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Shin Megami Tensei

TitleShin Megami Tensei
First release1992
DeveloperAtlus
PublisherAtlus
PlatformsMega Drive / Genesis, PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16, PlayStation, SNES / Super Famicom, Sega CD / Mega-CD
Genrescyberpunk video game, post-apocalyptic video game, role-playing video game
Players1 player
Co-opNo
ESRB ratingM Mature 17+
Releases
SNES / Super Famicom: 1992-10-30
Sega CD / Mega-CD: 1994-02-25
Wikidata IDQ1061937

Recruiting demons via a Devil Summoning Program allows the player to converse with and add supernatural entities to their combat roster. These digital entities serve as a primary means of fighting through Tokyo as the player builds a team of allies to combat the forces of Makai.

Description: REG-Vault, CC BY-SA 4.0 Facts from Wikidata (CC0), gaps filled from REG-Vault and TheGamesDB. Only retro platforms tracked by this site are listed; the year is the earliest release date recorded on Wikidata.
Sources
Wikidata (Q1061937) · last updated 2026-09-27 · CC0
REG-Vault (snes/shin-megami-tensei) · last updated 2026-10-27 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0
TheGamesDB (14784) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only
TheGamesDB (34310) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only
Image credits
Box art, Screenshots, Logos, Artwork (6): Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Atlus · internal use only. REG-Vault page
Box art, Screenshots, Logos, Artwork (7): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Atlus · internal use only. TheGamesDB page
Logo: Atlus, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (“SMT logo black.svg”)
Logo: Atlus, SME Visual Works, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (“Shin Megami Tensei Sound Collection.png”)
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