Loco (video game)

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

Loco is a video game developed by Antony Crowther and released by Alligata for the Commodore 64 in 1984.[2] 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.[3] The music for the game is a version of Jean-Michel Jarre's Equinoxe 5 and 6 by Ben Daglish.[4][2]

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. ^ "Loco". Your Sinclair. No. 15. Dennis Publishing. March 1987. p. 13. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "The Making Of: Loco". Retro Gamer. No. 196. Imagine Publishing. p. 44.
  3. ^ a b "Loco". Crash. No. 38. Newsfield. 26 February 1987. p. 18. 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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