History
- Group
- United Software Associates — United States, founded December 1988
A crack intro from United Software Associates (USA), an American importing and fixing group founded in December 1988. The group emerged from the ashes of International Importing Corporations and operated until July 1989 — a lifespan of roughly seven months. CSDb documents 38 releases from the group, primarily game cracks and imports. Key members included The Pimp (coder, importer, organizer), Megabyte and Mr. Neutron (both coders and NTSC fixers), and The Bit Bandit (coder, importer). The group maintained several headquarters BBSes including Fountain of Wares, Highway Star, and Rocky's Corner. As an import and fixing group rather than a pure cracking collective, USA specialized in bringing European PAL releases to the American NTSC market — a crucial but often overlooked role in the transatlantic software distribution network. Comments on intros.c64.org from archivists iAN CooG and Conrad confirm the production's provenance. No individual credits for this specific intro have been identified.
Sources: CSDb Group
// ============================================ // output - Disassembled Source // ============================================ // KickAssembler syntax // Generated by Restore 64 v0.2.1 alpha build 298, 2026-04-11 21:36:59 // https://restore64.dev by datucker / Rabenauge // // Load address: $0800 End: $3300 (11009 bytes) // Crunched with Cruncher AB — depacked by emulation // Packer entry: $080d (via BASIC SYS 2061) // Entry point: $28c0 (10432) // IRQ handler: $1d1c (irq_1d1c) // IRQ handler: $ea31 (loc_ea31) // // Code: 2259 bytes, Data: 8750 bytes // Labels: 261, Subroutines: 6 // // Cross-references: all OK // ============================================ // --- Region $1003-$1006 --- .pc = $1003 "sub_1003" // Referenced by: jsr from $1e1c sub_1003: jmp loc_1095 txt_1006: .text "J" // --- Region $1031-$1628 --- .pc = $1031 "loc_1031" loc_1031: asl asl tay ldx #$00 loc_1036: lda $1028,y sta $16e9,x sta $16ef,x lda $1029,y sta $16ec,x sta $16f2,x iny iny inx cpx #$03 bne loc_1036 ldy #$00 tya loc_1052: sta $d400,y sta $172c,y iny cpy #$1b bne loc_1052 tay sty $170c iny sty $170b sty $1747 iny sty $1748 iny sty $1749 sty $1708 sty $1709 sty $170a lda #$88 sta $d404 sta $d40b sta $d412 lda #$ff ldy #$09 loc_1088: sta $170d,y dey bpl loc_1088 lda $177c sta $d418 rts loc_1095: lda $fb pha lda $fc pha lda #$4a sta $101d ldx #$02 loc_10a2: lda $1854,x bne loc_10aa jmp loc_15d8 loc_10aa: lda $16e9,x sta $fb lda $16ec,x sta $fc ldy $1701,x lda $170b,x bmi loc_10bf jmp loc_127b loc_10bf: lda $1708,x sta $170b,x loc_10c5: lda $172f,x beq loc_10cd jmp loc_1165 loc_10cd: ldy #$00 lda ($fb),y cmp #$80 bpl loc_10f0 tay lda $fb sta $16f5,x lda $fc sta $16f8,x lda $193f,y sta $fb lda $195e,y sta $fc inc $172f,x jmp loc_1165 loc_10f0: pha and #$f0 cmp #$a0 bne loc_110f pla and #$0f sta $174a,x lda $fb clc adc #$01 sta $16fb,x