diff --git a/entries/cracktro.txt b/entries/cracktro.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e6c66f1 --- /dev/null +++ b/entries/cracktro.txt @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +cracktro + +Combination of "crack" and "intro". An introduction image or animation inserted +at the startup of cracked proprietary software. Cracktros typically gave a +shout out to the nicknames or the crackers or the cracking group, similar +to graffiti tags in meatspace. + +The cracktros of the late 1980s on systems such as Atari ST and Commodore +Amiga gave birth to the demoscene of artistic computer animation demos, +and was originally a particularly European phenomena. \ No newline at end of file