Mame game : locomotn : Loco-Motion

Game infos

Description Loco-Motion

Name locomotn

Manufacturer Konami (Centuri license)

Year 1982

Runnable yes

System arcade /

Number of players 2P alt

Added to MAME .027

Romset size 33 KB

Romset file 13 files

Romset zip 19 B

Language English

Evaluation 70 to 80 (Good)

Genre Puzzle

Driver infos

Driver status good

Driver emulation good

Driver color good

Driver sound good

Driver graphic good

Driver cocktail

Driver protection

Driver savestate yes

Inputs infos

Input service no

Input tilt no

Input players 2

Input buttons

Input coins 2

Controls infos

type	ways	minimum	maximum	sensitivity	keydelta	reverse
joy	4					no

Display infos

type	rotate	flipx	width	height	refresh	pixclock	htotal	hbend	hbstart	vtotal	vbend	vbstart
raster	90	no	256	224	60

Dipswitchs

Cabinet
- Cocktail
- Upright
Coin A
- 1 Coin/1 Credit
- 1 Coin/2 Credits
- 1 Coin/3 Credits
- 1 Coin/4 Credits
- 1 Coin/5 Credits
- 1 Coin/6 Credits
- 1 Coin/7 Credits
- 2 Coins/1 Credit
- 2 Coins/3 Credits
- 2 Coins/5 Credits
- 3 Coins/1 Credit
- 3 Coins/2 Credits
- 3 Coins/4 Credits
- 4 Coins/1 Credit
- 4 Coins/3 Credits
- Free Play
Coin B
- 1 Coin/1 Credit
- 1 Coin/2 Credits
- 1 Coin/3 Credits
- 1 Coin/4 Credits
- 1 Coin/5 Credits
- 1 Coin/6 Credits
- 1 Coin/7 Credits
- 2 Coins/1 Credit
- 2 Coins/3 Credits
- 2 Coins/5 Credits
- 3 Coins/1 Credit
- 3 Coins/2 Credits
- 3 Coins/4 Credits
- 4 Coins/1 Credit
- 4 Coins/3 Credits
- No Coin B
Demo Sounds
- Off
- On
Intermissions
- Off
- On
Lives
- 255
- 3
- 4
- 5
Unused
- Off
- On

Roms list

console	name	size	crc	sha1	region	offset	status	optional
arcade	10a.bpr	32	b8861096	26fad384ed7a1a1e0ba719b5578e2dbb09334a25	proms	140	good	no
arcade	10g.bpr	256	2ef89356	5ed33386bab5d583358709c92f21ad9ad1a1bce9	gfx2	0	good	no
arcade	1a.cpu	4096	b43e689a	7f1a0fa1ea9ff95a9d51b23ea00792ba22024282	maincpu	0	good	no
arcade	1b_s1.bin	4096	a1105714	6e2e264748ab90bc5e8e8167f17ff91677ef6ae7	tpsound	0	good	no
arcade	2a.cpu	4096	529c823d	714ae0af254646eb6ebc5f47422246832e89ccfb	maincpu	1000	good	no
arcade	3.cpu	4096	c9dbfbd1	10ec7403053ef52d0ce4aa6eab3e82a3ea5e57ff	maincpu	2000	good	no
arcade	4.cpu	4096	caf6431c	f013d8846fad9f64367b69febeb7512029a639c0	maincpu	3000	good	no
arcade	5.cpu	4096	64cf8dd6	8fa1b5c4a7f136cb74833425a565fa558eeee083	maincpu	4000	good	no
arcade	5l_c1.bin	4096	5732eda9	451de30946a9c8198c5ec83cc5c50e3ac2f9f56b	gfx1	0	good	no
arcade	7a.bpr	32	48c8f094	61592209720fddc8991751edf08b6950388af42e	proms	120	good	no
arcade	8b.bpr	32	75b05da0	aee98f5389e42332f30a6882ee22ff23f37e0573	proms	0	good	no
arcade	9d.bpr	256	aa6cf063	08c1c9ab03eb168954b0170d40e95eed81022acd	proms	20	good	no
arcade	c2.cpu	4096	c3035300	ddb1d658a28b973b60e2ce72fd7662537e147860	gfx1	1000	good	no

Chips list

name	tag	type	clock
AY-3-8910A	ay2	audio	1789772
RC Filter	filter.1.2	audio
Speaker	mono	audio
Time Pilot Audio	timeplt_audio	audio
Z80	tpsound	cpu	1789772

0.27 [Nicola Salmoria, Lawnmower Man]

Artwork available

WIP:

- 0.149: Basilio Garcia added clone Guttang Gottong (bootleg on Galaxian type hardware). Nothing tricky, just needs more work. Added rom banking to clone Guttang Gottong (bootleg on Galaxian type hardware) so that the music plays (because they had to rewrite the sound / music for galaxian hardware and there wasn't enough rom space they bank it at 0x2000) [David Haywood].

