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	==Development and release==		==Development and release==
	''Rally-X'' was created by [[Namco]] and designed by Hirohito Ito, with hardware developed by Kouichi Tashiro.<ref name="Szczepaniak">{{cite book \|last1=Szczepaniak \|first1=John \|title=The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers \|date=11 August 2014 \|isbn=978-0992926007 \|pages=201 \|edition=First}}</ref> It was produced as a successor to ''[[Head On (video game)\|Head On]]'' (1979), an older [[arcade game]] from [[Sega]] that similarly involved collecting items in a maze while avoiding enemy cars that pursued the player.<ref name="Smith"/> ''Head On'' was a popular title in Japanese arcades, which gave Namco the idea of creating a game that built on its mechanics.<ref name="Gamest2"/> ''Rally-X'' was created on a version of the ''[[Pac-Man]]'' arcade system board that supports multi-directional scrolling. The programming was done by Kazuo Kurosu, who went on to design the [[shoot 'em up\|multi-directional shooter]] ''[[Bosconian]]'' (1981), and featured music from ''Pac-Man'' composer Toshio Kai.<ref name="Szczepaniak"/>		''Rally-X'' was created by [[Namco]] and designed by Hirohito Ito, with hardware developed by Kouichi Tashiro.<ref name="Szczepaniak">{{cite book \|last1=Szczepaniak \|first1=John \|title=The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers \|date=11 August 2014 \|isbn=978-0992926007 \|pages=201 \|publisher=SMG Szczepaniak \|edition=First}}</ref> It was produced as a successor to ''[[Head On (video game)\|Head On]]'' (1979), an older [[arcade game]] from [[Sega]] that similarly involved collecting items in a maze while avoiding enemy cars that pursued the player.<ref name="Smith"/> ''Head On'' was a popular title in Japanese arcades, which gave Namco the idea of creating a game that built on its mechanics.<ref name="Gamest2"/> ''Rally-X'' was created on a version of the ''[[Pac-Man]]'' arcade system board that supports multi-directional scrolling. The programming was done by Kazuo Kurosu, who went on to design the [[shoot 'em up\|multi-directional shooter]] ''[[Bosconian]]'' (1981), and featured music from ''Pac-Man'' composer Toshio Kai.<ref name="Szczepaniak"/>

	''Rally-X'' was first demonstrated in Japan in January 1980,<ref name="MAD1">{{cite web \|title=Rally-X (upright) \|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M731935 \|website=Media Arts Database \|publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]] \|language=ja \|access-date=20 May 2021}}</ref><ref name="MAD2">{{cite web \|title=Rally-X (table) \|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M731936 \|website=Media Arts Database \|publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]] \|language=ja \|access-date=20 May 2021}}</ref> before receiving a wide release on October 3, 1980.<ref name="USCO">{{cite web \|title=Rally-X (Registration Number PA0000088049) \|url=https://cocatalog.loc.gov \|website=[[United States Copyright Office]] \|access-date=2 September 2021}}</ref> When preparing to release the game overseas, Namco believed ''Rally-X'' had more foreign appeal than ''Pac-Man'' with its audiovisual presentation and challenge, which it believed American audiences would prefer to the simplicity and "cuteness" present in ''Pac-Man''.<ref name="Smith">{{cite book \|last1=Smith \|first1=Alexander \|title=They Create Worlds \|date=November 19, 2019 \|publisher=CRC Press \|pages=587―589 \|isbn=9780429752612}}</ref> Namco presented ''Rally-X'' at the 1980 Amusement & Music Operators Union (AMOA) tradeshow in [[Chicago, Illinois]], alongside ''Pac-Man'', ''[[King & Balloon]]'', and ''[[Tank Battalion]]''. An often-repeated story is that out of the games presented, specifically ''Pac-Man'', the attending industry analysists believed ''Rally-X'' was the stand-out and the one destined to be successful.<ref name="Allgame"/><ref name="PDF"/> Though it received praise from the press,<ref name="PMeter 1"/> ''Rally-X'' did not attract much attention during the event.<ref name="Smith"/> According to ''[[Play Meter]]'' magazine, both ''Pac-Man'' and ''Rally-X'' received mild attention at the show.<ref name="PM94">{{cite magazine \|title=Pac-Man gobbles his way into the industry \|magazine=[[Play Meter]] \|date=December 1994 \|volume=20 \|issue=13 \|pages=22, 24, 26 \|url=https://archive.org/details/play-meter-volume-20-number-13-december-1994/Play%20Meter%20-%20Volume%2020%2C%20Number%2013%20-%20December%201994/page/22}}</ref> [[Midway Manufacturing]], the video game division of [[Bally Manufacturing]], agreed to distribute ''Rally-X'' and ''Pac-Man'' in North America. Dave Marofske, the president of Midway, believed the two had the most potential out of the four Namco games presented. Midway released ''Rally-X'' in North America in February 1981 in upright, tabletop, and cabaret cabinet variations.