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  • noun demoscene An intro added to a piece of cracked software, typically including visual effects and music and naming the group that did the cracking.

Etymologies

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Blend of crack and intro

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  • TechRadar: 'Cracker intros (also known as 'cracktros') started appearing at the beginning of copied games. In the early days, these could not yet be described as 'artistic', and generally featured pertinent information displayed within scrolling text bars.'

    July 21, 2009