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Name: | Virtual Pool 3 |
Console: | Playstation (PSX) |
Release Date: | 2000 |
Publisher: | Interplay Entertainment, 2K Play |
Genres: | Sports, Billiards |
Virtual Pool 3, often referred to as VP3, is a 3D, first-person sports simulation video game, developed and released for the PC and PlayStation by Celeris. It is the second most recent game for the PC in the franchise of "Virtual Pool" games and it is widely respected by fans as the most accurate available computer simulation of cue sports. "You can't find a pool sim that looks and plays as much like the real thing as Virtual Pool 3 does. If your real-life play doesn't show any advances after you spend some time with this outstanding pool simulation, you're left with only two possibilities – you're so good that there's no way you can get better, or you don't have any arms." — GameSpot |
There are two components for playing a psx Virtual Pool 3 rom on your PC. The first component is the emulation program which can imitate the psx OS and software.
The second component is the Virtual Pool 3 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 Virtual Pool 3 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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BizHawk 2.3 | Playstation (PSX) | Windows | 33.3MB | Download |
RetroArch 1.7.5 | Playstation (PSX) | Windows | 192.5MB | Download |
AndriPSX | Playstation (PSX) | Windows | 1.1MB | Download |
PCSX-Revolution rev50 | Playstation (PSX) | Wii | 0.4MB | Download |
PSXeven 0.19 | Playstation (PSX) | Windows | 0.7MB | Download |