COMP

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A COMP, also known as an Arm Terminal, is a device commonly featured in the Megami Tensei franchise. It refers to the portable computer which many characters have used in order to communicate with, transport, and summon demonic entities using the Demon Summoning Program. It is one of the most common elements to appear in Megami Tensei games.

Appearances[]

Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei
Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City
Digital Devil Story 3: Demise of the Reincarnation
Megami Tensei
Megami Tensei II
Kyuuyaku Megami Tensei
Shin Megami Tensei
Shin Megami Tensei II
Shin Megami Tensei: if... / Hazama's Chapter
Shin Megami Tensei: 20XX / Devil's Colosseum
Shin Megami Tensei NINE
Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE
Shin Megami Tensei IV
Shin Megami Tensei IV Apocalypse
Majin Tensei
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner
Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers
Soul Hackers 2
Giten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Mokushiroku
Shin Megami Tensei Trading Card: Card Summoner
Persona 5 / Royal: Costume only
Devil Survivor / Overclocked
Devil Survivor 2 / Record Breaker

Profile[]

Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei novels[]

Akemi Nakajima carries a small hand-held computer with him at all times, which he uses to summon Cerberus at any time. Charles Feed also carries a similar device.

Megami Tensei II[]

The COMP serves the same purpose as it does in other games. Pazuzu also uses it as a means of communicating with the protagonist. The amount of demons the COMP can hold is increased once the protagonist's missing arm is replaced with a cybernetic one.

Shin Megami Tensei[]

The protagonist carries a COMP which he uses to communicate with demons. It houses the Demon Summoning Program designed by Stephen. Stephen later upgrades the protagonist's computer so that it can store more demons.

Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE[]

Each player character in Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE carries a COMP. At the start of the game, the player can choose between two models. Snakeman upgrades the player's COMP once they become a Devil Buster.

COMPs in IMAGINE can also come in a variety of vanity forms such as bracelets, glasses, rings, umbrellas, knuckle guards, gloves, digital books and PDAs. These have unique summoning animations and are usually acquired through the cashshop or in-game events.

Shin Megami Tensei IV[]

COMPSMTIV — Flynn wearing the COMP on his left arm.

"A bracer worn by Mikado's Samurai. It functions a lot like smartphones, complete with Demon Summoning Program and map navigation. And like the phones Hunters use, Gauntlets also have onboard AI support.

Gauntlets are installed with the "Burroughs" operating system. She provides various support features essential to Samurai."

—Shin Megami Tensei IV Apocalypse Notes, entry - "Gauntlet"

The COMP returns in Shin Megami Tensei IV in the form of a gauntlet. Those who are to be tested whether they will become Samurai or not must pass the Gauntlet Rite.

All Gauntlets come with an assistant interface avatar called Burroughs, who is often referred to as a fairy. Burroughs guides Gauntlet users through demon data, application usage, navigation, among other functions within the limits of the Gauntlet's internal database. Mido aids with fusion and compendium data.

Gauntlet users can also learn active skills from well-raised contract demons via the "Demon Whisper" ritual. The Hunters of Tokyo and the Ashura-kai use smartphones to summon demons. The Demonicas seen in the game are armor worn by the Counter-Demon Force and it is noted that the vambrace on the Demonicas resemble the Gauntlets used by the Samurai.

Shin Megami Tensei IV Apocalypse[]

"A hand-held computer and cell phone that is capable of running a variety of applications.

- Calls
- Send/Receive Emails & Texts
- Creating Documents
- Managing Info (schedules, addresses, etc)
- Camera
- Clock
- Calculator

Additional functions can be added by installing new apps. For Hunters, these apps are included by default:
- Quest Management
- Skill Management
- Item Management
- Party Management
- Demon Summoning Program
- Cathedral of Shadows
- Demon Analysis
- GPS
- Report Missing People
- Various Databases"

—Shin Megami Tensei IV Apocalpyse Notes, entry - "Smartphone"

In a similar vein to Burroughs in IV, Dagda inhabits Nanashi's COMP and provides similar functions for him.

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner[]

The Devil Summoner Kyouji Kuzunoha comes equipped with heavily modified gun that has been integrated with a compact COMP system. The hybrid device is known as a "GUMP," which is a shortened term for Gun-COMP. Aside from its obvious purpose, it still functions like a regular gun.

Sid Davis uses a COMP modeled after a bible.

Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers[]

The GUMP reprises its role as the main demon utility device and primary sidearm, but has undergone a few cosmetic and functional improvements over time. Its use is now widespread among the majority of the active Devil Summoners.

The protagonist's GUMP can be augmented with apps, allowing him to make use of various abilities such as being able to save anywhere or see how close enemy demons are. There is only 5 blocks of storage, however, with certain apps costing 2 blocks. Dyad fusion can be performed with the GUMP at any time outside of battle, but this is much more likely to result in an accident compared to fusion at the Goumaden. The GUMP is also incapable of Zoma and sword fusion.

