Choro Q video games

The Choro Q video games are a series of video games based on Takara's Choro Q toy cars (also known as Penny Racers in English-speaking markets). The games have been localised for Western release under many different names, including Gadget Racers, Penny Racers and Road Trip.

Most of these games were developed by external companies, although they are usually credited to Takara since the developers' name rarely appears outside of the ending credits. Some of these developers include Tamsoft (Choro Q, Choro Q 2 and Choro Q 3), Barnhouse Effect (Shin Combat Choro Q, Choro Q HG and Choro Q HG 4), E-game (Choro Q Wonderful!, Choro Q HG 2 and Choro Q HG 3), Electronics Application (aka Eleca) (Choro Q Advance, Choro Q Advance 2, Choro Q: Hyper Customable GB and Perfect Choro Q). Most are auto racing games with extensive opportunities for customisation, often including role-playing video game-style elements such as towns and side-quests.

Overseas releases

Only three games in the series were released outside of Japan prior to 2001 (including the 1984 MSX game by Taito Corporation, which is unrelated to the later Choro Q titles) - 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, since 2001 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!.

Series history

Title	Date	Platform	Developer	Publisher	Media type
Choro Q チョロQ Buggy SPA	1984	MSX	Taito	Taito JP Electric Software EU Sony Spain SPA	Cartridge Tape/Softcard Cartridge
A puzzle game.
Choro Q JP チョロQ Penny Racers EU Choro Q ver. 1.02 JP	March 1996 1996 December 1996	PlayStation	Tamsoft	Takara JP Sony Computer Entertainment EU	CD
The first in the Choro Q racing series.
Choro Q 2 チョロQ2	February 1997	PlayStation	Tamsoft	Takara	CD
Choro Q 3 チョロQ3	February 1998	PlayStation	Tamsoft	Takara	CD
Choro Q Jet: Rainbow Wings チョロQジェット レインボーウィングス	February 1998 "the best" January 2000	PlayStation	Astro Vision	Takara	CD
Choro Q Marine: Q-Boat チョロQマリン Qボート	June 1998	PlayStation	Barnhouse Effect	Takara	CD
The first game in the series to be developed by Barnhouse Effect.
Choro Q 64 JP チョロQ64 Penny Racers NA/EU	1998 JP/NA 1999 EU	Nintendo 64	Locomotive Staff	Takara JP THQ NA/EU	Cartridge
Combat Choro Q コンバットチョロQ	February 1999	PlayStation	Barnhouse Effect	Takara	CD
Choro Q Park チョロQパーク	March 1998	Sega Saturn	Nextech	Takara	CD
Choro Q Hyper Customable GB チョロQ ハイパーカスタマブルGB	July 1999	Game Boy Color	Electronics Applications	Takara	Cartridge
The first entry in Electronics Applications' Game Boy series.
Choro Q Wonderful! チョロQ ワンダフォー！	August 1999	PlayStation	E-game	Takara	CD
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	Nintendo 64	Locomotive Staff	Takara	Cartridge
Perfect Choro Q パーフェクトチョロQ	August 2000	Game Boy Color	Electronics Applications	Takara	Cartridge
Choro Q HG JP チョロQ HG Gadget Racers NA Penny Racers EU	December 2000 JP 2001 NA 2002 EU	PlayStation 2	Barnhouse Effect	Takara JP Conspiracy Entertainment NA Midas Interactive Entertainment EU	DVD
"HG" is an abbreviation for "High Grade".
Choro Q Advance JP チョロQアドバンス Gadget Racers NA Penny Racers EU	June 2001 JP/NA 2002 EU	Game Boy Advance	Electronics Applications	Takara JP Conspiracy Entertainment NA Xicat Interactive EU	Cartridge
Choro Q HG 2 JP チョロQ HG2 Road Trip NA Road Trip Adventure EU	january 2002 JA/NA 2003 EU	PlayStation 2	E-game	Takara JP Conspiracy Entertainment NA Play It!	CD
Shin Combat Choro Q JP 新コンバットチョロQ Seek and Destroy NA/EU	June 2002 JP/NA 2003 EU	PlayStation 2	Barnhouse Effect	Takara JP Conspiracy Entertainment NA Play It! EU	DVD CD CD
Combat Choro Q: Advance Daisakusen コンバットチョロＱアドバンス大作戦	August 2002	Game Boy Advance		Takara	Cartridge
Boku no Choro Q	March 2002	PlayStation		Takara	CD
Choro Q Advance 2 JP Road Trip: Shifting Gears NA Gadget Racers EU	2002 JP 2004 NA 2003 EU	Game Boy Advance	Electronics Applications	Takara JP Conspiracy Entertainment NA Zoo Digital Publishing EU	Cartridge
Choro Q HG 3 JP Road Trip: Adventure Avenue NA Gadget Racers EU	December 2002 JP Cancelled NA 2003 EU	PlayStation 2	E-game	Takara JP Conspiracy Entertainment NA Zoo Digital Publishing EU	CD
Choro Q! JP Road Trip: The Arcade Edition NA Gadget Racers EU	December 2002 JP 2004 NA 2003 EU	Nintendo GameCube	Electronics Applications	Takara JP Conspiracy Entertainment NA Zoo Digital Publishing EU
Choro Q Byun Byun Racer	2003	Stand-alone TV game	SSD Company Limited
Choro Q HG 4 JP ChoroQ NA/EU	2003 JP 2004 NA 2005 EU	PlayStation 2	Barnhouse Effect	Takara JP Atlus NA Zoo Digital Publishing EU	DVD
Choro Q Works	2005	PlayStation 2	Barnhouse Effect	Atlus and Takara	DVD
Choro Q DS	N/A	Nintendo DS	Unknown	Atlus
Canceled
ChoroQ Wii JP Penny Racers Party: Turbo-Q Speedway NA	2008	Wii	Barnhouse Effect	TakaraTomy

External links

• Barnhouse Effect
• E-Game
• Takara Games
• Choro Q Playstation 2 game.