Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei

July 1, 1987 Telenet Japan Telenet Japan

Role-playing (RPG)

PC-8800 Series x1 FM-7 MSX

About

Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei is an action RPG developed by Telenet Japan, based on a manga of the same name. Despite sharing a name and source material with the Atlus developed Famicom game, it is an entirely different game.

The player is tasked with traveling through the Makai, which is divided between eleven worlds themed after the Sephirot. Each of the worlds contains eight floors, though they are not always arranged in ascending order. Each world, other than the starting world Malkuth and the center world Da'at, is further divided into "good" and "evil" versions, for a total of 160 floors.

Storyline

The protagonist, Akemi Nakajima, must be plunged into a massive dungeon to safe the world and Yumiko Shirasagi.

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Release Date July 1, 1987
Developer Telenet Japan
Publisher Telenet Japan
Game Modes Single player
Perspective Bird view / Isometric
Themes Fantasy