Grand National (video game)

Grand National is a 1985 video game for the ZX Spectrum from British publisher Elite Systems.

The goal is to win a race with your chosen horse at Aintree Racecourse while also having a bet on the outcome.

Players must adjust their speed and avoid hedges and other competitors.

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.