History
- Released
- 21 December 1990
- Code
- Father Time
- Music
- No Sync — "NEI Intro" (original)
- Graphics
- The Anarchist
- Charset
- Unitrax
- Group
- North East Importers — United States, founded May 1990
A full four-person American production from late 1990. Father Time coded while No Sync composed a custom piece titled simply "NEI Intro" — an original composition rather than a ripped game tune. The Anarchist provided graphics and Unitrax contributed the charset. This intro comes from the US branch of NEI — confusingly, both a US-founded and German-associated group shared the North East Importers name. Released on 21 December 1990 — a Christmas release. The custom composition demonstrates ambition even as the American C64 scene was at its smallest. The four-person team for what was by then a niche activity shows genuine dedication to production quality. This is a different NEI branch from #68 NEI 05 (the German iteration).
Sources: CSDb
nei-02.asm 5.635 lines
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