Key & Compass presents:
The Virtual Grand National
by Daniel Gunnell

In this very short game, you play as a jockey outside the entrance of Aintree Racecourse with your horse. Unfortunately, this year's Grand National was cancelled because of the lockdown, so now you're just going to ride your horse back home.

This solution is by David Welbourn, and is based on Release 1 of the game.

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Map
Walkthrough
Extras
- Characters, Inventory
Thank You to my Patreon supporters
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Map

Walkthrough

By the Racecourse

> verbose.

> x me. x horse. ride horse.

> se. s. e.

Hephaestus Inc

> x forge. w. s.

Sunshine Stables

> x sign. sw.

Near an Inn

Heh. There's a hitching post, but you can't use it.

> dismount. x post. w.

Old Livery

> x photos. e.

Near an Inn

> ride horse. sw. s. e. s.

Blackwall Tunnel

> x pass. take pass.

> s. se. e. n. e.

Drop Off Point

> x jockey. give pass.

*** You have won ***

Extras

Characters

Your horse is a gelding and a lightweight racehorse. You've marked his forehead with a white cross.
A jockey at the drop off point will take your horse back to its stable for you.

Mentioned:

The smith of Hephaestus Inc isn't at his forge.
Other jockeys and their horses are pictured in the inn's photographs.

Inventory

a pass. It's in Blackwall Tunnel.

Give it to the jockey at the drop off point to win the game.

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