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Coin Machines - Manufacturers Equipment \|url=https://archive.org/details/cashbox43unse_8/page/38/mode/2up \|access-date=March 22, 2021 \|agency=[[Cash Box]] \|date=July 25, 1981 \|page=38}}</ref>		''Rally-X'' was first demonstrated in Japan in January 1980,<ref name="MAD1">{{cite web \|title=Rally-X (upright) \|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M731935 \|website=Media Arts Database \|publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]] \|language=ja \|access-date=20 May 2021}}</ref><ref name="MAD2">{{cite web \|title=Rally-X (table) \|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M731936 \|website=Media Arts Database \|publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]] \|language=ja \|access-date=20 May 2021}}</ref> before receiving a wide release on October 3, 1980.<ref name="USCO">{{cite web \|title=Rally-X (Registration Number PA0000088049) \|url=https://cocatalog.loc.gov \|website=[[United States Copyright Office]] \|access-date=2 September 2021}}</ref> When preparing to release the game overseas, Namco believed ''Rally-X'' had more foreign appeal than ''Pac-Man'' with its audiovisual presentation and challenge, which it believed American audiences would prefer to the simplicity and "cuteness" present in ''Pac-Man''.<ref name="Smith">{{cite book \|last1=Smith \|first1=Alexander \|title=They Create Worlds \|date=November 19, 2019 \|publisher=CRC Press \|pages=587―589 \|isbn=9780429752612}}</ref> Namco presented ''Rally-X'' at the 1980 Amusement & Music Operators Union (AMOA) tradeshow in [[Chicago, Illinois]], alongside ''Pac-Man'', ''[[King & Balloon]]'', and ''[[Tank Battalion]]''. An often-repeated story is that out of the games presented, specifically ''Pac-Man'', the attending industry analysists believed ''Rally-X'' was the stand-out and the one destined to be successful.<ref name="Allgame"/><ref name="PDF"/> Though it received praise from the press,<ref name="PMeter 1"/> ''Rally-X'' did not attract much attention during the event.<ref name="Smith"/> According to ''[[Play Meter]]'' magazine, both ''Pac-Man'' and ''Rally-X'' received mild attention at the show.<ref name="PM94">{{cite magazine \|title=Pac-Man gobbles his way into the industry \|magazine=[[Play Meter]] \|date=December 1994 \|volume=20 \|issue=13 \|pages=22, 24, 26 \|url=https://archive.org/details/play-meter-volume-20-number-13-december-1994/Play%20Meter%20-%20Volume%2020%2C%20Number%2013%20-%20December%201994/page/22}}</ref> [[Midway Manufacturing]], the video game division of [[Bally Manufacturing]], agreed to distribute ''Rally-X'' and ''Pac-Man'' in North America. Dave Marofske, the president of Midway, believed the two had the most potential out of the four Namco games presented. Midway released ''Rally-X'' in North America in February 1981 in upright, tabletop, and cabaret cabinet variations.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Coin Machines - Manufacturers Equipment \|url=https://archive.org/details/cashbox43unse_8/page/38/mode/2up \|access-date=March 22, 2021 \|agency=[[Cash Box]] \|date=July 25, 1981 \|page=38}}</ref>

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	==External links==		==External links==
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	*{{KLOV game\|9259\|Rally-X}}		* {{KLOV game\|9259\|Rally-X}}
	*[http://www.arcade-history.com/?page=detail&id=2171 ''Rally-X''] at the Arcade History database		* [http://www.arcade-history.com/?page=detail&id=2171 ''Rally-X''] at the Arcade History database

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	\| developer = [[Namco]]		\| developer = [[Namco]]
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	\| platforms = [[Arcade video game\|Arcade]], [[MSX]], [[VIC-20]], [[Sharp X1]], [[Fujitsu FM-7]], [[Sharp MZ\|MZ-1500]]		\| platforms = [[Arcade video game\|Arcade]], [[MSX]], [[VIC-20]], [[Sharp X1]], [[Fujitsu FM-7]], [[Sharp MZ\|MZ-1500]]
