Megami Tensei

Megami Tensei (デジタル・デビル物語 女神転生, Dejitaru Debiru Monogatari: Megami Tensei?) is the first game in the Megami Tensei series. It was developed by "Wolf Team" (the subsidiary of Nihon Telenet which is now "Namco Tales Studio"), and was released for the Famicom by Namcot in 1987 (there was also a prior version released for the MSX. It was later enhanced-remade along with Megami Tensei II in a Super Famicom games known as Kyuuyaku Megami Tensei (Megami Tensei Old Testament).

Characters

 * Akemi Nakajima
 * Yumiko Shirsagi
 * Loki
 * Cerberus

Megami Tensei is based upon the Japanese horror novel Dejitaru Debiru Monogatari, and dedicates a large part of the game to dungeon crawling. The game also focuses very heavily on demons, which have gone on to become a trademark of the series. It was later followed by a sequel, and then by the follow-up Shin Megami Tensei, (a name that would be used by most future games in the franchise). There have also been spin-offs, including the Last Bible trilogy, Majin Tensei (Series) Persona games and Digital Devil Saga. The original Megami Tensei is a 3-D scrolling RPG that has some of the typical Mega-Ten gameplay systems such as the "Auto command" and the use of a computer to store demons.

Megami Tensei Old Testament
Megami Tensei Old Testament consists of Megami Tensei and Megami Tensei II being updated and ported to the Super Famicom. It was released only in Japan in 1995. However, there were only a few changes made to the two games. A few portions of the dungeons of the first game were redone, along with a new save game feature which previously did not exist. The graphics and music were enhanced to match the capabilities of the Super Famicom.

The compilation was released by Atlus, perhaps signifying that Shin Megami Tensei and a new era in the series was about to begin.