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Name: | Madden NFL 97 |
Console: | Playstation (PSX) |
Release Date: | 1996 |
Publisher: | Electronic Arts |
Genres: | Sports |
Madden NFL 97 is the first Madden NFL football game to be created in the 32-bit gaming era. It was originally created for the PlayStation and Sega Saturn, but other versions were also released, including the 16 bit Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis. This was the first edition of Madden to implement the use of a salary cap when customizing team rosters. It also featured the new Baltimore Ravens, the expansion franchise that absorbed the roster of the Cleveland Browns for the 1996 season. The game also adds a team of real free agents which can be traded and added to other teams' rosters, and could be played by using a cheat code. Classic teams were once again used, although most were different from the previous year's teams; the years ranged as far back as 1952 and as recent as 1990. Jacksonville and Carolina, once again, did not get classic teams, but Baltimore was attached to a classic Cleveland Browns team. The best team in the overall ranking, with a score of 85 was the Dallas Cowboys and the worst team with a score of 62 was the Baltimore Ravens. The best ranked offenses were between the Cowboys and the Lions with a score of 92. The St. |
There are two components for playing a psx Madden NFL 97 rom on your PC. The first component is the emulation program which can imitate the psx OS and software.
The second component is the Madden NFL 97 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 Madden NFL 97 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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PSXeven 0.19 | Playstation (PSX) | Windows | 0.7MB | Download |
RetroArch 1.7.5 | Playstation (PSX) | Windows | 192.5MB | Download |
FPse | Playstation (PSX) | Android | 1.1MB | Download |
Mednafen 1.21.3 | Playstation (PSX) | Windows | 7.5MB | Download |
Go PSX 1 | Playstation (PSX) | Android | 6.2MB | Download |