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	In response to player feedback from the original, Namco released a sequel named ''[[New Rally-X]]'' in 1981, which was designed to improve on the original's flaws and make it easier for newcomers.<ref name="Gamest2"/> It also adds a "Lucky Flag" that awards bonus points based on how much fuel remains.<ref name="Allgame New">{{cite web \|author1=Brett Alan Weiss \|title=New Rally-X - Review \|url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=4257&tab=review \|website=[[AllGame]] \|publisher=All Media Network \|access-date=March 23, 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141115143525/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=4257&tab=review \|archive-date=November 15, 2014 \|date=1998}}</ref> ''New Rally-X'' has been seen as an improvement over the original and has been ported to several consoles and compilations, such as [[mobile phones]] and the [[Xbox 360]].<ref name="Allgame New"/><ref>{{cite magazine \|title=ナムコのEZweb用アプリ『ニューラリーX』がアツイ!! \|url=https://www.famitsu.com/k_tai/news/2004/09/29/607,1096438215,31664,0,0.html \|magazine=[[Famitsu]] \|publisher=[[Kadokawa Corporation]] \|access-date=March 23, 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215053816/https://www.famitsu.com/k_tai/news/2004/09/29/607,1096438215,31664,0,0.html \|archive-date=December 15, 2019 \|language=ja \|date=September 29, 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|author1=Douglass C. Perry \|title=New Rally-X Review \|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2007/01/17/new-rally-x-review \|publisher=[[IGN]] \|access-date=March 23, 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002235328/https://www.ign.com/articles/2007/01/17/new-rally-x-review \|archive-date=October 2, 2015 \|date=January 17, 2007}}</ref> ''Rally-X Arrangement'', included in ''Namco Classic Collection Vol. 2'' (1996), is a remake of the original that implements [[power-ups]] and new enemy types.<ref name="CVG"/> A similar game titled ''New Rally-X Arrangement'' is included in ''Namco Museum Battle Collection'' (2005).<ref name="Battle"/> The 2007 [[Wii]] game ''[[Namco Museum Remix]]'' and its 2010 update ''Namco Museum Megamix'' include a 3D remake named ''Rally-X Remix'', which replaces the player's car with [[Pac-Man (character)\|Pac-Man]].<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Aaron \|first1=Sean \|title=Namco Museum Remix Review (Wii) \|url=http://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/2009/07/namco_museum_remix_wii \|website=[[Nintendo Life]] \|access-date=1 August 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190429204017/http://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/2009/07/namco_museum_remix_wii \|archive-date=29 April 2019 \|date=12 July 2009}}</ref><ref name="IGN Megamix"/> [[Namco Bandai Games]] released a sequel for [[iOS]] in 2011, ''Rally-X Rumble'', that uses a neon-inspired graphical motif in the style of ''[[Pac-Man Championship Edition DX]]'' (2010) and is designed as a multiplayer battle royale game.<ref>{{cite web \|title=あの『ラリーX』がiPhoneで復活！『RALLY-X RUMBLE』配信開始 \|url=https://www.inside-games.jp/article/2011/08/18/50980.html \|website=Inside Games \|publisher=IID \|access-date=March 23, 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215053816/https://www.inside-games.jp/article/2011/08/18/50980.html \|archive-date=December 15, 2019 \|language=ja \|date=August 18, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|last1=Sakuraoka-Gilman \|first1=Matt \|title=Reviews - Rally-X Rumble \|url=https://www.pocketgamer.com/articles/032916/rally-x-rumble/ \|website=[[Pocket Gamer]] \|publisher=Steel Media \|access-date=March 23, 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191010090802/https://www.pocketgamer.com/articles/032916/rally-x-rumble/ \|archive-date=October 10, 2019 \|date=August 30, 2011}}</ref>		In response to player feedback from the original, Namco released a sequel named ''[[New Rally-X]]'' in 1981, which was designed to improve on the original's flaws and make it easier for newcomers.<ref name="Gamest2"/> It also adds a "Lucky Flag" that awards bonus points based on how much fuel remains.<ref name="Allgame New">{{cite web \|author1=Brett Alan Weiss \|title=New Rally-X - Review \|url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=4257&tab=review \|website=[[AllGame]] \|publisher=All Media Network \|access-date=March 23, 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141115143525/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=4257&tab=review \|archive-date=November 15, 2014 \|date=1998}}</ref> ''New Rally-X'' has been seen as an improvement over the original and has been ported to several consoles and compilations, such as [[mobile phones]] and the [[Xbox 360]].<ref name="Allgame New"/><ref>{{cite magazine \|title=ナムコのEZweb用アプリ『ニューラリーX』がアツイ!! \|url=https://www.famitsu.com/k_tai/news/2004/09/29/607,1096438215,31664,0,0.html \|magazine=[[Famitsu]] \|publisher=[[Kadokawa Corporation]] \|access-date=March 23, 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215053816/https://www.famitsu.com/k_tai/news/2004/09/29/607,1096438215,31664,0,0.html \|archive-date=December 15, 2019 \|language=ja \|date=September 29, 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|author1=Douglass C. Perry \|title=New Rally-X Review \|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2007/01/17/new-rally-x-review \|publisher=[[IGN]] \|access-date=March 23, 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002235328/https://www.ign.com/articles/2007/01/17/new-rally-x-review \|archive-date=October 2, 2015 \|date=January 17, 2007}}</ref> ''Rally-X Arrangement'', included in ''Namco Classic Collection Vol. 2'' (1996), is a remake of the original that implements [[power-ups]] and new enemy types.