In his review of "Namco Museum Vol. 1", "Computer & Video Games" reviewer Ed Lomas said "Rally-X" was fun at first, but quickly became repetitive and suffered from poor movement controls. Brett Alan Weiss of "AllGame" was similarly mixed in his review from 1998, where he claimed its only noteworthy aspects were the "merciless" difficulty and smoke screen weapon. Weiss found its visuals and sounds to only be "merely functional", and secondary to the difficult level. "IGN" staff contrasted their statements, and believed "Rally-X", like the other games in "Vol. 1", holds up well today. It was listed among the greatest arcade games by "Gamest" readers in 1998, being selected for its innovation and evolution on the traditional gameplay of maze chase action games.