A Day at the Races

A Day at the Races is a video game developed and published by Blast! Entertainment Ltd. for the PlayStation 2 with its EyeToy Camera support in 2006 and 2007 in Europe and Australia.

Description
Join Thomas and his friends in ten all-new, fun, and exciting mini-games. Use the Eye Toy USB camera to put yourself in the game and control the action. Enjoy a brand new story, featuring Thomas, James, the Fat Controller, and all your other favourite Thomas the Tank Engine characters.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Edward
 * Henry
 * Gordon
 * James
 * Percy
 * Toby
 * Duck
 * Donald and Douglas
 * Oliver
 * Bill and Ben
 * Emily
 * Diesel
 * BoCo
 * Mavis
 * Annie and Clarabel
 * Sir Topham Hatt

Game Levels

 * Match the Face
 * Engine Painting
 * Loading Coal
 * Train Destination
 * Sodor Engine Races
 * Pressure Gauge
 * Runaway Train
 * Memory Match
 * Clean the Engine
 * Lock Up

Trivia

 * Stock footage from Thomas and the Guard, Thomas Comes to Breakfast, Thomas and the Special Letter, James Gets a New Coat, Middle Engine, Percy's Chocolate Crunch, The World's Strongest Engine, Gordon Takes a Tumble, Thomas the Jet Engine, Gordon and the Famous Visitor, Percy Runs Away, The Trouble with Mud, Woolly Bear and Percy's Promise are used.
 * Instrumental tracks of Engine Roll Call, Surprises, Emily, A World Around You and Ode to Gordon are used.
 * In the end credits, a different version of Engine Roll Call is heard; "James is vain but never bad; Thomas, he's the cheeky lad."
 * Michael Angelis is not the narrator of the game.
 * The title of the game is a reference to the 1937 MGM film with the same name starring the Marx Brothers.

Goofs

 * In Runaway Train, when Thomas approaches a set of points, his front wheels derail briefly before they go back on the rails. This is because Thomas acts like a sprite throughout the minigame, and the camera angle in front of him changes each time he changes track sections.
 * In Sodor Engine Races, Toby has another face on his rear end.
 * In Engine Painting, when the engines are being painted, the pixels seem to appear and disappear on the engine's paintwork.
 * In Loading Coal, the Troublesome Trucks are referred to as "carriages".