History
- Released
- c. 1986
- Group
- The Star Frontiers — Germany, founded 1985
The sole ranked crack intro from The Star Frontiers — a German cracking and demo group active from 1985 to 1988. CSDb (group ID 3083) documents 29 releases by the group, primarily game cracks and one-file demos, including titles such as Uridium, V — The Computer Game, Boulder Dash III, and Dungeons of Doctor Creep. The group's members included coders Pirx, Quark, and Ming, cracker Antibyte, organizer Ram, and swapper Eli. According to user commentary on CSDb, The Star Frontiers are credited with creating "the original wellknown multicolor 2x2 font that was used zillions of times in the 87–89 scene," attributed to member Ming. The intro generated substantial discussion on intros.c64.org, with comments from General Zoff, Hades, and Freaky praising its "cool animation" and "spaceship animation" between 2004 and 2012. An Atlantis Prophecy interview with Crossfire provides additional context on the group. Despite their modest release count, The Star Frontiers left a lasting technical influence on the broader C64 scene.
Sources: CSDb — Group · intros.c64.org · Atlantis Prophecy
// ============================================ // output - Disassembled Source // ============================================ // KickAssembler syntax // Generated by Restore 64 v0.2.1 alpha build 298, 2026-04-01 10:59:35 // https://restore64.dev by datucker / Rabenauge // // Load address: $0801 End: $7eff (30463 bytes) // Crunched with Exomizer — depacked by emulation // Packer entry: $080d (via BASIC SYS 2061) // Entry point: $3500 (13568) // IRQ handler: $3603 (irq_3603) // IRQ handler: $363e (irq_363e) // IRQ handler: $367a (irq_367a) // IRQ handler: $36d0 (irq_36d0) // IRQ handler: $374b (irq_374b) // IRQ handler: $3791 (irq_3791) // IRQ handler: $37ee (irq_37ee) // IRQ handler: $3834 (irq_3834) // IRQ handler: $386d (irq_386d) // IRQ handler: $3a8d (loc_3a8d) // IRQ handler: $ea31 (loc_ea31) // // Code: 1496 bytes, Data: 28967 bytes // Labels: 277, Subroutines: 7 // // Verification: 4 line(s) auto-corrected to .byte for exact byte matching // // Cross-references: all OK // ============================================ // --- Region $118d-$11c4 --- .pc = $118d "Segment $118d" tax eor $41,x .byte $04,$ff // nop $ff // ILLEGAL tax tax eor $41,x .byte $04,$ff // nop $ff // ILLEGAL tax tax eor $41,x .byte $04,$ff // nop $ff // ILLEGAL tax tax eor $41,x .byte $04,$f6 // nop $f6 // ILLEGAL ldx $a6 lsr $12,x php sbc $12 php sbc $0341,y .byte $af,$be,$12 // lax $12be // ILLEGAL .byte $03,$ba // slo ($ba,x) // ILLEGAL eor ($03,x) .byte $ff,$41,$03 // isc $0341,x // ILLEGAL sta $41,x .byte $03,$ff // slo ($ff,x) // ILLEGAL eor ($03,x) eor $41,x .byte $03,$7f // slo ($7f,x) // ILLEGAL .byte $12 // jam // ILLEGAL dat_11c4: .byte $03 // . // --- Region $3500-$3aae --- .pc = $3500 "main_3500" main_3500: sei lda #$00 sta $d020 sta $d021 lda #$93 jsr $ffd2 lda #$03 sta $0314 lda #$36 sta $0315 lda #$1a sta $dc05 lda #$02 sta $dd00 lda #$00 sta $d020 sta $d021 lda #$0f sta $d022 lda #$0c sta $d023 ldy #$00 lda #$01 loc_3538: sta $d800,y sta $d900,y sta $da00,y sta $db00,y dey bne loc_3538 lda $d011 ora #$20 sta $d011 lda $d016 ora #$10 sta $d016 lda $d018 and #$0f ora #$80 sta $d018 nop lda #$c0 sta $63f8 lda #$e0 sta $63fc lda #$e1 sta $63fd lda #$e2 sta $63fe lda #$f4 sta $63fa lda #$f5 sta $63fb lda #$f0 sta $63ff lda #$06 sta $d027 sta $d02b sta $d02c sta $d02d sta $d029 sta $d02a sta $d02e lda #$64 sta $d000 lda #$be sta $d008 lda #$d6 sta $d00a lda #$c0 sta $d00c lda #$b9 sta $d004 lda #$d1 sta $d006 lda #$96