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Grand National | |
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Publisher(s) | Elite Systems |
Platform(s) | ZX Spectrum, Amiga |
Release | 1985: Spectrum 1989: Amiga |
Genre(s) | Sports |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Grand National is a 1985 video game for the ZX Spectrum from British publisher Elite Systems. It is based on the horse race of the same name. The goal is to win a race with your chosen horse at Aintree Racecourse while also having a bet on the outcome. An Amiga port was published in 1989.
Players must adjust there speed and avoid hedges and other competitors. [1] Rapidly alternating between two keys makes the horse run. Another key jumps over fences.
Reviewing the ZX Spectrum version, Crash complimented the games graphics, thinking it a "vast improvement" over Elite Systems' previous release, The Dukes of Hazzard, but criticised the lack of each way bets and the unintuitive controls. [2] In their column "Joystick Jury" (formatted in the style of Juke Box Jury), the editors of Your Spectrum generally thought the game would be a hit, complementing the graphics and betting mechanics, but with Ross Holman thinking the pace of the action inadequate. [3]