Locomotion (DOS)

Locomotion

Platform: DOS Year: 1992 Developer: Prestige Softwareentwicklung GmbH

Locomotion is a colorful strategy game where you manipulate switches on train tracks in order to get trains to their expected destinations. Things quickly become complicated as multiple trains being to fill the tracks, and you must prevent them from crashing into one another.

The game was released in both English and German and supports EGA and VGA graphics.

Screenshots

The title screen. The game menu. Directing trains in level A. Oh no! Trains crashed in level B.. Creating my own track in the level editor. There are plenty of options in the game.

Music

Locomotion features only a title theme song, but it begins with a fitting train track rhythm. Unfortunately, the game sets a few tracks up to mute in the middle. Fortunately, a gamer can fix this by entering:

sound b4a2e

before starting the game.

Recording

The music was recorded from the title screen:

1. as is.
2. with the above fix on a real Pentium 60 MHz with a Sound Blaster 16 CT1740.

#	Title	Composer	Length	Listen	Download
01	Locomotion Theme	Matthias Steinwachs	3:17		Download
02	Locomotion Theme (fixed)	Matthias Steinwachs	3:17		Download

Credits

• Ripper: TheAlmightyGuru
• Recorder: TheAlmightyGuru (track 1), Professor Chaos (track 2)
• Game Credits:
  • PC Music: Matthias Steinwachs

(Source: Manual.)

Game Rip

Format	Download
	Download (Info)

Located in the game folder are the song in ROL format, a custom instrument bank in BNK format, AdLib Sound Driver 1.51, and PlayROL renamed to LOCO2.OVL.

Audio Devices

Music
Sound

For music, the game calls PlayROL and waits until it returns. If AdLib Sound Driver is not running, PlayROL returns immediately. The driver assumes an Ad Lib Music Synthesizer Card or compatible at port 388_hex (or a port specified using the driver's P option), but does not actually check for it. Either way, PlayROL runs for the song's duration, or until a key is pressed. The actual game plays sound effects on the PC Speaker.

Releases

Germany Title: Locomotion Platform: DOS Released: 1992-??-?? Publisher: Kingsoft GmbH     UK Title: Locomotion Platform: DOS Released: 1992-??-?? Publisher: Kingsoft GmbH

Links

• mobygames.com/game/dos/locomotion - MobyGames.

View Locomotion: Kingsoft
Locomotion	•  •  •
Notable Songs	Locomotion Theme
Notable Personnel	Matthias Steinwachs
Notable Companies	Prestige • Kingsoft