As suggested in my question about the anniversary edition, I got together a few people and we played 2 quick rounds of Robo Rally today. The Avalon Hill reprint of the early 00s.
I won the first round by … pushing the person who reached the last flag before me into the hole behind the flag with my super push laser 
As it should be.
Then we played another game with the „Moving Targets“ setup because… it‘s more fun when the flags ride around on the map:
There may have been some shooting going on as well as falling into holes during powerdown.
Verdict: It‘s still good fun. It shows some rough edges that modern games might not have. My partner had really bad luck with his hands throughout both games and there was very little he could do with the cards he was dealt. There is no catching up unless the front-runners push each other into holes. Still, laughter and interaction and the games were quicker than I remembered them being—we chose short setups on purpose.
I feel like getting a really nice edition of this might be worthwhile. Especially now that expansion boards are once again available.