<ref name="CVG"/> A similar game titled ''New Rally-X Arrangement'' is included in ''Namco Museum Battle Collection'' (2005).<ref name="Battle"/> The 2007 [[Wii]] game ''[[Namco Museum Remix]]'' and its 2010 update ''Namco Museum Megamix'' include a 3D remake named ''Rally-X Remix'', which replaces the player's car with [[Pac-Man (character)\|Pac-Man]].<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Aaron \|first1=Sean \|title=Namco Museum Remix Review (Wii) \|url=http://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/2009/07/namco_museum_remix_wii \|website=[[Nintendo Life]] \|access-date=1 August 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190429204017/http://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/2009/07/namco_museum_remix_wii \|archive-date=29 April 2019 \|date=12 July 2009}}</ref><ref name="IGN Megamix"/> [[Namco Bandai Games]] released a sequel for [[iOS]] in 2011, ''Rally-X Rumble'', that uses a neon-inspired graphical motif in the style of ''[[Pac-Man Championship Edition DX]]'' (2010) and is designed as a multiplayer battle royale game.<ref>{{cite web \|title=あの『ラリーX』がiPhoneで復活！『RALLY-X RUMBLE』配信開始 \|url=https://www.inside-games.jp/article/2011/08/18/50980.html \|website=Inside Games \|publisher=IID \|access-date=March 23, 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215053816/https://www.inside-games.jp/article/2011/08/18/50980.html \|archive-date=December 15, 2019 \|language=ja \|date=August 18, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|last1=Sakuraoka-Gilman \|first1=Matt \|title=Reviews - Rally-X Rumble \|url=https://www.pocketgamer.com/articles/032916/rally-x-rumble/ \|website=[[Pocket Gamer]] \|publisher=Steel Media \|access-date=March 23, 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191010090802/https://www.pocketgamer.com/articles/032916/rally-x-rumble/ \|archive-date=October 10, 2019 \|date=August 30, 2011}}</ref>

	The Special Flag has become a symbol for Namco and has made frequent appearances in games, usually as an item that awards an extra life. It has appeared in games such as ''[[Xevious]]'' (1983),<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Savorelli \|first1=Carlo \|title=Xevious \|url=http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/xevious/ \|website=Hardcore Gaming 101 \|access-date=31 March 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190922055052/http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/xevious \|archive-date=22 September 2019 \|date=6 May 2015}}</ref> ''[[Gaplus]]'' (1984),<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Whitehead \|first1=Dan \|title=Virtual Console Roundup - Gaplus \|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/virtual-console-roundup- \|website=[[Eurogamer]] \|publisher=[[Gamer Network]] \|access-date=March 23, 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208095245/https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/virtual-console-roundup- \|archive-date=December 8, 2020 \|date=April 12, 2009}}</ref> ''[[Tinkle Pit]]'' (1994),<ref>{{cite news \|author1=Scott Alan Marriot \|title=MAMEusements - Tinkle Pit \|url=https://archive.org/details/Classic_Gamer_Magazine_Volume_2_Issue_1_2004-04_Classic_Gamer_US/page/n17/mode/2up \|access-date=March 16, 2021 \|agency=Classic Gamer \|issue=1 \|date=April 2004 \|volume=2 \|pages=18–19}}</ref> ''[[Tales of Phantasia]]'' (1995),<ref>{{cite book \|title=テイルズオブファンタジアオフィシャルガイドブック \|date=December 1995 \|publisher=[[Famitsu]] \|isbn=978-4757700802 \|language=ja}}</ref> ''[[Xevious Resurrection]]'' (2009),<ref>{{cite web \|title=6つのゲームを収録した『ナムコミュージアム.comm』明日リリース \|url=https://dengekionline.com/elem/000/000/135/135889/ \|website=Dengeki Online \|access-date=30 August 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190715185106/https://dengekionline.com/elem/000/000/135/135889/ \|archive-date=15 July 2019 \|date=28 January 2009}}</ref> ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS & Wii U]]'' (2014),<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Olney \|first1=Alex \|title=The Namco Special Flag Will Boost Your Score in the New Super Smash Bros. \|url=https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/08/the_namco_special_flag_will_boost_your_score_in_the_new_super_smash_bros \|website=[[Nintendo Life]] \|publisher=[[Gamer Network]] \|access-date=March 23, 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119174249/https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/08/the_namco_special_flag_will_boost_your_score_in_the_new_super_smash_bros \|archive-date=January 19, 2021 \|date=August 12, 2014}}</ref> and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' (2018).