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Grand National (video game)
1985 video game From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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Gameplay

Players must adjust their speed and avoid hedges and other competitors.[1] Rapidly alternating between two keys makes the horse run. Another key jumps over fences.
Reception
Reception
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]
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See also
- Olympic Decathlon, 1980 game with similar controls
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