Neon Genesis Evangelion series
Neon Genesis Evangelion: 1st Impression
The first Evangelion video game, released for the Sega Saturn in 1996, shortly after the TV series's run. The story is set after the episode ASUKA STRIKES!, with Shinji badly injured and suffering amnesia as…
Neon Genesis Evangelion: 1st Impression is an adventure developed by Sega AM2, released 1 March 1996 on Sega Saturn.
What Neon Genesis Evangelion: 1st Impression is
Neon Genesis Evangelion: 1st Impression is an adventure game developed by Sega AM2 and released in 1996. It was published by Sega Enterprises, Ltd.. It is available on Sega Saturn only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The first Evangelion video game, released for the Sega Saturn in 1996, shortly after the TV series's run. The story is set after the episode ASUKA STRIKES!, with Shinji badly injured and suffering amnesia as the result of an Angel battle and needing to retrain (by sparring with Asuka in Unit-02) and having to defeat the Angel to regain his memories. The game features RPG elements and FMV clips for combat; most of the animation is original to 1st Impression (with the voices of the original Evangelion voice actors and some other content recycled from the TV series).
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Neon Genesis Evangelion series
Neon Genesis Evangelion: 1st Impression is the first of 32 entries we hold in the Neon Genesis Evangelion series. The next entry was Shinseiki Evangelion: Koutetsu no Girlfriend in 1997.
What it launched against
Neon Genesis Evangelion: 1st Impression launched on 1 March 1996, within three weeks of Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, Pokémon Red Version, Resident Evil and Sid Meier's Civilization II.
Released around the same time: Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, Pokémon Red Version, Resident Evil, Sid Meier's Civilization II.
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