Most COMPs double as weapons. Aside from the GUMP, there are also COMPs modeled after guitars, parasols, saxophones and brass knuckles.

Soul Hackers 2[]

It is possible to customize the party's COMPs at a COMP smith, allowing them to be enhanced with special effects. Each party member's COMP has five special enhancements, but only one can be installed at its max rank at a time. Additionally, each COMP has different Mistique Adaptation ranks. These determine the rank of Mistiques their summoner can equip, with the total number of Mistiques that can be equipped at a time beginning at one and being able to be upgraded to three.

Unlike the previous Devil Summoner games, these COMPs enable their users to make use of their demons' abilities without summoning them directly. Summoners within the same party can share their demon stocks with each other, allowing them to effectively swap abilities mid-battle. Each summoner can have one demon equipped at a time, with their combat stats being based on both the summoner's stats and those of the demon. Switching demons mid-battle can be accomplished with the Commander Skills Conversion and Master Conversion.

Ringo's COMP, Antikythera, has the special property of being able to perform Commander Skills and Sabbath attacks, the former of which must be purchased and installed at COMP smiths. Sabbaths can be augmented with Tandem skills.

Shin Megami Tensei Trading Card: Card Summoner[]

Card Summoner has the Arm Comp, also referred to in the manual of the game as the Arm-Comp 2, which keeps track of the player's money and cards. The top panel of the Arm Comp comes in different colors.

The Arm Comp has three operational modes. The Arm Comp's sections extend outward in "Put On mode," which as the name suggests allows the user to put the device on their wrist or take it off. "Normal mode" is where the device is in an inactive state. "Action mode" is where the Arm Comp activates for use in duels. In Action mode, the Arm Comp has a slot where cards are inserted during the Summon Stage of a duel.

The device also features a holographic air screen, where the user can view card data, customize their deck, and access Summoner Net among other functions.

The GUMP also appears in the game (albeit as an item card), in addition to a variant of the Arm Comp, the X-3, which is used by Takuya.

Devil Survivor[]

COMPs (short for Communication Players) are a new, commonly owned piece of technology which bears a striking resemblance to the Nintendo DS (the Nintendo 3DS in the 3DS remake). They are advertised as gaming consoles which additionally allow for web browsing, email, and international online gaming. Its commercial tag line is "Play with people around the world!"

Naoya gives the protagonist and his friends COMPs specially designed to assist in survival during the Tokyo Lockdown. Aside from the Demon Summoning Program, a secondary application called the "Harmonizer" tunes to the wavelengths of humans, making their physical attacks effective against demons while lessening the damage taken from them. The Harmonizer affects all humans and demons that are within range of the COMP.

COMP users come to be known as "Demon Tamers." The first time the Demon Summoning Program is initiated, a demon will emerge whose strength is proportionate to that of the user. A contract will not be forged until the tamer defeats said demon in battle. Latter demons are obtained by participating in an online auction using Macca for purchase and contract enactment.

The COMP's battery life is limited; since electricity is cut off in the lockdown area, the only way to keep a COMP functional is by charging it with a portable hand-crank dynamo. Keeping their COMPs charged is the main concern of the protagonist and his friends at the beginning of the lockdown until they receive one such device from Keisuke.

If the COMP runs out of battery power or breaks, a Demon Tamer loses their demon contracts and in turn becomes vulnerable to demons’ attacks due to the disengagement of the mind link to the Harmonizer. The Demon Summoning Program can also go rampant, creating portals for strong demons to freely emerge from if a Demon Tamer’s will is strong enough.

The game’s UI mimics that of a COMP, showing the time, battery life, and letting you check its settings and emails.

Devil Survivor 2[]

The COMPs in Devil Survivor 2 are actually cell phones that have downloaded a demon summoning app, created by the Anguished One. Unlike the COMPs in the first Devil Survivor, these COMPs do not have many inhibitions at all aside from the fact that when destroyed, its Demon Tamers is forced to relinquish control of their demons.

Similar Devices[]

Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey[]

Main article: Demonica

Persona 2: Innocent Sin (PSP)[]

Though Demon Summoning programs do not play a role in the main story, COMP-like devices are prominent in the Climax Theater quest, Persona Thief. The main antagonist, Tamaizu Nirasawa, claimed to have created and placed a Demon Summoning Program into a handheld computer, reminiscent of the original COMP created by Akemi Nakajima. One of the other major characters in this quest, Haruo Weyland, summons demons from an effects panel on his guitar called the "Infectious Groove," a reference to Carol J and his guitar GUMP.

The Devil Children series[]

The Devil Children use devices called Devil Risers, which are gun-shaped computers used for carrying and summoning demons. In addition, Devil Children carry a personal computer called a Vinecom, which aids in organizing information and sorting demons. Later in the story, protagonists often obtain the King Riser, which works as a second Devil Riser compatible with stronger demons.