<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Jackson \|first1=Gita \|title=Eight Of Your Weirdest Smash Ultimate Rule Sets \|url=https://kotaku.com/eight-of-of-your-weirdest-smash-ultimate-rule-sets-1831264192 \|website=[[Kotaku]] \|publisher=[[G/O Media]] \|access-date=March 23, 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111174218/https://kotaku.com/eight-of-of-your-weirdest-smash-ultimate-rule-sets-1831264192 \|archive-date=November 11, ~~2018~~ \|date=December 24, 2018}}</ref> Namco Bandai's "game consulting" service, which provides insight on the company's design philosophies to clients, is named Special Flag,<ref>{{cite magazine \|title=バンダイナムコゲームスがゲームのノウハウを異業種のサービスに役立てる"ゲームメソッドコンサルティング"を展開 \|url=https://www.famitsu.com/news/201110/18052092.html \|magazine=[[Famitsu]] \|publisher=[[Kadokawa Corporation]] \|access-date=March 23, 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215053816/https://www.famitsu.com/k_tai/news/2004/09/29/607,1096438215,31664,0,0.html \|archive-date=December 15, 2019 \|language=ja \|date=October 18, 2011}}</ref> as are its indoor restaurants located in its VR Zone amusement centers. Merchandise such as enamel pins and keychains featuring the Special Flag have also been produced.<ref name="PCW"/><ref>{{cite web \|title=ナムコクラシックドットキャラキーチェーン \|url=https://epoch.jp/rc/capsule/2005/item/200511/namcochain.html \|website=[[Epoch]] \|access-date=March 23, 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210324004404/https://epoch.jp/rc/capsule/2005/item/200511/namcochain.html \|archive-date=March 24, 2021 \|language=ja \|date=2005}}</ref>		The Special Flag has become a symbol for Namco and has made frequent appearances in games, usually as an item that awards an extra life. It has appeared in games such as ''[[Xevious]]'' (1983),<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Savorelli \|first1=Carlo \|title=Xevious \|url=http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/xevious/ \|website=Hardcore Gaming 101 \|access-date=31 March 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190922055052/http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/xevious \|archive-date=22 September 2019 \|date=6 May 2015}}</ref> ''[[Gaplus]]'' (1984),<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Whitehead \|first1=Dan \|title=Virtual Console Roundup - Gaplus \|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/virtual-console-roundup- \|website=[[Eurogamer]] \|publisher=[[Gamer Network]] \|access-date=March 23, 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208095245/https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/virtual-console-roundup- \|archive-date=December 8, 2020 \|date=April 12, 2009}}</ref> ''[[Tinkle Pit]]'' (1994),<ref>{{cite news \|author1=Scott Alan Marriot \|title=MAMEusements - Tinkle Pit \|url=https://archive.org/details/Classic_Gamer_Magazine_Volume_2_Issue_1_2004-04_Classic_Gamer_US/page/n17/mode/2up \|access-date=March 16, 2021 \|agency=Classic Gamer \|issue=1 \|date=April 2004 \|volume=2 \|pages=18–19}}</ref> ''[[Tales of Phantasia]]'' (1995),<ref>{{cite book \|title=テイルズオブファンタジアオフィシャルガイドブック \|date=December 1995 \|publisher=[[Famitsu]] \|isbn=978-4757700802 \|language=ja}}</ref> ''[[Xevious Resurrection]]'' (2009),<ref>{{cite web \|title=6つのゲームを収録した『ナムコミュージアム.comm』明日リリース \|url=https://dengekionline.com/elem/000/000/135/135889/ \|website=Dengeki Online \|access-date=30 August 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190715185106/https://dengekionline.com/elem/000/000/135/135889/ \|archive-date=15 July 2019 \|date=28 January 2009}}</ref> ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS & Wii U]]'' (2014),<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Olney \|first1=Alex \|title=The Namco Special Flag Will Boost Your Score in the New Super Smash Bros. \|url=https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/08/the_namco_special_flag_will_boost_your_score_in_the_new_super_smash_bros \|website=[[Nintendo Life]] \|publisher=[[Gamer Network]] \|access-date=March 23, 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119174249/https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/08/the_namco_special_flag_will_boost_your_score_in_the_new_super_smash_bros \|archive-date=January 19, 2021 \|date=August 12, 2014}}</ref> and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' (2018).