New Rally-X

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  • Summary: [Xbox Live Arcade] New Rally-X, the sequel to "Rally-X," is an arcade classic that was released in 1981. It features new courses and adjustments to the enemy cars, improving the overall game balance, as well as new graphics and background music. Flags: Collect all the flags while avoiding[Xbox Live Arcade] New Rally-X, the sequel to "Rally-X," is an arcade classic that was released in 1981. It features new courses and adjustments to the enemy cars, improving the overall game balance, as well as new graphics and background music. Flags: Collect all the flags while avoiding enemy cars with new features such as the Lucky Flag, which awards you points depending on your remaining fuel. Specials: Collect the Special Flag to double the points of all remaining flags. [Microsoft]… Expand

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  2. Mixed: 2 out of 9
  3. Negative: 7 out of 9
  1. Official Xbox Magazine
    65
    As with other Namco Live Arcade games, the coin-op's alternating-turns two-player mode is gone(update the emulator already, Namco!), so you New Rally-X replay value depends entirely on how much nostalgia you've got in the tank. [Mar 2007, p.81]
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  2. Official Xbox Magazine UK
    50
    Overall, it makes for a slightly better game than "Pac-Man" and "Ms Pac-Man," though that's not saying much. [Feb 2007, p.101]
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  3. GameSpot
    47
    New Rally-X wasn't a terribly exciting game when it was released in 1981, so it's tough to get worked up about an arcade-perfect version of it 25 years later.
  4. X-ONE Magazine UK
    40
    Monotonous. [Issue#23, p.97]
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  5. IGN
    40
    New Rally-X is probably fun for the pure nostalgia of it. For new gamers who like old retro games it's also a nice way to get acquainted with one really old game that doesn't quite translate to the 21st century.
  6. TeamXbox
    38
    Just be prepared for a game that screams “I’m simple” (as in “I’m mediocre,” not “I’m elegantly designed”).
  7. 360 Gamer Magazine UK
    30
    It's relatively cheap at 400 MS points, but even that's too much to pay for something you'll grow tired of quicker than the game takes to download. [Issue 21, p.58]
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  1. Andyman
    Feb 14, 2007
    3
    New Rally-X was the mostly-forgotten semi-sequel to Rally-X in the arcade, and it most definitely should have stayed forgotten. Namco: New Rally-X was the mostly-forgotten semi-sequel to Rally-X in the arcade, and it most definitely should have stayed forgotten. Namco: Here's a thought... instead of ransoming every old decrepit arcade title off for $5 a pop, how about bundling 3 or more together for that price, and actually make the download worth it? Here's an idea for the first one: Bundle all of the Pac-Man games you haven't already released! (Pac-Land, Jr. Pac-Man, Pac-Mania, Professor Pac-Man, and Super Pac-Man) I'd buy that for $5!… Expand

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