Reception for "Rally-X", both at release and retrospectively, has highlighted its technological accomplishments and high difficulty. Some reviewers have found it to be influential and ahead of its time; the latter argument is believed to what have attributed to its lack of success originally. "Rally-X" received several remakes and sequels, beginning with "New Rally-X" in 1981, and is also included in several Namco compilations. It is credited as one of the first games to implement bonus stages and continuously-playing background music.