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Name: | Shin Megami Tensei if... |
Console: | Playstation (PSX) |
Release Date: | 1994 |
Publisher: | Atlus |
Genres: | Console role-playing, Adventure, Role-playing |
Shin Megami Tensei if... is a Japanese role-playing video game that was released for the Super Famicom in 1994. It is a side story to the Shin Megami Tensei series, rather than a direct sequel, and is part of the larger Megami Tensei series. The game was remade for the PlayStation and featured updated graphics and a DVD with an interview from the creators. There was also a cellphone game, Shin Megami Tensei: if... Hazama's Chapter, which was a one chapter side story to the plot.
There are two components for playing a psx Shin Megami Tensei if... game on your PC. The first component is the emulation program which can imitate the psx OS and software.
The second component is the Shin Megami Tensei if... 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 Shin Megami Tensei if.... 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.