Loco (video game)
1984 video game
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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]
ProgrammersCommodore 64
Antony Crowther
ZX Spectrum
Richard Stevenson
Nigel Speight[2]
Antony Crowther
ZX Spectrum
Richard Stevenson
Nigel Speight[2]
| Loco | |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Alligata |
| Designer | Antony Crowther[1] |
| Programmers | Commodore 64 Antony Crowther ZX Spectrum Richard Stevenson Nigel Speight[2] |
| Composer | Ben Daglish |
| Platforms | Commodore 64, Atari 8-bit, ZX Spectrum |
| Release | 1984: C64 1986: Atari 1987: Spectrum[3] |
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]
