Rally-X (1980) · Tastebuds

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.

Racing Action Open world maze driving action-adventure side-scrolling capture the flag high score race cars explosion bonus stage motorsports original soundtrack release vertical scrollingCommodore VIC-20, Arcade, SG-1000, Sharp X68000, Sharp X1, MSX

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Platforms: Commodore VIC-20, Arcade, SG-1000, Sharp X68000, Sharp X1, MSX
Developer: Namco Limited
Publisher: Commodore, DahJee, Midway Manufacturing, Bug-Byte Software, Henteko Doujin, Dempa Shimbunsha, DahJee, Namco Limited
Released: November 1, 1980
Modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric

IGDB rating 8.5/10 from 11 ratings.

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