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| + | '''Locomotive''' (株式会社ロコモティブ) 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. | ||
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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. | ||
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| + | Not to be confused with the defunct THQ-owned Locomotive Games. | ||
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| + | '''[[About:Research Methods|Research Methods]]:''' Actual mentions, hidden data, shared staff | ||
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| + | ===Famicom/NES=== | ||
| + | *''StarTropics'' (development cooperation) (US/CA/DE/SC Publisher: Nintendo) | ||
| + | *<div style="color:red">''Zoda's Revenge: StarTropics II'' (US/CA Publisher: Nintendo)</div> | ||
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| + | ===Nintendo 64=== | ||
| + | *''AeroGauge'' (JP/EU/US Publisher: ASCII) | ||
| + | *''Beast Wars Metals 64 / Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals'' (JP Publisher: Takara; US Publisher: BAM! Entertainment) | ||
| + | :<small>Graphics: SunArt</small> | ||
| + | *''Choro Q 64 / Penny Racers'' (JP Publisher: Takara; US Publisher: THQ) | ||
| + | *''Choro Q 64 2: Hachamecha Grand Prix Race'' (JP Publisher: Takara) | ||
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| + | ===Super Famicom/Super NES=== | ||
| + | *<div style="color:red">''Super Punch-Out'' (US/UK/FR/DE/SC/AU/JP Publisher: Nintendo)</div> | ||
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| + | ===Virtual Boy=== | ||
| + | *''SD Gundam Dimension War'' (JP Publisher: Bandai) | ||
| + | *''V-Tetris'' (JP Publisher: Bullet Proof Software) | ||
| + | *''Virtual Fishing'' (JP Publisher: Pack-In-Video) | ||
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| + | ==Links== | ||
| + | *[http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.locomotive.co.jp/ Official website (Internet Archive Wayback Machine)] (Japanese) | ||
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| + | [[Category:Companies]] | ||
Revision as of 19:46, 25 November 2010
Locomotive (株式会社ロコモティブ) 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.
Not to be confused with the defunct THQ-owned Locomotive Games.
Research Methods: Actual mentions, hidden data, shared staff
Famicom/NES
- StarTropics (development cooperation) (US/CA/DE/SC Publisher: Nintendo)
- Zoda's Revenge: StarTropics II (US/CA Publisher: Nintendo)
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)
Super Famicom/Super NES
- Super Punch-Out (US/UK/FR/DE/SC/AU/JP Publisher: Nintendo)
Virtual Boy
- SD Gundam Dimension War (JP Publisher: Bandai)
- V-Tetris (JP Publisher: Bullet Proof Software)
- Virtual Fishing (JP Publisher: Pack-In-Video)
