Super Locomotive
Encyclopedia
Super Locomotive is a train
arcade
video game developed by Sega
and released in 1982.
The objective of the game is to guide a train from one station to next. Along the route, the player must avoid obstacles such as other trains, planes, red signals, trucks crossing intersections, and guide the train along multiple routes by changing tracks en-route. The player is armed with a steam fire bullet for destroying airborne targets, and a temporary force field which protects the train for a limited period of time. The use of the bullets and shields rapidly deplete an energy bar which must be maintained between levels by picking up oil items en-route. Upon completion of a level, a bonus stage is played which involves the train attempting to shoot as many airborne enemies within a finite time limited. The bonus awarded is dependent upon the number of enemies destroyed. The game then resumes on more challenging levels.
The game features a rendition
of "Rydeen
" (1979) by Yellow Magic Orchestra
playing throughout the main gameplay.
The game was reported to have a very limited production run with only 35 PCB boards printed. Of those, most remained in Japan, with the remainder exported to Sega Europe and all sold to UK customers. This means that the game was not natively present in either mainland Europe or the US.
This makes the game one of the most sought after boards, and prices reflect this scarcity.
While no official conversions of the game exist, the game Loco
is heavily influenced by the concepts introduced in the game.
Photo of the PCB can be found here http://retroclinic.com/leopardcats/grails/2_superloco/sloco2.jpg
Train simulator
A train simulator is a computer based simulation of rail transport operations.-Industrial train simulations:Like flight simulators, train simulators have been produced for railway training purposes...
arcade
Arcade game
An arcade game is a coin-operated entertainment machine, usually installed in public businesses such as restaurants, bars, and amusement arcades. Most arcade games are video games, pinball machines, electro-mechanical games, redemption games, and merchandisers...
video game developed by Sega
Sega
, usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world...
and released in 1982.
The objective of the game is to guide a train from one station to next. Along the route, the player must avoid obstacles such as other trains, planes, red signals, trucks crossing intersections, and guide the train along multiple routes by changing tracks en-route. The player is armed with a steam fire bullet for destroying airborne targets, and a temporary force field which protects the train for a limited period of time. The use of the bullets and shields rapidly deplete an energy bar which must be maintained between levels by picking up oil items en-route. Upon completion of a level, a bonus stage is played which involves the train attempting to shoot as many airborne enemies within a finite time limited. The bonus awarded is dependent upon the number of enemies destroyed. The game then resumes on more challenging levels.
The game features a rendition
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
of "Rydeen
Solid State Survivor
Solid State Survivor was the second album by Japanese electronic music band Yellow Magic Orchestra, released in 1979. Solid State Survivor was never released in the United States, but many of the songs from this album were compiled for release in the States as the US pressing of ×∞Multiplies ,...
" (1979) by Yellow Magic Orchestra
Yellow Magic Orchestra
Sakamoto first worked with Hosono as a member of his live band in 1976, while Takahashi recruited Sakamoto to produce his debut solo recording in 1977 following the split of the Sadistic Mika Band...
playing throughout the main gameplay.
The game was reported to have a very limited production run with only 35 PCB boards printed. Of those, most remained in Japan, with the remainder exported to Sega Europe and all sold to UK customers. This means that the game was not natively present in either mainland Europe or the US.
This makes the game one of the most sought after boards, and prices reflect this scarcity.
While no official conversions of the game exist, the game Loco
Loco (computer game)
Loco is a 1984 computer game developed by Antony Crowther and released by Alligata for the Commodore 64. In 1986 it was converted for the ZX Spectrum and Atari 8-bit family....
is heavily influenced by the concepts introduced in the game.
Photo of the PCB can be found here http://retroclinic.com/leopardcats/grails/2_superloco/sloco2.jpg
