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Shin Megami Tensei

Shin Megami Tensei is a port of the original Super Famicom game and features new highly detailed cutscenes. The gameplay uses first-person navigation of dungeons and turn-based battles against demons. The…

25 December 1993

Shin Megami Tensei is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Atlus, released 25 December 1993 on Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD.

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What Shin Megami Tensei is

Shin Megami Tensei is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Atlus and released in 1993. It is available on Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Shin Megami Tensei is a port of the original Super Famicom game and features new highly detailed cutscenes. The gameplay uses first-person navigation of dungeons and turn-based battles against demons. The player can recruit demons as allies by talking to them rather than fighting them, and two to three demons can be fused to create new demons.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Megami Tensei series

Shin Megami Tensei is the seventh of 151 entries we hold in the Megami Tensei series. The next entry was Majin Tensei in 1994.

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What it launched against

Shin Megami Tensei launched on 25 December 1993, within three weeks of Doom, Mega Man X, Theme Park and Windjammers.

Released around the same time: Doom, Mega Man X, Theme Park, Windjammers.

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When did Shin Megami Tensei come out?
Shin Megami Tensei was released on 25 December 1993 for Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD.

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