Play Shin Megami Tensei (Japan) (Rev A) Online

Shin Megami Tensei on SNES is where the whole demon-summoning madness really took off. You start as some random kid in Tokyo, and then—boom—demons show up, the city gets nuked, and suddenly you're negotiating with monsters in subway tunnels while trying not to get murdered. Classic '90s JRPG vibes, but way darker than most stuff at the time.

The demon recruiting system is the real star here—you actually talk to them, bargain, sometimes even bribe them to join your party. First time I played, I wasted half an hour trying to convince a Pixie not to scam me (she did anyway). The atmosphere is thick with this eerie, apocalyptic mood—cracked streets, weird cults, and choices that actually change how the story unfolds. It's janky in that old-school way, but there's nothing else quite like it.

If you can handle the grind and some brutal difficulty spikes, it's a fascinating time capsule of where the series began.