New Rally-X

New Rally-X
Developer(s)Namco
Publisher(s)Namco
Designer(s)Shigeru Yokoyama[2]
Kouichi Tashiro[2]
Programmer(s)Kazuo Kurosu[2]
Composer(s)Nobuyuki Ohnogi[2]
SeriesRally-X
Platform(s)Arcade, Mobile phone, Xbox 360
Release
  • JP: February 6, 1981[1]
  • NA: March 1981
Genre(s)Maze
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer
Arcade systemRally-X

New Rally-X (Japanese: ニューラリーX, Hepburn: Nyū Rarī-Ekkusu) is a maze chase arcade video game released by Namco in 1981. It is a lightly tweaked version of 1980's Rally-X, with slightly enhanced graphics, easier gameplay, a new soundtrack, and a "Lucky Flag" that gives the player extra points for remaining fuel when collected.

New Rally-X was manufactured in greater numbers and was much more popular in Japan than its predecessor. While the original Rally-X, released under a Midway Games license, was a moderate hit in the United States, Midway only distributed New Rally-X as an upgrade kit for Rally-X cabinets.

  1. ^ a b c d Szczepaniak, John (11 August 2014). The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers (First ed.). SMG Szczepaniak. p. 201. ISBN 978-0992926007. Retrieved 12 August 2019.