cracktro

English

Etymology

Blend of crack +‎ intro

Pronunciation

• Audio (UK):

  (file)

Noun

cracktro (plural cracktros)

1. (demoscene) An intro added to a piece of cracked software, typically including visual effects and music and naming the group that did the cracking.
   • 2002, Blackspawn, “Favourite cracktro tunes”, in alt.c64 (Usenet):

     When browsing the HVSC, I often encounter some songs which I never heard the name of, but which I know from those famous cracktros from Ikari, Hotline etc.

   • 2005, Tamás Polgár, Freax: the brief history of the demoscene: Volume 1:

     Some of his modules were later also used by crackers and demogroups. Bamiga Sector One, for example, used his module titled Blueberry for the cracktro of Carrier Command.