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 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 [1]	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

References

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.

External links

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