Locomotive - Revision history

Cyberlink420 at 04:12, 18 February 2025

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	'''Locomotive Corporation, Ltd.''' (株式会社ロコモティブ) was a Japanese video game developer founded in [[May]] [[1987]]. The company's output was entirely exclusive to [[Nintendo]] consoles, working with the company directly on co-developing the ''StarTropics'' series on [[Family Computer\|NES]] and ''Super Punch-Out'' on SNES. After this, they developed several games for the ill-fated Virtual Boy, only half of which were actually released, then transitioned over to the [[Nintendo 64]] with games like ''AeroGauge'' and the [[Choro-Q\|''Choro-Q''/''Penny Racers'']] series before seemingly disappearing from the industry altogether in the early 2000s.		'''Locomotive Corporation, Ltd.''' (株式会社ロコモティブ) was a Japanese video game developer founded in [[May]] [[1987]] by [[Hiroshi Okamoto]]. The company's output was entirely exclusive to [[Nintendo]] consoles, working with the company directly on co-developing the ''StarTropics'' series on [[Family Computer\|NES]] and ''Super Punch-Out'' on SNES. After this, they developed several games for the ill-fated Virtual Boy, only half of which were actually released, then transitioned over to the [[Nintendo 64]] with games like ''AeroGauge'' and the [[Choro-Q\|''Choro-Q''/''Penny Racers'']] series before seemingly disappearing from the industry altogether in the early 2000s.

	==Games==		==Games==
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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	*[[~~Hiroshi Okamoto~~]], the ~~founder of Locomotive, was allegedly the uncredited programmer~~ of ''[[Transformers: Mystery of Convoy]]''.<ref>[https://~~web~~.~~archive~~.~~org/web/20140828202915/http://animex.jp~~/?p=~~6210 A former Locomotive game developer's blog about a conversation~~ with ~~the president of Locomotive and ''Mystery of Convoy''~~]</ref>		*Prior to founding Locomotive, Okamoto started a sole proprietorship with his wife to develop games; their first ever job was as a subcontractor for [[ISCO]] on the development of ''[[Transformers: Mystery of Convoy]]''.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIwjWSVfkWA Interview with Hiroshi Okamoto]</ref>

	==References==		==References==

Cyberlink420 at 15:51, 30 May 2024

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	*[[Hiroshi Okamoto]], the founder of Locomotive, was allegedly the uncredited programmer of ''[[Transformers: Mystery of Convoy]]''.		*[[Hiroshi Okamoto]], the founder of Locomotive, was allegedly the uncredited programmer of ''[[Transformers: Mystery of Convoy]]''.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140828202915/http://animex.jp/?p=6210 A former Locomotive game developer's blog about a conversation with the president of Locomotive and ''Mystery of Convoy'']</ref>
	*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140828202915/http://animex.jp/?p=6210 A former Locomotive game developer's blog about a conversation with the president of Locomotive and Mystery of Convoy]
			==References==
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Venutech at 14:33, 30 May 2024

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	*[[Hiroshi Okamoto]], the founder of Locomotive, was allegedly the uncredited programmer of ''[[Transformers: Mystery of Convoy]]''.		*[[Hiroshi Okamoto]], the founder of Locomotive, was allegedly the uncredited programmer of ''[[Transformers: Mystery of Convoy]]''.
			*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140828202915/http://animex.jp/?p=6210 A former Locomotive game developer's blog about a conversation with the president of Locomotive and Mystery of Convoy]

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Cyberlink420 at 13:49, 23 August 2022

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	'''Locomotive Corporation, Ltd.''' (株式会社ロコモティブ) was a Japanese video game developer founded in [[May]] [[1987]]. The company's output was entirely exclusive to [[Nintendo]] consoles, working with the company directly on co-developing the ''StarTropics'' series on [[Family Computer\|NES]] and ''Super Punch-Out'' on SNES. After this, they developed several games for the ill-fated Virtual Boy, only half of which were actually released, then transitioned over to the Nintendo 64 with games like ''AeroGauge'' and the [[Choro-Q\|''Choro-Q''/''Penny Racers'']] series before seemingly disappearing from the industry altogether in the early 2000s.		'''Locomotive Corporation, Ltd.''' (株式会社ロコモティブ) was a Japanese video game developer founded in [[May]] [[1987]]. The company's output was entirely exclusive to [[Nintendo]] consoles, working with the company directly on co-developing the ''StarTropics'' series on [[Family Computer\|NES]] and ''Super Punch-Out'' on SNES. After this, they developed several games for the ill-fated Virtual Boy, only half of which were actually released, then transitioned over to the [[Nintendo 64]] with games like ''AeroGauge'' and the [[Choro-Q\|''Choro-Q''/''Penny Racers'']] series before seemingly disappearing from the industry altogether in the early 2000s.

	==Games==		==Games==

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	*Hiroshi Okamoto, the founder of Locomotive, was allegedly the uncredited programmer of ''[[Transformers: Mystery of Convoy]]''.		*[[Hiroshi Okamoto]], the founder of Locomotive, was allegedly the uncredited programmer of ''[[Transformers: Mystery of Convoy]]''.

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Cyberlink420 at 23:26, 3 August 2022

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	'''Locomotive Corporation, Ltd.''' (株式会社ロコモティブ) was a Japanese video game developer founded in [[May]] [[1987]]. The company's output was entirely exclusive to [[Nintendo]] consoles, working with the company directly on co-developing the ''StarTropics'' series on [[Family Computer\|NES]] and ''Super Punch-Out'' on SNES. After this, they developed several games for the ill-fated Virtual Boy, only half of which were actually released, then transitioned over to the Nintendo 64 with games like ''AeroGauge'' and the [[Choro-Q\|''Choro-Q''/''Penny Racers'']] series before seemingly disappearing from the industry altogether in the early 2000s.		'''Locomotive Corporation, Ltd.''' (株式会社ロコモティブ) was a Japanese video game developer founded in [[May]] [[1987]]. The company's output was entirely exclusive to [[Nintendo]] consoles, working with the company directly on co-developing the ''StarTropics'' series on [[Family Computer\|NES]] and ''Super Punch-Out'' on SNES. After this, they developed several games for the ill-fated Virtual Boy, only half of which were actually released, then transitioned over to the Nintendo 64 with games like ''AeroGauge'' and the [[Choro-Q\|''Choro-Q''/''Penny Racers'']] series before seemingly disappearing from the industry altogether in the early 2000s.

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'''Locomotive Corporation, Ltd.''' (株式会社ロコモティブ) was a Japanese video game developer founded in [[May]] [[1987]]. The company's output was entirely exclusive to [[Nintendo]] consoles, working with the company directly on co-developing the ''StarTropics'' series on [[Family Computer|NES]] and ''Super Punch-Out'' on SNES. After this, they developed several games for the ill-fated Virtual Boy, only half of which were actually released, then transitioned over to the Nintendo 64 with games like ''AeroGauge'' and the [[Choro-Q|''Choro-Q''/''Penny Racers'']] series before seemingly disappearing from the industry altogether in the early 2000s.

==Games==
* ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals]]''

==Notes==
*Hiroshi Okamoto, the founder of Locomotive, was allegedly the uncredited programmer of ''[[Transformers: Mystery of Convoy]]''.

[[Category:Video game companies]]