Thrash Rally

Thrash Rally (スラッシュ・ラリー) is a top-down perspective rally racing video game developed by ADK and released by SNK Corporation for the Neo Geo system. It was released by SNK on December 20, 1991 and would be followed by an spiritual successor in 1996, Over Top.

Gameplay
Players begin by choosing a vehicle based on handling, acceleration, and overall speed. The game is played from an overview perspective with the camera focused on the players car at all times. The races take place from the 1992 World Rally Championship and the 1992 Paris–Cape Town Dakar Rally with a variety of terrain.

Reception
In Japan, Game Machine listed Thrash Rally on their December 15, 1991 issue as being the sixteenth most-successful popular arcade game at the time. On release, Next Generation reviewed the Neo-Geo version of the game, rating it one star out of five, and stated that "for mindless fun, Rally Chase comes in at about average". Famicom Tsūshin scored the Neo Geo version a 22 out of 40. Setsu of French magazine HardCore Gamers drew comparison with Micro Machines.