Loco (video game) explained

Loco
Designer:	Antony Crowther^[1]
Programmer:	Commodore 64 Antony Crowther ZX Spectrum Richard Stevenson Nigel Speight^[2]
Publisher:	Alligata
Composer:	Ben Daglish
Released:	1984: C64 1986: Atari 1987: Spectrum^[3]
Platforms:	Commodore 64, Atari 8-bit, ZX Spectrum

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

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]

Notes and References

1. The Making Of: Loco. Retro Gamer. Imagine Publishing. 196. 44.
2. Loco. Crash. 38. Newsfield. 26 February 1987. 18. 10 July 2024.
3. Loco. Your Sinclair. 15. Dennis Publishing. March 1987. 13. 10 July 2024.
4. Desert Island Disks = Ben Daglish. Retro Gamer. Imagine Publishing. 70. 84–89.
5. Web site: Suicide Express. Skinner. Bryan. Personal Computer News. February 18, 2021.
6. Game of the Month. Personal Computer Games. 8. VNU. July 1984. 63. 10 July 2024.