History
- Released
- 6 June 1988
- Code
- Grimlock
- Graphics
- Grayhound
- Music
- Mike (Michael Hendriks) — "Sphinx (1)"
- Group
- Sphinx — Netherlands, founded 8 May 1988
Sphinx's seventh intro, released on 6 June 1988 — barely a month after the Dutch group's founding on 8 May 1988. This rapid output suggests the members were already experienced sceners who formalized an existing collaboration. Grimlock coded the intro while Grayhound handled the graphics, and Mike (Michael Hendriks) composed the music — an original tune titled "Sphinx (1)," preserved in the HVSC under the FAME directory. Doc Snyder's page lists this as Sphinx Crack Intro #01, with the same credits confirmed. The Atlantis Prophecy archive contains an interview with the group. Sphinx adopted the tagline "Reflection of Perfection" and maintained a website at dotsphinx.com. Another Sphinx intro appears at #798 Sphinx-13, released in December 1989 with code by Flex and music by EVS. The group's scrolltexts greeted a wide network including Success, The Ruling Company, F4CG, and Fairlight.
Sources: CSDb · docsnyderspage · HVSC
// ============================================ // output - Disassembled Source // ============================================ // KickAssembler syntax // Generated by Restore 64 v0.2.1 alpha build 298, 2026-04-11 21:36:46 // 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: $1000 (4096) // IRQ handler: $1600 (irq_1600) // IRQ handler: $1800 (irq_1800) // IRQ handler: $1680 (irq_1680) // IRQ handler: $1180 (irq_1180) // IRQ handler: $1120 (irq_1120) // // Code: 5407 bytes, Data: 58081 bytes // Labels: 492, Subroutines: 23 // // Cross-references: all OK // ============================================ // --- Region $0d16-$0d16 --- .pc = $0d16 "Program $0d16" brk // --- Region $1000-$10be --- .pc = $1000 "main_1000" main_1000: jsr sub_1270 lda #$1d ldx #$00 sta $41 stx $40 sta $43 stx $42 lda #$c7 sta $1211 sta $1213 sta $1215 lda #$c7 sta $1212 sta $1214 sta $1216 lda #$00 sta $d020 sta $d021 lda #$01 sta $44 sta $46 lda #$00 sta $47 sta $48 sta $49 sta $45 sta $4a sta $4b sta $70 lda #$12 sta $d018 lda #$01 jsr sub_1100 lda #$c7 sta $4d sta $30 lda #$1b ldx #$57 sta $4f stx $4e jmp loc_13f0 loc_105e: nop ldx #$00 txa loc_1062: sta $d800,x sta $d900,x sta $da00,x sta $db00,x inx bne loc_1062 lda #$00 sta $33 sta $54 sta $56 ldx #$00 loc_107b: lda txt_10c0,x sta $0404,x inx cpx #$1e bne loc_107b ldx #$00 loc_1088: lda $10e0,x sta $0454,x inx cpx #$20 bne loc_1088 lda #$00 sta $59 sta $5a sta $5b sta $5c sta $5d ldx #$00 loc_10a1: lda txt_1a97,x sta $04cc,x lda #$09 sta $d8cc,x inx cpx #$c0 bne loc_10a1 lda #$0e sta $d022 lda #$06 sta $d023 jmp loc_1320 dat_10be: .byte $00 // . // --- Region $1100-$116f --- .pc = $1100 "sub_1100" // Referenced by: jsr from $104a, $f857 sub_1100: sei lda #$01 sta $d019 sta $d01a sta $dc0d lda #$1b sta $d011 lda #$16 ldx #$00 sta $0315 stx $0314 jsr sub_11cc cli rts