<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Jackson \|first1=Gita \|title=Eight Of Your Weirdest Smash Ultimate Rule Sets \|url=https://kotaku.com/eight-of-of-your-weirdest-smash-ultimate-rule-sets-1831264192 \|website=[[Kotaku]] \|publisher=[[G/O Media]] \|access-date=March 23, 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111174218/https://kotaku.com/eight-of-of-your-weirdest-smash-ultimate-rule-sets-1831264192 \|archive-date=November 11, 2020 \|date=December 24, 2018}}</ref> Namco Bandai's "game consulting" service, which provides insight on the company's design philosophies to clients, is named Special Flag,<ref>{{cite magazine \|title=バンダイナムコゲームスがゲームのノウハウを異業種のサービスに役立てる"ゲームメソッドコンサルティング"を展開 \|url=https://www.famitsu.com/news/201110/18052092.html \|magazine=[[Famitsu]] \|publisher=[[Kadokawa Corporation]] \|access-date=March 23, 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215053816/https://www.famitsu.com/k_tai/news/2004/09/29/607,1096438215,31664,0,0.html \|archive-date=December 15, 2019 \|language=ja \|date=October 18, 2011}}</ref> as are its indoor restaurants located in its VR Zone amusement centers. Merchandise such as enamel pins and keychains featuring the Special Flag have also been produced.<ref name="PCW"/><ref>{{cite web \|title=ナムコクラシックドットキャラキーチェーン \|url=https://epoch.jp/rc/capsule/2005/item/200511/namcochain.html \|website=[[Epoch]] \|access-date=March 23, 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210324004404/https://epoch.jp/rc/capsule/2005/item/200511/namcochain.html \|archive-date=March 24, 2021 \|language=ja \|date=2005}}</ref>

	==Notes==		==Notes==

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	''Rally-X'' is a maze chase game where the player controls a blue Formula One racecar. The objective is to collect yellow flags that are scattered around an enclosed maze while avoiding collision with red-colored cars that pursue the player.<ref name="Allgame"/> Mazes scroll in the four cardinal directions and are clustered with dead ends, long corridors, and stationary boulders that are harmful to the player.<ref name="Allgame"/><ref name="RGamer">{{cite web \|author1=Retro Gamer Staff \|title=Rally-X \|url=https://www.retrogamer.net/retro_games80/rally-x/ \|website=[[Retro Gamer]] \|access-date=March 22, 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707013707/https://www.retrogamer.net/retro_games80/rally-x/ \|archive-date=July 7, 2015 \|date=August 18, 2008}}</ref> Each level contains ten flags that increase their point value when collected in succession.<ref name="CashBox"/> One of the flags is a "Special Flag", indicated by an S next to it, which doubles the value of each flag collected thereafter.<ref name="RGamer"/><ref name="CashBox">{{cite news \|title=Midway Bows New 'Rally-X' Video \|url=https://archive.org/details/cashbox42unse_37/page/42/mode/2up \|access-date=March 22, 2021 \|agency=[[Cash Box]] \|date=February 24, 1981 \|pages=40, 42}}</ref> The player can temporarily stun the red cars with [[smoke screens]], which depletes a portion of their fuel meter at the right of the screen.<ref name="EuroG"/><ref name="RGamer"/> The meter constantly depletes the longer the player takes in a level, and acts as a timer.<ref name="RGamer"/> As the game progresses, more red cars are added and become more aggressive.<ref name="RGamer"/>		''Rally-X'' is a maze chase game where the player controls a blue Formula One racecar. The objective is to collect yellow flags that are scattered around an enclosed maze while avoiding collision with red-colored cars that pursue the player.<ref name="Allgame"/> Mazes scroll in the four cardinal directions and are clustered with dead ends, long corridors, and stationary boulders that are harmful to the player.<ref name="Allgame"/><ref name="RGamer">{{cite web \|author1=Retro Gamer Staff \|title=Rally-X \|url=https://www.retrogamer.net/retro_games80/rally-x/ \|website=[[Retro Gamer]] \|access-date=March 22, 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707013707/https://www.retrogamer.net/retro_games80/rally-x/ \|archive-date=July 7, 2015 \|date=August 18, 2008}}</ref> Each level contains ten flags that increase their point value when collected in succession.<ref name="CashBox"/> One of the flags is a "Special Flag", indicated by an S next to it, which doubles the value of each flag collected thereafter.<ref name="RGamer"/><ref name="CashBox">{{cite news \|title=Midway Bows New 'Rally-X' Video \|url=https://archive.org/details/cashbox42unse_37/page/42/mode/2up \|access-date=March 22, 2021 \|agency=[[Cash Box]] \|date=February 24, 1981 \|pages=40, 42}}</ref> The player can temporarily stun the red cars with [[smoke screens]], which depletes a portion of their fuel meter at the right of the screen.<ref name="EuroG"/><ref name="RGamer"/> The meter constantly depletes the longer the player takes in a level, and acts as a timer.<ref name="RGamer"/> As the game progresses, more red cars are added and become more aggressive.<ref name="RGamer"/>

