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[[Image:Locomotive.gif|right|Locomotive logo]]
 
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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.
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'''Locomotive''' (ロコモティブ) was a Japanese development house started in May 1987 and headed by Hiroshi Okamoto (岡本博視). [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://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 the infamous Transformers game ''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 the infamous Transformers game 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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===Virtual Boy===
 
===Virtual Boy===
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*''SD Gundam Dimension War'' (JP Publisher: Bandai)
 
*''V-Tetris'' (JP Publisher: Bullet Proof Software)
 
*''V-Tetris'' (JP Publisher: Bullet Proof Software)
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*''Virtual Fishing'' (JP Publisher: Pack-In-Video)
  
 
==Links==
 
==Links==
 
*[http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.locomotive.co.jp/ Official website (Internet Archive Wayback Machine)] (Japanese)
 
*[http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.locomotive.co.jp/ Official website (Internet Archive Wayback Machine)] (Japanese)
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Revision as of 12:51, 18 March 2010

Locomotive logo

Locomotive (ロコモティブ) was a 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 the infamous Transformers game Convoy no Nazo for the Famicom. [3]

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

Research Methods: Actual mentions, hidden data, shared staff

Nintendo 64

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

Virtual Boy

  • SD Gundam Dimension War (JP Publisher: Bandai)
  • V-Tetris (JP Publisher: Bullet Proof Software)
  • Virtual Fishing (JP Publisher: Pack-In-Video)

Links