Virtual Jockey (lost build of cancelled Virtual Boy horse-racing simulation game; 1996)

Rare flyer for the game.

Status: Lost

Virtual Jockey is a cancelled 1996 jockey game that was in development by Right Stuff for the Virtual Boy. It was never finished before the Virtual Boy was cancelled. Some game mechanics were used in the PS1 game Jockey Zero.

Plot

The player wants to win the japanise derby, which consists of more than 20 people in total. The player want's to do this to inpress his father, who also won the derby. In order to do this, the player must become familiar with the characteristics of their unique talking horse and the courses to win. With the horse, you can become familiar with the other horses. The player must also defeat the Kaiser Corps, which is doing terrible things to the derby. What they do to the derby is unknown.

Availability

Only four screenshots and the flyer for the game have surfaced.

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  Horse's dialogue translation: "So, you want to ride on my back? Hah! Don't come back for another hundred years!!!"

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  Clunky prototype racing mechanic

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  Girl's dialogue translation: "My name is Satsuki Yasuda. Nice to meet you!"

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