Stephen

Appearances

 * Shin Megami Tensei: Computer Programmer
 * Shin Megami Tensei II: Computer Programmer

In Shin Megami Tensei
STEVEN is a computer programmer in a wheelchair who wrote the Demon Summoning Program that the protagonist uses to communicate with demons. It allows the user to communicate with demons and to store them on a memory chip, although it requires a natural ability to be able to do so. The program also possesses an auto-mapping function. STEVEN sent the program to as many people as possible, hoping that someone would be able to use it to avert or survive the Great Destruction.

STEVEN was also the main architect of the Terminal System project, which allowed instantaneous travel through computer networks. During one of the experiments, a terminal connected to Makai, causing a demon to travel through it. It was this demon that crippled STEVEN and motivated him to create the Demon Summoning Program.

STEVEN somehow survives the Great Destruction and he upgrades the protagonist's computer as well as the Demon Summoning Program. This allow the protagonist to store more demons and to summon more demons at one time. Regardless of the protagonist's alignment path, STEVEN survives to reappear in Shin Megami Tensei II

Historical Information
STEVEN is loosely based of the theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking. Hawking is famous for developing theorems based on black hole singularity and the transfer of items entering a black hole to another universe. He has since developed a new theorem which discounts the transfer to another universe, instead opting for the idea that information would be spit back out of the black hole in a garbled state.