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

Loco is a 1984 computer game developed by Antony Crowther and released by Alligata for the Commodore 64.[1] Loco is a clone of the 1982 Sega arcade game Super Locomotive. Ports for the ZX Spectrum and Atari 8-bit family were released in 1986. The ZX Spectrum port was developed by Richard Stevenson, David Wright and Nigel Speight.[citation needed]. The music for the game is a C64 remake of Jean Michel Jarre's Equinoxe 5 by Ben Daglish.[2][3]

Crowther's subsequent Suicide Express is related to Loco, though not an official sequel.[4]

Reception

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

References

  1. ^ a b Hague, James. "The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers".
  2. ^ Retro gamer magazine, issue 70. Pages 84-89
  3. ^ The Making Of: Loco, Retro Gamer issue 196 pp.44
  4. ^ http://www.personalcomputernews.co.uk/pcnb/html/080/personal_computer_news_080_gameplay_suicide_express.html
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