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Shin Megami Tensei

Shin Megami Tensei is a port of the original Super Famicom game. This port adds a new intro, new demons, enhanced graphics, and some presentation tweaks. The gameplay uses first-person navigation of dungeons…

25 February 1994

Shin Megami Tensei is an adventure developed by Atlus, released 25 February 1994 on Sega CD.

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What Shin Megami Tensei is

Shin Megami Tensei is an adventure game developed by Atlus and released in 1994. It was published by SIMS. It is available on Sega CD only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Shin Megami Tensei is a port of the original Super Famicom game. This port adds a new intro, new demons, enhanced graphics, and some presentation tweaks. 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 ninth of 151 entries we hold in the Megami Tensei series. The next entry was Shin Megami Tensei II in 1994.

See all 151 Megami Tensei games in release order →

What it launched against

Shin Megami Tensei launched on 25 February 1994, within three weeks of X-COM: UFO Defense and Beneath a Steel Sky.

Released around the same time: X-COM: UFO Defense, Beneath a Steel Sky.

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When did Shin Megami Tensei come out?
Shin Megami Tensei was released on 25 February 1994 for Sega CD.

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