- 0.140u2: Added 'Time Pilot Audio' sound.

- 0.128u5: David Haywood added clone Loco-Motion (bootleg).

- 3rd June 2008: 3D ARCADE - New 3D cabinet model for Loco-Motion from btribble and Groni.

- 0.123u1: Zsolt Vasvari removed color tables from Rally X driver. Added RESNET color computations where appropriate. Changed palettesize to 324 colors.

- 3rd February 2008: f205v dumped Loco-Motion (bootleg), with same attract mode as Cottong.

- 11th March 2007: Mr. Do - I found a decent picture of a Locomotion bezel, which was simple enough in shape to vector. Thanks again to Jcroach for the fine vectoring job.

- 0.93: Added 6x RC_Filter.

- 0.79u1: Changed palettesize to 96 colors.

- 0.60: Changed visible area to 224x256. Removed 3rd coin slot. Added 'Unused' dipswitch.

- 0.37b14: Added 'Intermissions' dipswitch.

- 0.36b15: Changed description of clone 'Guttong Gottong' to 'Guttang Gottong'.

- 0.36b13: Fixed gfx2 rom ($0 - dots).

- 0.36b8: Added clone Guttong Gottong. Fixed rom names.

- 0.36b2: Added gfx2 rom (dots) and proms ($120, 140 - video layout and video timing).

- 2nd August 1999: Nicola added the two missing PROMs to clone Cotocoto Cottong.

- 0.35: Added clone Cotocoto Cottong (bootleg 1982).

- 26th June 1999: Nicola added a Locomotion bootleg romset.

- 0.35b8: Changed Z80 CPU2 clock speed to 1789772 Hz.

- 0.33b3: Dani Portillo added high score saving to Locomotion.

- 0.31: Nicola Salmoria discovered that Locomotion runs on (almost) the same graphics hardware as Rally X. This fixed the smoke which was using wrong graphics (and had instead to be drawn like the dots in the Rally X radar). Jim Hernandez fixed music tempo and pitch in Locomotion. Kevin Klopp added accurate colors to Locomotion.

- 0.30: Gonzalo Casas added slightly better colors to Locomotion.

- 0.28: Mike Balfour added high score saving to Loco-Motion.

- 0.27: Nicola Salmoria and Lawnmower Man added 'Loco-Motion' (Konami 1982). Control: Arrows = Move around and CTRL = Accelerate. Known issues: What do the dipswitches do?

Other Emulators:

* FB Alpha

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History

Arcade Video game published 37 years ago:

Loco-Motion (c) 1982 Centuri

A puzzle game where players control a train on railroad tracks.

- TECHNICAL -

Game ID : GX359

Main CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 3.072 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 1.789772 Mhz)
Sound Chips : (2x) General Instrument AY8910 (@ 1.789772 Mhz), (6x) RC (@ 1.789772 Mhz)

Players : 2
Control : 4-way joystick
Buttons : 1

- TRIVIA -

Released in April 1982 by Centuri, under license from Konami.

This game is also known as "Guttang Gottong".

Bud Wellington holds the official record for this game with 134,880 points.

- SCORING -

Countdown bonus : time remaining on counter.
Clearing a station : 100 points.
Random Exit Track : 150 points per crossing.
Clearing a level : 1,000 points.
Clearing a level by getting all passengers : 5,000 points.

- TIPS AND TRICKS -

* On early stages always go for the bonus stations, as they yield the biggest points score during normal gameplay.

* If a bonus station timer is getting low, don't go for it unless you are 100% sure you will make it. It's not worth risking a life for a 20 point bonus!

* Learn to move the track quickly, as this is the key to getting your train to its desired target. You should be able to move a piece of track 3 or 4 times while your train is still on it, moving at normal speed.

* If you have a long route opened up in front of you, run it at full speed, but remember it takes a couple of seconds at the end for your train to slow to its normal speed.

* When your train is moving along a long route try to plan where it will go next by moving pieces your train has already passed over and maybe even swapping some of those around ahead of you to change your route.

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
Mattel Intellivision (1982)
Atari 2600 (1983)

* COMPUTERS:
Commodore C64 (1992)
Tommy Tutor

- CONTRIBUTE -

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High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01

fok999_________________________22.530
dark_kariya____________________21.830
sawys__________________________16.940
ballyballo______________________6.830

Loco-Motion