Loco_(video_game)

<i>Loco</i> (video game)

Loco (video game)

1984 video game

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. Ports for the ZX Spectrum and Atari 8-bit computers 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 and 6 by Ben Daglish.[2][3]

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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. [1]
    Hague, James. "The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers". Retrieved February 18, 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Loco". Retro Gamer. No. 70. Imagine Publishing. pp. 84–89.
  3. [3]
    "The Making Of: Loco". Retro Gamer. No. 196. Imagine Publishing. p. 44.
  4. [4]
    Skinner, Bryan. "Suicide Express". Personal Computer News. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
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