One would think those are real technical raster splits, but they aren't really if you know the ins-and-outs of the VIC. ;) ($d011 = b)

Great classic!

This intro looks like a two dollar WH0RE! Pardon my French, but I can not help myself looking at this teaser... :D

Rough - sorry dude, can not confirm it (yet).

Probably yes, but I like to know for sure.

I cant confirm it for sure Rough, but I'd say it was a fair bet done by him, also Ikari intro 5, and 7. It seems likely as many of the crackers would use their own coded intro's for those games cracked by them. You can see this trend in 1986 - 1987 cracks by Mr. Z, Janitor, Mr. Zeropage and so on...

Can anybody confirm this was coded by Nik?

afaik this was first used in 1988, so it's not one of the first Ikari intros.. and it's ugly

The rasters are just too much I think.

This is the classic Ikari intro. One of the first they used (AFAIK). The heavy raster usage really works well with the boppy music....certainly catches your attention.