Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei II (1990) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei II

Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei II is the sequel to Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei. It was published by Namco in 1990 for the Family Computer and is the second video game in the Megami Tensei series…

6 April 1990

What Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei II is

Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei II is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Atlus and released in 1990. It was published by Namco. It is available on Family Computer only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

In the year 199X, the world was demolished with a bombardment of missiles, and the survivors of the cataclysm were forced to live in shelters. It's now the year 2036, and two friends are playing a video game called 'Devil Busters' in the Keihin shelter No. 3. Shortly after they beat the first boss, they unseal Pazuzu. The demon gives them the Demon Summoning Program in hopes of using it for the defeat of Bael along with a warning of a coming menace. Demons then begin to raid the shelter and the two friends must save the remains of humanity.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are horror and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Megami Tensei series

Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei II is the third of 151 entries we hold in the Megami Tensei series. It arrived 3 years after Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei. The next entry was Shin Megami Tensei in 1992.

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