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Taken from the Wikipedia article on Rally-X:

"In 1980, Battlezone, Defender, and Pac-Man were shown alongside Rally-X at a trade show sponsored by the Amusement Machine Operators of America. It was believed that Rally-X would be the top money-earner. Defender went on to sell more than 60,000 units — more than disproving these projections — and cemented its place in video game history. Meanwhile, Pac-Man went on to sell more than 350,000 worldwide arcade units, and it became the highest-grossing video game of all time."

So what if the predictions were correct, and Rally-X became Namco's big hit instead of Pac-Man?
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