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Name: | Constructor |
Console: | Playstation (PSX) |
Release Date: | 1997 |
Publisher: | Acclaim Entertainment |
Genres: | Real-time strategy, Construction and management simulation |
Constructor is a 1997 video game released originally for MS-DOS Personal Computers, and later ported to the PlayStation and Windows-native DirectX 3. It was developed by System 3 and published by Acclaim. In the game, packed with humorous undertones, the player controls a construction company in a map split between several estates, and must deal with other teams to win the game. A sequel, Constructor: Street Wars was released in 1999, but failed to achieve the same success of the first game. A remake of the original is headed to tablets and other platforms in 2013.
There are two components for playing a psx Constructor game on your PC. The first component is the emulation program which can imitate the psx OS and software.
The second component is the Constructor game itself to play on the emulator.
Step 1: you can start by downloading a reliable and bug free emulator. We’d suggest Retroarch – it’s open source, fast and one of the most frequently updated.
Once you have finished downloading Retroarch, extract the downloaded .zip file to a location, for example your Desktop. After, double click the RetroArch-1.7.5-x86-setup.exe file in order to start the emulator.
Your emulator will now be ready to play Constructor. But now you’ll need to find the correct ROMs online. A ROM is essentially a virtual version of the game that needs to be loaded into the emulator.
Step 2: return to Retroarch and hit File > Open. Navigate to the downloaded .exe file and double click it to open it. The game will now run on the emulator and you can play the game freely.
Tip: Saving games on an emulator functions a little differently. The integrated save system will not save your progress.
Instead, you’ll need to click File > Save State and then choose an empty slot. You can save your progress in whatever point you like within the game, not only on the official checkpoints offered by the game.
When playing in the future and you want to continue from your saved state, you can use File > Load State to load up the game from exactly where you last saved it.