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List of Choro Q video games

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This is a list of video games based on the Choro Q (also known as Penny Racers in English-speaking markets) line of toy cars produced by Japanese toy company Takara (later Takara Tomy). Some of these games have been localised for Western release under many different names, including Gadget Racers, Penny Racers and Road Trip.

Most of these are auto racing games with extensive opportunities for customization, often including role-playing video game-style elements such as towns and side-quests. Most of these games were developed by external companies like Tamsoft and Barnhouse Effect, although they are usually credited to Takara since the developers' name rarely appears outside of the ending credits. Only two games in the series were released outside Japan prior to 2001 - Choro Q for the PlayStation (released in Europe only as Penny Racers) and Choro Q 64 for the Nintendo 64 (released in North America and Europe as Penny Racers). However, afterwards many of the titles have been released in the US and PAL regions as budget titles, by publishers including Conspiracy Entertainment, Midas Interactive Entertainment and Play It!.

Titles

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Overseas title Japanese title Original release date
(YYYY/MM)
Platforms Developer Publisher
- Choro Q Holiday Puzzle (チョロQ ホリデーパズル) 1984 PC-8801 Kogado Studio
Choro QEU
BuggySPA
Choro Q (チョロQ) 1984 or 1985 MSX Taito NidecomJP
Electric SoftwareEU
Sony SpainSPA
- Desktop Choro Q (デスクトップチョロQ) 1993 Microsoft Windows
Penny RacersEU Choro Q (チョロQ) 1996/03 PlayStation Tamsoft TakaraJP
Sony Computer EntertainmentEU
- Choro Q 2 (チョロQ2) 1997/02 PlayStation Tamsoft Takara
- Bakusou! PC Choro Q (爆走! PCチョロQ) 1998 Microsoft Windows, Macintosh Inner Brain Takara
- Bakusou! PC Choro Q 2 (爆走! PCチョロQ2) 1998 Microsoft Windows, Macintosh Inner Brain Takara
- Choro Q 3 (チョロQ3) 1998/02 PlayStation Tamsoft Takara
- Choro Q Jet: Rainbow Wings (チョロQジェット レインボーウィングス) 1998/02 PlayStation Astro Vision Takara
- Choro Q Marine: Q-Boat (チョロQマリン Qボート) 1998/06 PlayStation Barnhouse Effect Takara
Penny RacersNA/EU Choro Q 64 (チョロQ64) 1998/06 Nintendo 64 Locomotive Corporation TakaraJP
THQNA/EU
- Choro Q Park (チョロQパーク) 1998/03 Sega Saturn Nextech[1] Takara
- Combat Choro Q (コンバットチョロQ) 1999/02 PlayStation Barnhouse Effect Takara
- Choro Q Hyper Customable GB (チョロQ ハイパーカスタマブルGB) 1999/07 Game Boy Color Electronic Applications Takara
- Choro Q Wonderful! (チョロQ ワンダフォー) 1999/08 PlayStation E-game Takara
- Choro Q 64 2: Hachamecha Grand Prix Race (チョロQ64 2 ハチャメチャグランプリレース) 1999/12 Nintendo 64 Locomotive Corporation Takara
- Choro Q Hyper Racing 5 (チョロQ ハイパーレーシング5) 1999 Arcade[2] Sega
- Perfect Choro Q (パーフェクトチョロQ) 2000/08 Game Boy Color Electronic Applications Takara
Gadget RacersNA

Penny RacersEU

Choro Q HG (チョロQ HG) 2000/12 PlayStation 2 Barnhouse Effect TakaraJP
Conspiracy EntertainmentNA
Midas Interactive EntertainmentEU
Gadget RacersNA

Penny RacersEU

Choro Q Advance (チョロQアドバンス) 2001/06 Game Boy Advance Electronic Applications TakaraJP
Conspiracy EntertainmentNA
Xicat InteractiveEU
Road TripNA

Road Trip AdventureEU

Choro Q HG 2 (チョロQ HG2) 2002/01 PlayStation 2 E-game TakaraJP
Conspiracy EntertainmentNA
Play It!EU
- Boku no Choro Q 2002/03 PlayStation Takara
Seek and DestroyNA/EU Shin Combat Choro Q (新コンバットチョロQ) 2002/06 PlayStation 2 Barnhouse Effect TakaraJP
Conspiracy EntertainmentNA
Play It!EU
- Combat Choro Q: Advance Daisakusen (コンバットチョロQアドバンス大作戦) 2002/08 Game Boy Advance Takara
Road Trip: Shifting GearsNA

Gadget RacersEU

Choro Q Advance 2 2002/11 Game Boy Advance Electronic Applications TakaraJP
Conspiracy EntertainmentNA
ZOO Digital PublishingEU
Road Trip: Adventure AvenueNA (cancelled)

Gadget RacersEU

Choro Q HG 3 2002/12 PlayStation 2 E-game TakaraJP
Conspiracy EntertainmentNA
ZOO Digital PublishingEU
Road Trip: The Arcade EditionNA

Gadget RacersEU

Choro Q! 2002/12 GameCube Electronic Applications TakaraJP
Conspiracy EntertainmentNA
ZOO Digital PublishingEU
- Choro Q Byun Byun Racer (チョロQビュンビュンレーサー) 2003/06 Stand-alone TV game SSD Company Ltd Takara
ChoroQNA/EU Choro Q HG 4 2003/11 PlayStation 2 Barnhouse Effect TakaraJP
AtlusNA
ZOO Digital PublishingEU
- Choro Q Works (チョロQワークス) 2005/05 PlayStation 2 Barnhouse Effect Takara & Atlus
- Choro Q DS Cancelled Nintendo DS Atlus
Penny Racers Party: Turbo Q SpeedwayNA Choro Q Wii 2008/02 Wii Barnhouse Effect Takara TomyJP
TomyNA
- Choro Q World Grand Prix (携帯アプリでプレイできるチョロQ) 2010 Mobile phone Takara Tomy
- Combat Choro Q (コンバットチョロQ) 2012/01 Mobile phone SunSoft Takara Tomy
- Choro Q Grand Prix (チョロQグランプリ) 2012/12 Mobile phone Barnhouse Effect Takara Tomy
- Choro Q Grand Prix HYPER (チョロQグランプリHYPER) 2014/08 Mobile phone Barnhouse Effect Takara Tomy
Overseas title Japanese title Original release date
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Platforms Developer Publisher

References

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  1. ^ "Nex Entertainment (formerly Nextech) Product List (under チョロQパーク)". Archived from the original on 15 March 2010. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  2. ^ "ST-V Game I'd never seen before Choro Q Hyper Racing 5". Arcade-Projects Forums. 2016-08-23. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
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