New Rally-X

Overview

New Rally-X is effectively an update to Rally-X, released only months after the latter's original release and intended to be swapped into existing arcade cabinets by operators. Given that time frame, New Rally-X is more of a rebalance than an new game.

Much of what is described in our own Rally-X page applies here, with the following changes:

• The number of enemy cars per round starts smaller and scales more steadily per round than the original release.
• The minimap shows the location of the S-Flag.
• There is an additional Lucky Flag that provided bonus points based on the amount of fuel left upon the player finding it.
• A second extra life is rewarded at 80,000 points instead of 100,000.
• New background music.
• Adjusted visual palette and sprites for vehicles.

Appearances

New Rally-X has been compiled or included in the following titles:

• Namco Museum Volume 1 (PS1, 1995)
• Ridge Racers (PSP, 2004)
  • included as the loading screen game
• Namco Museum (PSP, 2005)
• Namco Museum Battle Collection (PSP, 2005)
  • a compilation of Namco Museum and Namco Museum Volume 2, both PSP titles with names used elsewhere
• Namco Museum Virtual Arcade (360, 2008)
• Namco Museum Megamix (Wii, 2010)

A remixed version, "New Rally-X Arrangement", was included in Namco Museum Battle Collection.