History
- Released
- 7 September 1989
- Code
- Chrizz
- Charset
- Unitrax
- Music
- JCH (Jens-Christian Huus) — No Birthday!
- Graphics
- uncredited
- Group
- North East Crackers — United States, founded 1988
Titled "North East Crackers Intro (Flames)" on CSDb — a reference to its fire effect — this crack intro from 7 September 1989 is catalogued as release #58929. Chrizz handled the code, Unitrax designed the charset, and JCH — Jens-Christian Huus — provided the SID tune "No Birthday!," preserved in the HVSC. The graphics credit on CSDb is listed but left unnamed. Doc Snyder's page confirms the same credits for NEC Crack Intro #01, additionally crediting Chrizz for the artwork. The scrolltext lists NEC's membership roster: Horizon, Tinman, The Gamer, Grim Reaper, Notorious Archmage, and others. Greetings reach US groups L'Au, XDS, ATC, and INC, alongside European contacts including Sphinx, DCS, NATO, Cosmos, and Talent. A 2019 comment on Doc Snyder's page from Mangar/NEC pays tribute to founding member Zsolt (Horizon), crediting him with shaping his career in technology — they were just 13 and 14 years old during NEC's heyday.
Sources: CSDb · docsnyderspage
// ============================================ // output - Part 1 of 3 // ============================================ // KickAssembler syntax // Generated by Restore 64 v0.2.1 alpha build 298, 2026-04-11 21:35:58 // 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: $1080 (4224) // IRQ handler: $12aa (irq_12aa) // IRQ handler: $ea31 (irq_ea31) // // Code: 1538 bytes, Data: 61950 bytes // Labels: 247, Subroutines: 6 // // Cross-references: all OK // ============================================ // --- Region $1080-$1191 --- .pc = $1080 "main_1080" main_1080: sei lda #$37 sta $01 lda #$93 jsr $ffd2 jsr sub_1412 beq loc_109e ldx #$2e loc_1091: lda $13e2,x cmp #$09 bne loc_109b dec $13e2,x loc_109b: dex bpl loc_1091 loc_109e: ldx #$ff txs inx stx $d020 stx $d021 stx $fe lda #$c7 sta $dd00 stx $ff stx $fa stx $02 stx $04 stx $06 loc_10b9: lda #$01 sta $d800,x sta $d900,x sta $da00,x sta $db00,x inx bne loc_10b9 lda #$20 sta smc_10d4 // SMC: modifies $10d4 txa ldy #$10 loc_10d2: .label smc_10d4 = * + 2 sta dat_3000,x // !SMC: modified by $10cc inx bne loc_10d2 inc smc_10d4 dey bne loc_10d2 clc loc_10df: sta $0568,x adc #$01 sta $0590,x adc #$01 sta $05b8,x adc #$01 sta $05e0,x adc #$01 sta $0608,x adc #$01 sta $0630,x adc #$01 inx cpx #$28 bne loc_10df lda #$7f sta $dc0d lda $dc0d lda #$1b sta $d011 lda #$81 sta $d01a sta $d019 lda #$7a sta $d012 lda #$aa sta $0314 lda #$12 sta $0315 lda #$18 sta $fd ldx #$77 lda #$20 loc_112e: sta $0340,x dex bpl loc_112e lda #$16 sta $03 lda #$19 sta $05 lda #$1c sta $07 lda #$2a sta $fb lda #$58 sta $fc lda #$02 sta smc_117f // SMC: modifies $117f cli loc_114e: lda $fe bne $1182 ldx #$00 loc_1154: lda $0341,x sta $0340,x inx cpx #$77 bne loc_1154 ldx #$00 loc_1161: lda ($02,x)