $d01a lda #$7f sta $dc0d lda #$c1 sta $0318 lda #$02 sta $8c lda #$00 sta $8b cli rts irq_c21c: ldy #$1b nop nop nop inc $8b ldx $8b lda $c2a2,x sta $d020 sta $d021