History
- Group
- Popeye — Sweden
A crack intro from Popeye — a group or individual whose CSDb presence is extensive, with over twenty cracking releases catalogued under scener ID 24887 and group ID 3069. The CSDb scener data indicates a Swedish origin. The matched release (CSDb ID 64513) is typed as a C64 crack rather than a standalone intro, though the distinction was often blurred in the scene. No individual credits for code, music, or graphics appear on the CSDb release page. The name "Popeye" — borrowed from the classic cartoon character — was a common type of pop culture reference in 1980s scene handles. The sheer volume of Popeye releases on CSDb — spanning numerous entries — indicates sustained cracking activity over a significant period. The group is absent from Doc Snyder's Page, Demozoo, and the Atlantis Prophecy archive. Comments on intros.c64.org include one from a user identified as Popeye, suggesting the original scener was aware of the archival effort.
Sources: CSDb · intros.c64.org
// ============================================ // output - Disassembled Source // ============================================ // KickAssembler syntax // Generated by Restore 64 v0.2.1 alpha build 298, 2026-04-11 21:36:30 // https://restore64.dev by datucker / Rabenauge // // Load address: $0801 End: $ffff (63487 bytes) // Crunched with Exomizer v2/v3 (with relocation) — depacked by emulation // Packer entry: $0810 (via BASIC SYS 2064) // Entry point: $c400 (50176) // IRQ handler: $ea31 (irq_ea31) // IRQ handler: $c635 (irq_c635) // IRQ handler: $a02c (sub_a02c) // // Code: 1780 bytes, Data: 61707 bytes // Labels: 183, Subroutines: 29 // // Verification: 5 line(s) auto-corrected to .byte for exact byte matching // // Cross-references: all OK // ============================================ // --- Region $10a9-$10a9 --- .pc = $10a9 "Segment $10a9" brk // --- Region $128d-$12b4 --- .pc = $128d "Segment $128d" ldy $62 ror sei lda #$7f sta $dc0d and $d011 sta $d011 lda #$01 sta $d019 sta $d01a lda #$00 sta $d012 lda #$35 sta $0314 lda #$c6 sta $0315 cli rts // --- Region $202c-$202c --- .pc = $202c "sub_202c" // Referenced by: jsr from $ff60, $ffc1 sub_202c: brk // --- Region $2043-$204c --- .pc = $2043 "Segment $2043" brk brk dat_2045: .byte $00,$00,$00,$00,$00,$00,$00 // ....... loc_204c: brk // --- Region $2080-$2080 --- .pc = $2080 "sub_2080" // Referenced by: jsr from $fffa sub_2080: brk // --- Region $4146-$4147 --- .pc = $4146 "Segment $4146" brk brk // --- Region $454e-$4553 --- .pc = $454e "sub_454e" // Referenced by: jsr from $fdb8 sub_454e: brk dat_454f: .byte $00,$00,$00,$00 // .... brk // --- Region $4720-$4720 --- .pc = $4720 "Segment $4720" brk // --- Region $4854-$4854 --- .pc = $4854 "sub_4854" // Referenced by: jsr from $fdb3 sub_4854: brk // --- Region $494d-$494d --- .pc = $494d "Segment $494d" brk // --- Region $4c4f-$4c54 --- .pc = $4c4f "sub_4c4f" // Referenced by: jsr from $fda7 sub_4c4f: brk dat_4c50: .byte $00,$00,$00,$00 // .... // Referenced by: jsr from $ff8a sub_4c54: brk // --- Region $4d54-$4d54 --- .pc = $4d54 "Segment $4d54" brk // --- Region $4e49-$4e49 --- .pc = $4e49 "Segment $4e49" brk // --- Region $4f42-$4f43 --- .pc = $4f42 "Segment $4f42" brk brk // --- Region $4f54-$4f54 --- .pc = $4f54 "sub_4f54" // Referenced by: jsr from $ff86 sub_4f54: brk // --- Region $5243-$5243 --- .pc = $5243 "sub_5243" // Referenced by: jsr from $ffbc sub_5243: brk // --- Region $5254-$5254 --- .pc = $5254 "Segment $5254" brk