Megami Tensei
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[edit] Megami Tensei
Title:
- デジタル・デビル物語 女神転生
- Digital Devil Monogatari: Megami Tensei
Systems & Dates:
- MSX - 1987.07
- NEC PC-88XX - 1987.08
- FM/77 - 1987.09
- Famicom - 1987.09.11
[edit] About
This is the first game in a long series of games that has spread and spun-off into and onto many different systems and games. The game is based on a book of the same name by Aya Nishitani and is a first person dungeon-crawler RPG.It was developed by "Wolf Team" (the subsidiary of Nihon Telenet which is now "Namco Tales Studio"), and was released for the Famicom by Namcot in 1987 (there was also a prior version released for the MSX [1]). It was later enhance-remade along with Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei 2 in a Super Famicom games known as Kyuuyaku Megami Tensei.
Commonly known as "Mega-Ten" by fans, this game is based upon the Japanese horror novel Dejitaru Debiru Monogatari, and dedicates a large part of the game to dungeon crawling. This game also focuses very heavily on demons, which have gone on to become a trademark of the series. This game was later followed by a sequel, and then by the follow up series Shin Megami Tensei, (a name that would be used by most future games in the franchise). There have also been spin offs, including the Last Bible, Majin Tensei and Persona series, with the latest being Digital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner (Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga in the U.S.). The original Megami Tensei is a 3-D scrolling RPG that has some of the typical Megaten gameplay systems such as the "Auto command" and the use of a computer to store demons.
This game has never been officially released outside Japan in any form. A remake for the mobile phone is currently in development under the title "Digital Devil Saga".
There is also an single-episode anime OVA based on the same book, which came out around the same time. It is thought that the anime inspired the game, as well.
[edit] Plot
Akemi Nakajima is a computer programming prodigy who created a program that can summon demons from Makai. He brings his friend Yumiko Shirasagi to combat the malicious demons he unleashed.
[edit] Links
- AGTP: currently working on a translation of the rom.
- Megami Tensei 1 Spells
