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[[Image:Locomotive.gif|right|Locomotive logo]]
 
[[Image:Locomotive.gif|right|Locomotive logo]]
Japanese development house started in May 1987 and headed by Hiroshi Okamoto (岡本博視). [http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.locomotive.co.jp/company/index.html] It appears to have closed in around 2000.
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Japanese development house started in May 1987 and headed by Hiroshi Okamoto (岡本博視). [http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.locomotive.co.jp/company/index.html] It appears to have closed around 2000.
  
In 2004, Okamoto co-founded Apria, a company that sells organic cosmetics (???). [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.occn.zaq.ne.jp/shinchaya/archive/apria_demo/okamoto.html] It is alleged he programmed ''Transformers: Convoy no Nazo'' for the Famicom. [http://annex.animex.jp/?eid=951529]
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In 2004, Okamoto co-founded Apria, a company that sells organic cosmetics (???). [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.occn.zaq.ne.jp/shinchaya/archive/apria_demo/okamoto.html] It is alleged he programmed Transformers: Convoy no Nazo for the Famicom. [http://annex.animex.jp/?eid=951529]
  
 
Not to be confused with the defunct THQ-owned Locomotive Games.
 
Not to be confused with the defunct THQ-owned Locomotive Games.
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==Links==
 
==Links==
*[http://web.archive.org/*/http://www.locomotive.co.jp/ Official website (Internet Archive Wayback Machine)] (Japanese)
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*[http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.locomotive.co.jp/ Official website (Internet Archive Wayback Machine)] (Japanese)

Revision as of 10:27, 30 November 2008

Locomotive logo

Japanese development house started in May 1987 and headed by Hiroshi Okamoto (岡本博視). [1] It appears to have closed around 2000.

In 2004, Okamoto co-founded Apria, a company that sells organic cosmetics (???). [2] It is alleged he programmed Transformers: Convoy no Nazo for the Famicom. [3]

Not to be confused with the defunct THQ-owned Locomotive Games.

Research Methods: Actual mentions, shared credits

Nintendo 64

  • AeroGauge (JP/EU/US Publisher: ASCII)
  • Beast Wars Metals 64 / Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (JP Publisher: Takara; US Publisher: BAM! Entertainment)
  • Choro Q 64 / Penny Racers (JP Publisher: Takara; US Publisher: THQ)
  • Choro Q 64 2: Hachamecha Grand Prix Race (JP Publisher: THQ)

Virtual Boy

  • V-Tetris (JP Publisher: Bullet Proof Software)

Links