IntroBase64 V04

Welcome to IntroBase64!

Download here

What is an intro?

An intro, also known as cracktro or crack intro is a little piece of software that was added

to a cracked program. The intro starts before the cracked program is started, to inform the

user who cracked the program. Crackers often used intros to greet fellow crackers, mainly by

using horizontal scroll texts.

Initially intros were just some static text that displayed this information, but later intros

became more and more complex, using raster bars, colorful animated logos and background music.

What is IntroBase64?

Last years the team at http://intros.c64.org has started collecting C64 intros by ripping them

from the cracked programs and make them available at their website.

This GameBase collection makes offline browsing and starting intros in an emulator easy and

comfortable.

All intros up to september 2019 (10500 intros) are included in this GameBase collection. The

GameBase front-end can be used to browse the list of intros or for searching a specific intro.

Every intro has a screenshot attached. Clicking the “Play intro” button starts the intro in

your favourite emulator.

Lots of emulators are supported. The emulators WinVICE, CCS64 and Hoxs64 are included in this

package.

Every intro has a link to the online entry at https://intros.c64.org.

Installation

To set up IntroBase64 V04, follow these steps:

STEP 1

If you haven't done this already, install the GameBase front-end by running the GameBase

installer. Just start gamebase-setup-v1.3-full.exe and follow the instructions.

STEP 2

Copy the folder IntroBase V04 to the GameBase program folder. This is the same folder as the GameBase shortcut points to.

STEP 3

Start the GameBase frontend. If you have more than one GameBase collection,

choose IntroBase64 V04. Otherwise IntroBase64 V04 is opened automatically.

STEP 4

Read the information in the Welcom screen. Click OK to continue.

STEP 5

The GameBase front-end is started and you are ready to browse through the collection and

start any intro in your preferred emulator with a single mouse click!

A few tips

- Press F2 in the front-end. You can change a few settings

about how your emulator is started:

Sound: If set to no, emulator runs without sound

output.

CRTEmu: If set to Yes, emulator shows PAL scan

lines.

Fullscreen: when set to Yes, the emulator runs in Full

Screen mode

Aspect: When set to Yes, apect ratio is kept in

full screen mode and when resizing window.

Windowsize: Sets the size of the window if not run in

full screen mode. 1 is normal window size,

2 is double size, 3 to 22 are for several

video modes in CCS64 only.

Autostart: When set to Yes, the intro is started

automatically. Otherwise you have to type

RUN in the emulator to start the intro.

Statusbar: In SDL versions of VICE, the statusbar

can be shown of hidden using this option.

SID: VICE can emulate various SID models. Set

your preferred SID model with this option.

- In the information part in the lower area of the GameBase

front-end, there is a link to the C64 intros web page

of the selected intro. Here you can read comments about

the selected intro.