Loco (video game)

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Loco
Publisher(s) Alligata
Designer(s) Antony Crowther [1]
Programmer(s) Commodore 64
Antony Crowther
ZX Spectrum
Richard Stevenson
Nigel Speight [2]
Composer(s) Ben Daglish
Platform(s) Commodore 64, Atari 8-bit, ZX Spectrum
Release1984: C64
1986: Atari
1987: Spectrum [3]

Loco is a video game developed by Antony Crowther and released by Alligata for the Commodore 64 in 1984. [1] Loco is a clone of the 1982 Sega arcade game Super Locomotive . The game was later ported to the ZX Spectrum and Atari 8-bit computers. The ZX Spectrum port was developed by Richard Stevenson and Nigel Speight. [2] The music for the game is a version of Jean-Michel Jarre's Equinoxe 5 and 6 by Ben Daglish. [4] [1]

Contents

Crowther's subsequent Suicide Express is related to Loco, though not an official sequel. [5]

Reception

In July 1984 Loco was awarded game of the month by Personal Computer Games magazine. [6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "The Making Of: Loco". Retro Gamer . No. 196. Imagine Publishing. p. 44.
  2. 1 2 "Loco". Crash. No. 38. Newsfield. 26 February 1987. p. 18. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  3. ↑ "Loco". Your Sinclair. No. 15. Dennis Publishing. March 1987. p. 13. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  4. ↑ "Desert Island Disks = Ben Daglish". Retro Gamer . No. 70. Imagine Publishing. pp. 84–89.
  5. ↑ Skinner, Bryan. "Suicide Express". Personal Computer News . Retrieved February 18, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Game of the Month". Personal Computer Games. No. 8. VNU. July 1984. p. 63. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
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