Loco (video game)

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.. The music for the game is a C64 remake of Jean Michel Jarre's Equinoxe 5 by Ben Daglish.[2][3]

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

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.

References

  • Loco at Lemon64
  • Loco at Atari Mania
  • Loco at SpectrumComputing.co.uk
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