Rally-X (1980)

Namco Limited

Arcade · Commodore VIC-20 · MSX · SG-1000 · Sharp X1 · Sharp X68000

2.92 from 26 ratings

61 members have it in their collection · 2 playing now · 11 backlogged · 8 wish listed

Rally-X is a maze & driving arcade game, that was released by Namco in 1980 and licensed to Midway Games for US manufacture and distribution in 1981. It was ported to the SG-1000 in Taiwan.

Release dates

  • Nov 1980 (Japan) Arcade
  • Feb 1981 (North_America) Arcade
  • 1981 (Japan) Commodore VIC-20
  • 1984 (Japan) MSX, Sharp X1
  • 1988 (Europe) MSX
  • 1988 (Japan) Sharp X68000
  • TBD (Asia) SG-1000

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Review scoopings 5/5 · Jan 25, 2022

Fun, Bright, Playful Arcade Driving Game -- Thankfully Not An Arcade Racing Game, Tho!

Look: 8/10 Great colors, good car designs, all top-notch for its era.

Sound: 8/10 I love the music ha, like an NES/Mario vibe to it. Playful and fun, like the game.

Play: 8/10 Heh, I played for so long before realizing the mini map--that helps a lot by the way. I feel like I got pretty darn good, getting into …

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Look: 8/10 Great colors, good car designs, all top-notch for its era.

Sound: 8/10 I love the music ha, like an NES/Mario vibe to it. Playful and fun, like the game.

Play: 8/10 Heh, I played for so long before realizing the mini map--that helps a lot by the way. I feel like I got pretty darn good, getting into the other color levels, etc.! This is a lot of fun, I'm not a big racing/driving game guy--I mostly skipped them for my chronology backlog--but this and Head On kinda prove me wrong! I guess I like arcade style, maze types or whatever you call it. This one is simple, but fun--get those yellow flags! I can't claim to have been as hooked or in love as, say, Space Invaders or Head On, but it just scraped by with the 5 star ha.

Feel: 9/10 Solid, fun. Might be slightly overrating this part of it, but it was ahead of its time and hugely influential for other driving games, so I don't feel bad about it ha. Plus I had fun and played it again today after considering myself done yesterday ha. Also, the mini-map and the scrolling open-world, plus the colors, all give me the NES Zelda 1 feel for some reason.

Attachment: 9/10 I know I will be replaying this along with Head On, and want to show people who enjoy GTA and driving games. This will be a go-to arcade game whenever I'm in an arcade mood. Plus, those bright colors are delightful heh.

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