	The player has a radar beneath their fuel meter, which displays their current position on the map as well as the location of the flags and red cars.<ref name="EuroG"/><ref>{{cite news \|title=Extended Play - Namco Museum \|url=https://archive.org/details/maximum-the-video-game-magazine-issue-5-april-1996-uk/page/56/mode/2up?q=%22Rally-X%22 \|access-date=March 22, 2021 \|agency=Maximum \|issue=5 \|publisher=[[Future Publishing]] \|date=April 1996 \|pages=54–59}}</ref> The third level and every fourth thereafter is a [[bonus round]] (called a "[[Engrish\|Charanging Stage]]", where the objective is to collect the flags in a certain amount of time. In these bonus rounds, the red cars remain idle and will not chase the player unless their fuel is empty.		The player has a radar beneath their fuel meter, which displays their current position on the map as well as the location of the flags and red cars.<ref name="EuroG"/><ref>{{cite news \|title=Extended Play - Namco Museum \|url=https://archive.org/details/maximum-the-video-game-magazine-issue-5-april-1996-uk/page/56/mode/2up?q=%22Rally-X%22 \|access-date=March 22, 2021 \|agency=Maximum \|issue=5 \|publisher=[[Future Publishing]] \|date=April 1996 \|pages=54–59}}</ref> The third level and every fourth thereafter is a [[bonus round]] (called a "[[Engrish\|Charanging Stage]]"), where the objective is to collect the flags in a certain amount of time. In these bonus rounds, the red cars remain idle and will not chase the player unless their fuel is empty.

	==Development and release==		==Development and release==

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	''Rally-X'' is a maze chase game where the player controls a blue Formula One racecar. The objective is to collect yellow flags that are scattered around an enclosed maze while avoiding collision with red-colored cars that pursue the player.<ref name="Allgame"/> Mazes scroll in the four cardinal directions and are clustered with dead ends, long corridors, and stationary boulders that are harmful to the player.<ref name="Allgame"/><ref name="RGamer">{{cite web \|author1=Retro Gamer Staff \|title=Rally-X \|url=https://www.retrogamer.net/retro_games80/rally-x/ \|website=[[Retro Gamer]] \|access-date=March 22, 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707013707/https://www.retrogamer.net/retro_games80/rally-x/ \|archive-date=July 7, 2015 \|date=August 18, 2008}}</ref> Each level contains ten flags that increase their point value when collected in succession.<ref name="CashBox"/> One of the flags is a "Special Flag", indicated by an S next to it, which doubles the value of each flag collected thereafter.<ref name="RGamer"/><ref name="CashBox">{{cite news \|title=Midway Bows New 'Rally-X' Video \|url=https://archive.org/details/cashbox42unse_37/page/42/mode/2up \|access-date=March 22, 2021 \|agency=[[Cash Box]] \|date=February 24, 1981 \|pages=40, 42}}</ref> The player can temporarily stun the red cars with [[smoke screens]], which depletes a portion of their fuel meter at the right of the screen.<ref name="EuroG"/><ref name="RGamer"/> The meter constantly depletes the longer the player takes in a level, and acts as a timer.<ref name="RGamer"/> As the game progresses, more red cars are added and become more aggressive.<ref name="RGamer"/>		''Rally-X'' is a maze chase game where the player controls a blue Formula One racecar. The objective is to collect yellow flags that are scattered around an enclosed maze while avoiding collision with red-colored cars that pursue the player.<ref name="Allgame"/> Mazes scroll in the four cardinal directions and are clustered with dead ends, long corridors, and stationary boulders that are harmful to the player.<ref name="Allgame"/><ref name="RGamer">{{cite web \|author1=Retro Gamer Staff \|title=Rally-X \|url=https://www.retrogamer.net/retro_games80/rally-x/ \|website=[[Retro Gamer]] \|access-date=March 22, 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707013707/https://www.retrogamer.net/retro_games80/rally-x/ \|archive-date=July 7, 2015 \|date=August 18, 2008}}</ref> Each level contains ten flags that increase their point value when collected in succession.<ref name="CashBox"/> One of the flags is a "Special Flag", indicated by an S next to it, which doubles the value of each flag collected thereafter.<ref name="RGamer"/><ref name="CashBox">{{cite news \|title=Midway Bows New 'Rally-X' Video \|url=https://archive.org/details/cashbox42unse_37/page/42/mode/2up \|access-date=March 22, 2021 \|agency=[[Cash Box]] \|date=February 24, 1981 \|pages=40, 42}}</ref> The player can temporarily stun the red cars with [[smoke screens]], which depletes a portion of their fuel meter at the right of the screen.<ref name="EuroG"/><ref name="RGamer"/> The meter constantly depletes the longer the player takes in a level, and acts as a timer.<ref name="RGamer"/> As the game progresses, more red cars are added and become more aggressive.<ref name="RGamer"/>

