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The sequel to Namco's earlier fighting game Soul Edge, continuing the story of the cursed blade "Soul Edge" (now corrupting the noble knight Siegfried into the dreaded knight Nightmare).
Jedah wants a bunch of them.
The second in the Devil Summoner series, Soul Hackers follows a group called the Spookies as they attempt to stop an overflow of demons in a city where the internet is all-pervasive. Released in 1997, it anticipated a future dominated by the internet and depicted a fictional virtual-reality cyberspace city called Paradigm X.
Shivers II: Harvest of Souls is a first-person point-and-click horror puzzle game that takes place in an isolated desert town and uses a lot of American Indian mythology and symbolism.
Dracula's castle has risen from the mist and the Belmont heir is missing! The open-ended gameplay mixed with RPG mechanics in this installment of Castlevania platformers set the template for later games in the series (coining the term "Metroidvania").
Angband is a dungeon-crawler based on Umoria, and inspired heavily by the the writing of J.R.R. Tolkien. It is available for a wide range of platforms.
The first 32-bit Shin Megami Tensei game, Devil Summoner, made its way to the Saturn to Japan in 1995. It was never released in the US. In 2005 the game was Re-Released on the PSP and again only in Japan.
Night Slave is a side-scrolling action game, a run & gun role-playing shooter, in the tradition of Assault Suits Valken. It also has visual novel cutscenes with eroge content.
The first game in the major SMT spin-off series Devil Summoner. In this Saturn first-person dungeon crawler, you possess the reanimated body of demon hunter Kyoji Kuzunoha after you are killed.
A historical-fantasy weapon-based 3D fighting game from the company behind the Tekken series. Set in 16th century Europe, the game would later spawn numerous sequels under the name Soulcalibur.
The second game in the Go Go Ackman series. Go Go Ackman is a platformer with a devilish protagonist. The character designs are done by Akira Toriyama.
Japanese-only remake of the two original Megami Tensei games, released for the Super Famicom in 1995.
A spin-off for the Sega Game Gear, Last Bible Special featured gameplay more closely resembling the original Megami Tensei series, with a focus on first-person dungeon crawling.
The third and final entry in the Last Bible series, released in 1995 for the Super Famicom. This title was the first to be available for home consoles.
The Mansion of Hidden Souls is the sequel to the Sega CD game, Mansion of Hidden Souls. Although they share similar names in the United States, they are in fact, different games.
Soul Star is a Sega CD shooter. An upgraded Sega 32X version, known as Soul Star X was once in development but was never released.
The sequel to Last Armageddon, released in Japan for Sega CD.
Shin Megami Tensei: if... is a Super Famicom main series Shin Megami Tensei series in which students become trapped in their high school after a power-hungry student connects the campus to five demonic realms. It was later remade for the Sony Playstation.
A surreal first-person point-and-click adventure in the vein of Myst, where the player must explore the mysterious Tong Nou and fulfill the short lives of eight strange creatures to recover their soul.
A direct sequel to the original Shin Megami Tensei. It was released on the Super Famicom in 1994.
Mansion of Hidden Souls is an adventure/puzzle game for the Sega CD, not to be confused with The Mansion of Hidden Souls for the Sega Saturn, which is the sequel.
The second installment in the Last Bible series, originally released for the Game Boy and later ported to the GBC. Unlike it's predecessor, released in the west as "Revelations: The Demon Slayer", Last Bible II has never received an official English translation.
A portable spinoff of Atlus' Megami Tensei series.
The inaugural entry in the Shin Megami Tensei series and successor to Megami Tensei I and II on the Famicom. It follows a young man who must prove himself a hero after the opening of a demonic gate in Tokyo and the city's subsequent nuclear destruction.
An action-RPG published by Enix for the SNES. The player has to restore the world above by delving deeper into an immense dungeon.
A non-corporeal protagonist meets historical figures while travelling through time trying to recover his body from an evil demon in this Famicom Disk System adventure game.
The second game in the Megami Tensei franchise and the last to appear on the Nintendo Famicom.
Released in 1989, Sweet Home is quite possibly the first survival horror, or console horror RPG. A small team enters a haunted house to study the deceased owner's frescoes, only to become trapped by the angered spirits within. It inspired Resident Evil, the game that established the survival horror genre. Sweet Home can also be considered an early immersive sim.
Last Armageddon was only released in Japan for the MSX and PC-8801 in 1988. Then for the Sharp X68000 on March 1st 1989, TurboGrafx CD on August 31st 1990, NES on November 10th 1990, and FM Towns.
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