From a12ad3347ec9fd8568e2005e626ccd4bdeb4ef84 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kaisaan <34224128+Kaisaan@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2023 04:25:36 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Update dss.html --- pages/dss.html | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/pages/dss.html b/pages/dss.html index e48e3b8..98259e5 100644 --- a/pages/dss.html +++ b/pages/dss.html @@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ layout: default
In this game, our protagonist Akemi Nakajima must travel through various parts of the Demon World to defeat Loki. Along the way, Nakajima finds the friendly demon Cerberus and his friend Yumiko Shirasagi. To get through the various parts of the Demon World, Nakajima must travel up or down the floors of each area to travel by finding stairs. While looking for the stairs there are various demons going after Nakajima, he must use his Sword (which is more like a short-ranged projectile) to defend him and attack the enemies. You'll also find lots of treasure chests which usually contain Macca, the currency you use if you can find the wandering salesman. The game also has a moon phase system. From what I've noticed, more enemies spawn the closer it is to a full moon. The area to the right of the gameplay screen has this design with a pentagon on it. This design updates as you eventually find Cerberus and Yumiko, both are needed for the good ending apparently. Before meeting Loki to fight him, Nakajima also fights his possessed teacher Ohara and the demon Set. That is just the information I've been able to gather after beating the game (I've beaten the MSX and PC-88 versions.) Scans are available for the manual, which covers all versions, which can be found on websites like necretro.org though only in Japanese.

+The game seems to have received much less praise (and sales?) than the adaptation by Atlus. It still seems to have its fair share of advertisements in various PC magazines (and also a review of it in Spanish). Overall, this game seems to have low popularity even in the game's release country. +
On the topic of Japanese only content, these games were exclusively released in Japan, but have some English parts. The names of the area you're in, the PC menu (if you find the PC item), and the combat log that displays demon names and if you take "damege" are all in English. But cutscene text between areas and the text that NPC give are in Japanese, which is an issue since there's a lot of Statues of Yumiko that give useful hints. So far, there hasn't been any translations (neither fan nor official) for any release. If you do play this game, this longplay of the PC-88 release should be helpful. And while there isn't much information on this page, here is the Megami Tensei Wiki article for the game.

I have started hacking the MSX version for translation but I am still looking for someone to help with the translation itself and maybe some graphics. Please contact me if you would like to help in any way.