This is a list of

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s based on the Choro Q (also known as Penny Racers in English-speaking markets) line of toy cars produced by Japanese toy company

Takara was a Japanese toy company founded in 1955. In March 2006, the company merged with Tomy, Tomy Company, Ltd. to form Tomy, Takara Tomy. The Takara motto was("playing is culture"). The company focused on traditional toys and board games. They cr ...

(later

Takara Tomy (trade name, trading as Takara Tomy in Asia and Tomy elsewhere) is a Japanese toy company. It was established in 1924 by Eiichirō Tomiyama as , became known for creating popular toys like the B-29 friction toy and luck-based game Pop-up Pi ...

). 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

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games with extensive opportunities for customization, often including

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-style elements such as towns and side-quests. Most of these games were developed by external companies like

Tamsoft is a Japanese video game developer founded in 1992, best known for their work on the ''Battle Arena Toshinden'', '' Onechanbara'' and '' Senran Kagura'' series. Its former president, Toshiaki Ōta, previously worked at Toaplan as one of the si ...

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

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(released in Europe only as '' Penny Racers'') and ''Choro Q 64'' for the

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(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

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, Midas Interactive Entertainment and Play It!.

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Barnhouse Effect

E-Game

Takara Games

Choro Q PlayStation 2 game.
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