''Penny Racers'' (''Choro Q 64'' in Japan) is a racing game for the

Nintendo 64 The (N64) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Nintendo. It was released in Japan on June 23, 1996, in North America on September 29, 1996, and in Europe and Australia on March 1, 1997. As the successor to the Super Nintendo E ...

. It was released in Japan in 1998 and in North America and Europe in 1999. The game is part of the racing game series '' Choro Q'' based on

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 ...

's toy line of the same name and was the first of this line to be released in North America. It had a Nintendo 64 sequel released only in Japan, '' Choro Q 64 2: Hachamecha Grand Prix Race''. It is a customizable racer game, and has a total of 114 parts, arranged in eight categories.

Reception

The game received "mixed" reviews according to the

review aggregation A review aggregator is a system that collects reviews and ratings of products and services, such as films, books, video games, music, software, hardware, or cars. This system then stores the reviews to be used for supporting a website where user ...

website

GameRankings GameRankings was a video gaming review aggregator that was founded in 1999 and owned by CBS Interactive. It indexed over 315,000 articles relating to more than 14,500 video games. GameRankings was discontinued in December 2019, with its staff bei ...

. ''

IGN ''IGN'' is an American video gaming and entertainment media website operated by IGN Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Ziff Davis, Inc. The company's headquarters is located in San Francisco's SoMa district and is headed by its former e ...

'' criticized the graphics and sound. Both ''IGN'' and ''

GameSpot ''GameSpot'' is an American video gaming website that provides news, reviews, previews, downloads, and other information on video games. The site was launched on May 1, 1996, created by Pete Deemer, Vince Broady, and Jon Epstein. In addition ...

'' said that it didn't live up to other racing games on the Nintendo 64 like ''Mario Kart 64'' and ''Diddy Kong Racing''. ''

Nintendo Power ''Nintendo Power'' was a video game news and strategy magazine from Nintendo of America, first published in July/August 1988 as Nintendo's official print magazine for North America. The magazine's publication was initially done monthly by Ninte ...

'' found the game's menus hard to navigate. ''

GamePro ''GamePro'' was an American multiplatform video game magazine media company that published online and print content covering the video game industry, video game hardware and video game software. The magazine featured content on various video ...

'' called it "a cartoony, graphical fender-bender with chunky, featureless cars and cardbord-cutout landscapes". In Japan, ''

Famitsu , formerly , is a line of Japanese Video game journalism, video game magazines published by Kadokawa Game Linkage (previously known as Gzbrain), a subsidiary of Kadokawa Corporation, Kadokawa. ''Famitsu'' is published in both weekly and monthly f ...

'' gave it a score of 25 out of 40.

Notes

References

External links

* {{moby game, id=/n64/penny-racers 1998 video games Choro Q video games Nintendo 64 games Nintendo 64-only games Racing video games Takara video games THQ games Video games developed in Japan Multiplayer and single-player video games

Reception

See also

Notes

References

External links