Demon Summoning Program
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The Demon Summoning Program, also known as the Devil Summoning Program or the Demon Summoning App, is an important mechanic in the Megami Tensei franchise. It allows the protagonists to negotiate with, summon, and command demons in their party.
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In many games, the protagonist wears a COMP, a small computer worn on the wrist like a watch, which has the demon summoning program downloaded. In Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei, Akemi Nakajima is the original inventor. In most games afterwards, starting with Shin Megami Tensei, Stephen is credited with creating the program; however there are exceptions, such as Victor in the Devil Summoner series.
Many games feature a dramatic sequence of computer code quickly scrolling across the screen as the program is activating, as in the openings of Shin Megami Tensei and Majin Tensei.
Game Appearances
Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei series
Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei
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Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei II
Hero receives the Demon Summoning Program from the demon Pazuzu.
Shin Megami Tensei series
Shin Megami Tensei
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Shin Megami Tensei II
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Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey
The Demon Summoning Program was created by a previous civilization of humans.[1]
Shin Megami Tensei IV
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Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse
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Shin Megami Tensei V
As a Nahobino, the Protagonist does not need the Demon Summoning Program to communicate with and summon Demons. Instead, it is used by the other student members of Bethel, notably Yuzuru Atsuta and Ichiro Dazai.
Majin Tensei series
Majin Tensei
The Hero is sent the Demon Summoning Program with little explanation before Demons invade his hometown.
Devil Summoner series
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner
The Devil Summoning Program was developed by Victor based off of the rituals of the Kuzunoha Clan.[2] Before the events of the game, Ginko is known to have summoned demons without use of the program through use of bamboo tubes.[3][4]
Sid Davis uses a Bible-shaped computer to summon demons that uses older technology than the computer Victor developed for Kyouji Kuzunoha.[5] The origin of the program Sid uses is unknown.
Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers
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Soul Hackers 2
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Devil Survivor series
Devil Survivor
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The Demon Summoning Program is a feature of the modified COMPs created by Naoya.
Devil Survivor 2
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The Demon Summoning App appears on the phones of those who have signed up for the Nicaea website.
Novel Appearances
Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei
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Trivia
- One of the few Megami Tensei games to lack the demon summoning program is Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne, in which the protagonist is half demon and can talk to demons without the need of a program.
- In Devil Survivor the scrolling computer code upon the program's first launch contains an excerpt from the English Standard Version of Romans 3, ending at verse 10: as it is written: "None is righteous, no, not one;.
Nomenclature
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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Demon Summoning Program Shin Megami TenseiShin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance | |
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悪魔召喚プログラム Akuma shōkan puroguramu | Demon summoning program |
| 召喚アプDevil Survivor 2 Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker Shōkan apu |
Summoning app | |
References
- ↑ "悪魔召喚プログラム【システム】-『真・女神転生』シリーズおよび、その前身となる『女神転生』シリーズの多数に登場するギミック。 初出の『女神転生』においては、主人公のナカジマがみずから開発しプログラムだったが、『真・女神転生』シリーズに入ると謎の第三者から提供されるという形で、主人公はこの悪魔召喚プログラムを入手することが多い。共通する基本設定としては、まず悪魔との交渉によって契約を結び、その後は召喚儀式をプログラムによって実行して召喚を行うという流れ。今作でこの悪魔召喚プログラムを主人公に与えたのは、かつてシュバルツバースの発生で滅んだ先住人類である。" Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey: Schwarzwelt Reminiscences (2009), Daisuke Narisawa (et al.). Published by Enterbrain. Japanese. p. 125. ISBN-13: 978-4047265578.
- ↑ Megami Tensei Jūnenshi (1998), CB's Project. Published by Aspect. Japanese. p. 103. ISBN-13: 978-4-89366-917-9.
- ↑ "彼女（？）の正体は、元葛葉一族の悪魔召喚師。現役の頃はCOMPや悪魔ではなく、管狐を使役していたらしい。" Megami Tensei Jūnenshi (1998), CB's Project. Published by Aspect. Japanese. p. 196. ISBN-13: 978-4-89366-917-9.
- ↑ "ちなみに銀子はクダギツネ使いです。もっとも銀子の場合は、竹の管の中にはキツネじゃなくて悪魔が入ってるんですけどね。" Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers no Subete (1998), CB's Project. Published by Aspect. Japanese. p. 180. ISBN-13: 978-4-7572-0011-1.
- ↑ "手に持っている本はハンドヘルドコンピュータだが、葛葉氏のものより前時代的なシロモノである。力は同等でも、電子工学面での知識は劣るのか。" Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner World Guidance (1996), Daisuke Narisawa and CB's Project. Published by SoftBank. Japanese. p. 173. ISBN-13: 978-4-7973-0084-0.