	The player has a radar beneath their fuel meter, which displays their current position on the map as well as the location of the flags and red cars.<ref name="EuroG"/><ref>{{cite news \|title=Extended Play - Namco Museum \|url=https://archive.org/details/maximum-the-video-game-magazine-issue-5-april-1996-uk/page/56/mode/2up?q=%22Rally-X%22 \|access-date=March 22, 2021 \|agency=Maximum \|issue=5 \|publisher=[[Future Publishing]] \|date=April 1996 \|pages=54–59}}</ref> The third level and every fourth thereafter is a [[bonus round]], where the objective is to collect the flags in a certain amount of time. In these bonus rounds, the red cars remain idle and will not chase the player unless their fuel is empty.		The player has a radar beneath their fuel meter, which displays their current position on the map as well as the location of the flags and red cars.<ref name="EuroG"/><ref>{{cite news \|title=Extended Play - Namco Museum \|url=https://archive.org/details/maximum-the-video-game-magazine-issue-5-april-1996-uk/page/56/mode/2up?q=%22Rally-X%22 \|access-date=March 22, 2021 \|agency=Maximum \|issue=5 \|publisher=[[Future Publishing]] \|date=April 1996 \|pages=54–59}}</ref> The third level and every fourth thereafter is a [[bonus round]] (called a "[[Engrish\|Charanging Stage]]", where the objective is to collect the flags in a certain amount of time. In these bonus rounds, the red cars remain idle and will not chase the player unless their fuel is empty.

	==Development and release==		==Development and release==

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	{{nihongo\|'''''Rally-X'''''\|ラリーX\|Rarī-Ekkusu\|lead=yes\|group=lower-alpha}} is a [[List of maze video games\|maze chase]] [[arcade video game]] developed [[Namco]] and released in 1980. Players drive a blue [[Formula One]] race car through a multidirectional scrolling maze to collect yellow flags. Boulders block some paths and must be avoided. Red enemy cars pursue the player in an attempt to collide with them. Red cars can be temporarily stunned by laying down [[smoke screens]] at the cost of fuel. ''Rally-X'' is one of the first games with [[bonus stage]]s and continuously-playing background music.		{{nihongo\|'''''Rally-X'''''\|ラリーX\|Rarī-Ekkusu\|lead=yes\|group=lower-alpha}} is a [[List of maze video games\|maze chase]] [[arcade video game]] developed in [[Japan]] and [[Germany]] by [[Namco]] and released in 1980. In [[North America]], it was distributed by [[Midway Games\|Midway Manufacturing]] and in [[Europe]] by Karateco. Players drive a blue [[Formula One]] race car through a multidirectional scrolling maze to collect yellow flags. Boulders block some paths and must be avoided. Red enemy cars pursue the player in an attempt to collide with them. Red cars can be temporarily stunned by laying down [[smoke screens]] at the cost of fuel. ''Rally-X'' is one of the first games with [[bonus stage]]s and continuously-playing background music.

	''Rally-X'' was designed as a successor to [[Sega]]'s ''[[Head On (video game)\|Head On]]'' (1979), an earlier maze chase game with cars. It was a commercial success in Japan, where it was the sixth highest-grossing game of 1980, but [[Midway Manufacturing]] released the game in North America to largely underwhelming results. An often-repeated, though untrue, story involving its demonstration at the 1980 Amusement & Music Operators Association trade show, where the attending press believed ''Rally-X'' was of superior quality than the other games presented, specifically ''[[Pac-Man]]''. Though it was well-received by attendees, ''Rally-X'' failed to attract much attention during its presentation.		''Rally-X'' was designed as a successor to [[Sega]]'s ''[[Head On (video game)\|Head On]]'' (1979), an earlier maze chase game with cars. It was a commercial success in Japan, where it was the sixth highest-grossing game of 1980, but [[Midway Manufacturing]] released the game in North America to largely underwhelming results. An often-repeated, though untrue, story involving its demonstration at the 1980 Amusement & Music Operators Association trade show, where the attending press believed ''Rally-X'' was of superior quality than the other games presented, specifically ''[[Pac-Man]]''. Though it was well-received by attendees, ''Rally-X'' failed to attract much attention during its presentation.

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