History VideoGame / RallyX

''Rally-X'' was a 1980 arcade game by [[Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment Namco]] focusing upon a lone race car and its quest to locate and collect the multitude of flags hidden throughout mazes. Its task was hindered by murderous red race cars whose sole objective was to locate you and kamikaze into your car. Your only defenses against them were your impeccable driving skills and a smoke screen. The smoke screen would disorient the enemy cars for a few seconds while you tried to escape and locate the rest of the flags within the round.

* PowerUp -- There is one "special" flag per level. Once you collect it, every flag you collect after it doubles in points.

* StalkedByTheBell: Despite what the attract screen might imply, the fuel gauge isn't an ExactTimeToFailure. Instead, when it runs out, you lose your smoke screen and slow to a snail's pace, at which point [[ControlledHelplessness the red cars will accomplish what the timer would have anyway]].

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* NoNameGiven: The player's driver seen in promotional artwork is never named in the game or in official materials. However, in his appearance in the now-defunct mobile game ''Pac-Man Monsters'', he's named [[https://pacman-monsters.bngames.net/image/87282500763 "Rally Man X".]]

* {{Engrish}}: Bonus rounds are called "Charanging (read: challenging) Stages."

* CollisionDamage: Running into a boulder or an enemy vehicle will cause you to lose a life and generate an explosion labelled '''[[WrittenSoundEffect BANG]]'''.

''Rally-X'' was a 1980 arcade game by [[Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment Namco]] focusing upon a lone race car and its quest to locate and collect the multitude of flags hidden throughout mazes. Its task was hindered by murderous red race cars whose sole objective was to locate you and kamikaze into your car. Your only defenses against them were your impeccable driving skills and a smoke screen. The smoke screen would cause the enemy cars to become disoriented for a few seconds while you tried to escape and locate the rest of the flags within the round.

If PacMan were a car, this is how he would live.

* ControlledHelplessness: Once you run out of fuel, your car slows to a crawl and you lose your smokescreen ability. Unless you're practically right next to the final flag when this happens, you're pretty much a dead car driving as the red cars (which, keep in mind, are already faster than you even at normal speed), will zero in on your position in a matter of seconds.

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* PowerUp -- there is one "special" flag per level. Once you collect it, every flag you collect after it doubles in points.

''Rally-X'' was a 1980 arcade game by [[Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment Namco]] focusing upon a lone race car and its quest to locate and collect the multitude of flags hidden throughout mazes. Its task was hindered by murderous red race cars whose sole objective was to locate you and kamikaze into your car. Your only defenses against them were your impeccable driving skills and a smoke screen that would force them to spin-out on contact. The smoke screen would cause the enemy cars to become disoriented for a few seconds while you tried to escape and locate the rest of the flags within the round.

''Rally-X'' was a 1980 arcade game by [[Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment Namco]] focusing upon a lone race car and its quest to locate and collect the multitude of flags hidden throughout mazes. Its task was hindered by murderous red race cars whose sole objective was to locate you and kamikaze into your car. Your only defenses against them were your impeccable driving skills and a smoke screen. The smoke screen would cause the enemy cars to become disoriented for a few seconds while you tried to escape and locate the rest of the flags within the round.

If PacMan was a car, this is how he would live.

''Rally-X'' was a 1980 arcade game by [[Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment Namco]] focusing upon a lone race car and its quest to locate and collect the multitude of flags hidden throughout mazes. Its task was hindered by murderous red race cars whose sole objective was to locate you and kamikaze into your car. Your only defenses against them were your impeccable driving skills and a smoke screen. The smoke screen would cause the enemy cars to become disoriented for a few seconds while you attempted to escape and locate the rest of the flags within the round.

''Rally-X'' was a 1980 arcade game by {{Namco}} focusing upon a lone race car and its quest to locate and collect the multitude of flags hidden throughout mazes. Its task was hindered by murderous red race cars whose sole objective was to locate you and kamikaze into your car. Your only defenses against them were your impeccable driving skills and a smoke screen. The smoke screen would cause the enemy cars to become disoriented for a few seconds while you attempted to escape and locate the rest of the flags within the round.

The maze changes from level to level. And you cannot see it all at once. There is a radar map to show you where all the flags and the enemy cars are, but it does not show you the walls -- and you do need to know where the walls are!

* CastFromHitPoints : Using the smoke screen costs a portion of your remaining fuel

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%%* OneHitPointWonder
%%* PinballScoring (mild case)
%%* PlotCoupon

* RespawningEnemies -- you ''can'' get enemy cars killed, but they always come back.

* EverythingTryingToKillYou
* MazeGame
* OneHitPointWonder
* PinballScoring (mild case)
* PlotCoupon

''Rally-X'' was a 1980 arcade game by {{Namco}} focusing upon a lone race car and its quest to locate and the multitude of flags hidden throughout mazes. Its task was hindered by murderous red race cars whose sole objective was to locate you and kamikaze into your car. Your only defenses against them were your impeccable driving skills and a smoke screen. The smoke screen would cause the enemy cars to become disoriented for a few seconds while you attempted to escape and locate the rest of the flags within the round.

The quest was also hindered by obstacles in the road -- the occasional rockslide, for instance. And, unlike in PacMan, if you hit the wall in this game, you lose a car.