It was used already in 1990, on Atomic Robo-Kid (cracked by KF), so your guys' guess about KF is probably right.

Just talked to Sailor - this might actually be a unique intro from KF, looking identical to Trisects intro. I need to look further into this matter...

One of the available variations of the striped intro by Trisect (alias E3) made in 1992. Used on 10+ releases ever since.