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Name: | Grandia |
Console: | Playstation (PSX) |
Release Date: | 1997 |
Publisher: | Ubisoft, Entertainment Software Publishing, Sony Computer Entertainment |
Genres: | Console role-playing |
Grandia is a role-playing video game, developed by Game Arts and published by ESP Software for the Sega Saturn console as the first game in their Grandia series. Initially released in Japan in 1997, the game was later ported to the PlayStation in 1999, with an English version of the game appearing on the platform in North America in the following September by Sony Computer Entertainment, and later in Europe in 2000 by Ubisoft. The game was produced by much of the same staff who worked on the company's previous role-playing endeavor, the Lunar series, including producer Yoichi Miyagi and music composer Noriyuki Iwadare. Since its release, Grandia has become notable for its combat mechanics which have been carried over to future games within the franchise, and has spawned two spin-off titles - Grandia: Digital Museum and Grandia: Parallel Trippers - both released exclusively in Japan. In celebration of the announcement of renewing development on Grandia Online, which acts as a prequel to Grandia, the game was re-released on Sony's PlayStation Network platform in Japan as a downloadable title on April 22, 2009 and in North America on February 25, 2010. |
There are two components for playing a psx Grandia rom on your PC. The first component is the emulation program which can imitate the psx OS and software.
The second component is the Grandia rom 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 Grandia rom. 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.
Emulator | Console | Platform | FileSize | Emulator |
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PCSX-Reloaded | Playstation (PSX) | Windows | 0.6MB | Download |
PSXeven 0.19 | Playstation (PSX) | Windows | 0.7MB | Download |
Mednafen 1.21.3 | Playstation (PSX) | Windows | 7.5MB | Download |
RetroArch 1.7.5 | Playstation (PSX) | Windows | 192.5MB | Download |
FPse | Playstation (PSX) | Android | 1.1MB | Download |