 |
4,675 Videogames: 0-9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Manufacturers | Top 100 Videogames | See All 18,123 International Arcade Museum coin-operated listings
|
Rally-X
|
4,675 Videogames: 0-9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Manufacturers | Top 100 Videogames | See All 18,123 International Arcade Museum coin-operated listings
|
|
Manufacturer:
Midway Manufacturing Co.
Year: 1980 Type: Videogame Class: Wide Release
Number of Simultaneous Players: 1 Maximum number of Players: 2 Gameplay: Alternating Control Panel Layout: Single Player Ambidextrous Controls:
Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel) |
|
Rally-X DescriptionYou control a small car running around in a maze. There are of course the obvious "bad guys", namely other cars that try to force an accident with you. While you try to dodge the other cars (and there's more of them in each level!) you have to collect the ten yellow flags to get more points. There's also a timer and a fuel gauge to take into account.Cabinet InformationThe full-sized game is housed in a cream-colored cabinet with the two front edges painted orange. The sides of the cabinet have adhesive decals of a man in his race car, puffing out smokescreen, zooming past some trees. The marquee and kick panel decal have the same art as the side decals. The monitor bezel features a pink path going through a green plain. The instructions are on the right side of the overlay. The control panel has the controls on a green background with the pink road from the overlay. A race car appears on the left side, and has the same race car over the 1-player start button. Two race cars appear over the two-player start button.The cabaret version of the game features woodgrain sides with no decals, black trim, a smaller backlit marquee, and a smaller control panel with front facing, simple decal of a stylized helmeted man in a race car, with a radar dish behind his head. The cabaret version uses a 13-inch monitor. ConversionThis game can be converted to New Rally-X by replacing the marquee, monitor bezel, control panel, and PCB.Game IntroductionA radar screen shows the location of your car, the other enemy cars and the flags. The score for picking up flags increases starting at 100 points. Collecting the flashing special flag visible on the radar awards a 2x bonus for the remaining flags. Avoid randomly placed rocks and use smoke to stop enemy cars for short periods of time. However, using smoke costs fuel. Every third round, the enemy cars do not move unless your fuel runs out.Game PlayThe player moves his car around the maze, avoiding several red cars that chase the player. The object is to collect ten yellow flags that are in the maze. The player can temporarily stun the red cars with its smokescreen. Every third round, the player must move around the maze collecting the flags before fuel runs out, and the cars start to move.MiscellaneousBOOTLEG: Hot RaceLICENSOR: Namco There was also a version released directly by Namco. VAPS Arcade CensusThere are 6,993 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 4,022 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 65,216 machines (3,798 unique titles).Very Common - There are 69 known instances of this machine owned by Rally-X collectors who are members. Of these, 49 of them are original dedicated machines, 1 is a conversion in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet, and 19 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired. For Sale - There are 6 VAPS members with Rally-X machines for sale. VAPS members are totally independent of VAPS and the International Arcade Museum, and we are unable to recommend, endorce, or guarantee any person or company selling games or game parts. Wanted - There are 6 VAPS members currently looking for Rally-X. There is one VAPS member looking for a Rally-X circuit board set. This game ranks a 44 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records. This game ranks a 17 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often wanted, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.
TechnicalThe game uses a Z80 microprocessor and a Namco 3-channel PSG for sounds.Legacy
Manuals
Foto-Finder™ (books)
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
© 1995-2010 by The International Arcade Museum®. All rights reserved. Portions © 2009-2010 by The International Arcade Museum Library, Inc.
If you wish to use material from our web sites, please take a look at our Acceptable Use, Copyright, and Trademark Page.
Except as described on that page, any use of the information found here may not be copied or reprinted on any medium, either physical or electronic, without the express written
permission of The International Arcade Museum.
