Shin Megami Tensei is a console role playing game by Atlus that was released on many platforms. It was originally released on the Super FamiCom and was later released on the Sega CD. The game was later re-released on the PlayStation and was later re-released on the Game Boy Advance to build hype for the game Shin Megami Tensei III. Shin Megami Tensei is a Megaten game. A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates computer or video games. ... Atlus is a Japanese computer and video game developer and publisher. ... Video game publishers are companies that publish video games that they have either developed internally or have had developed by a video game developer. ... Atlus is a Japanese computer and video game developer and publisher. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... This is a listing of computer and video game genres with brief descriptions and examples from each genre. ... Computer role-playing games (CRPGs), often shortened to simply (RPGs), are a type of video or computer game that uses traditional gameplay elements found in pen-and-paper role-playing games. ... In computer games and video games, single-player refers to the variant of a particular game where input from only one player is expected throughout the course of the gaming session. ... This article is about computer and video games. ... This article should be merged with Super Nintendo Entertainment System The Super Famicom design differed from that of the American SNES, though the controllers are almost the same. ... Diagram of a typical modern PC. A personal computer or PC is usually a microcomputer whose price, size, and capabilities make it suitable for personal usage. ... The Sega Mega-CD (Japanese: メガCD) is an add-on device for the Sega Mega Drive released in Europe, Australia, and Japan. ... The Game Boy Advance (often shortened to GBA) is a handheld video game console developed, manufactured and marketed by Nintendo. ... Computer role-playing games (CRPGs), often shortened to simply role-playing games (RPGs), are a type of video or computer game that traditionally use gameplay elements found in paper-and-pencil role-playing games. ... Atlus is a Japanese computer and video game developer and publisher. ... The Game Boy Advance (often shortened to GBA) is a handheld video game console developed, manufactured and marketed by Nintendo. ... Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne is the third game in the Shin Megami Tensei series. ... Megami Tensei (Japanese:女神転生, often abbreviated as MegaTen) is a Japanese computer role-playing game series, one of the major franchises of the genre in its native country. ...

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Gameplay

Shin Megami Tensei is a first person RPG, like many early computer/video game RPGs such as The Bard's Tale, and Aspic. The player moves around dungeons with a party of six characters. Combat is turn-based. Bards Tale may refer to: The Bards Tale game released by Interplay Productions/Electronic Arts in 1985. ... ASPIC can refer to: Advanced SCSI Programmable Interrupt Controller Application Service Provider Industry Consortium Armed Services Personnel Interrogation Center Association for Strategic Planning in Internal Communications Authors Standard Prepress Interfacing Cod This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same...

The game features two types of characters: Humans and Demons. Gameplay revolves around collecting demons. The playerhero (a human) acquires demons via negotiation, bribing and coercion. Once acquired, they can be stored in the party's portable computer and summoned for a small portion of Magnetite (a secondary currency in the game) to be used in combat.

Humans

There are four human characters in Shin Megami Tensei, with three of them of specific alignement. They are the Hero ("you", also known as the Neutral Hero), Law Hero, Chaos Hero and the Heroine (all named by the player). The Hero has the ability to converse with, recruit, extort and summon demons. The four protagonists were given names in the strategy guide, Steven Report 1, for the PlayStation remake of the game. These names are: Kazuya (Hero), Yuji (Law Hero), Takeshi (Chaos Hero) and Yuka (Heroine). The PlayStation is a video game console of the 32/64-bit era, first produced by Sony Computer Entertainment in the mid-1990s. ...

Human characters can equip firearms with special ammo, melee weapons, and multiple pieces of armor from helmet to boots, although certain weapons can only be wielded by a character of a specific alignment.

Humans are also the only ones capable of levelling up and have their Stats upgraded at the discretion of the player.

This, some might say, makes human characters considerably stronger than the majority of demons, especially since the guns' power and number of attacks per turn, in conjuntion with ailments provided by the bullets, could decimate whole groups of enemies in a few turns.

Demons

There are a wide variety of demons from various mythologies in Shin Megami Tensei; each has its own unique statistics, and a skillset of up to three abilities or spells. These abilities are permanent (unlike the ability system in SMTII or Shin Megami Tensei III) and cannot be changed. Also, each demon has unique resistances and weaknesses to certain attacks. As such, strategies revolve around having the right demon summoned for the right job, and keeping the ones too susceptible in the party's computer. Sequel to Shin Megami Tensei for the Super Famicom. ...

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Story

The setting: Tokyo, 199X. Demons from the Netherealm have found their way back into earth in Japan through computers, and as such have upset the balance of power. A charismatic Japanese human leader attempts a coup-d'etat using these demons as a potent military force, forcing America to intervene with its military. The player, as the hero, becomes involved when sent a devil summoning program via email by an anonymous benefactor.

Shin Megami Tensei begins with the player dreaming. In his dream, he encounters a stone slab that asks his name, a boy on a crucifix (a possible reason for this game never being released in western territories) and another boy being tormented by a demon. After this, he wakes up and receives an e-mail informing him that demons wander the earth once again. To allow him combat to the demons, a Devil Summoning Program is attached to the e-mail.

After these odd events, the Hero's mother tells him about a murder that occurred last night. He receives his allowance and hangs out at the mall. At the mall, he is attacked by a demon, after it eats a crazy man with a knife. After this, he goes home and goes back to sleep again. Then, he has another dream, this time, a girl is being sacrificed to summon a great demon. The Hero invokes her name, and she is set free from the summoners' control.

External links

• MobyGames' entry for the Digital Devil Saga Series