History
- Released
- July 1989
- Group
- NATO — United Kingdom, founded January 1988
The fourth numbered intro from NATO, a British cracking group whose name stood for "Nobodies Are Taking Over." Released in July 1989, this intro carries no individual code or music credits on CSDb. NATO were founded in January 1988 in the United Kingdom and maintained active trading contacts with both European and American groups. Their other ranked entries — #84 NATO-03 and #330 NATO-01 — feature work by coder Zero and SID musician Jeroen Tel, suggesting a consistent creative team across multiple intros. Doc Snyder's page documents that the group's intro #02 was used to release a crack of "Wizard Warz" by Zero on 3 March 1988. NATO appeared frequently in greeting lists from prominent groups including Action, Fairlight, and Ikari. Their scrolltexts also mention connections to NFI and NFL, indicating a respected position within the late-1980s British and wider European scene.
Sources: CSDb · docsnyderspage
// ============================================ // output - Part 1 of 2 // ============================================ // KickAssembler syntax // Generated by Restore 64 v0.2.1 alpha build 298, 2026-04-11 21:36:25 // 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: $0801 (2049) // // Code: 554 bytes, Data: 62934 bytes // Labels: 78, Subroutines: 5 // // Cross-references: all OK // ============================================ // --- Region $0801-$0820 --- .pc = $0801 "main_0801" main_0801: jsr sub_08fe stx $d011 sei .byte $e7,$01 // isc $01 // ILLEGAL loc_080a: lda $f720,x sta $ff00,x inx bne loc_080a .byte $cf,$0f,$08 // dcp $080f // ILLEGAL dec $080c bne loc_080a .byte $c7,$01 // dcp $01 // ILLEGAL jmp loc_1000 dat_0820: .byte $20 // // --- Region $08b3-$08de --- .pc = $08b3 "loc_08b3" loc_08b3: .byte $af,$12,$d0 // lax $d012 // ILLEGAL loc_08b6: cmp #$43 bne loc_08b3 lda #$20 sta $d016 ldx $dc01 cpx #$ef beq loc_08c9 jmp loc_ea81 loc_08c9: jsr sub_10d2 .byte $4f,$11,$d0 // sre $d011 // ILLEGAL sei .byte $e7,$01 // isc $01 // ILLEGAL loc_08d2: lda $10be,x sta $0100,x inx bne loc_08d2 jmp ($10b6) dat_08de: .byte $b9 // . // --- Region $08fe-$0915 --- .pc = $08fe "sub_08fe" // Referenced by: jsr from $0801 sub_08fe: jsr $fda3 jsr $fd15 jsr $ff5b jsr $e3bf tax tay lda #$5b sta $fc lda #$13 sta $fd rts dat_0915: .byte $a0 // . // --- Region $0949-$09ad --- .pc = $0949 "loc_0949" loc_0949: sei lda #$33 sta $01 lda #$d8 sta $fc ldy #$00 sty $fb dec $2b ldx #$07 loc_095a: lda ($fb),y sta ($2b),y dey bne loc_095a inc $fc inc $2c dex bpl loc_095a lda #$5c sta $fa lda #$08 sta $fc lda #$0c sta $fe loc_0974: ldy #$07 ldx #$0f loc_0978: lda ($fb),y sta $10,x dex sta $10,x dex dey bpl loc_0978 ldy #$07 loc_0985: ldx $10,y txa sta ($fb),y ldx $18,y txa sta ($fd),y dey bpl loc_0985 lda $fb clc adc #$08