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Shin Megami Tensei

Shin Megami Tensei I is the first entry in the Shin Megami Tensei series. Shin Megami Tensei Cover
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Speedrun History

  1. Shin Megami Tensei was released in Japan on October 30, 1992.
  2. The first ever recorded run was done on 2007/05/12 by korosuke, completing the Neutral route with a time of 3:36:17. At the time, among the japanese community, Neutral ending would be the preferred ending as it was perceived as being the most complete and canon one.
  3. On 2009/10/13, runner 01 improved the Neutral ending world record completing the first sub 3h run with a time of 2:35:41
  4. On 2016/10/15, runner 柳雲 completeed the first run of Chaos Ending with a time of 2:34:54
  5. In 2017/12/04, Symm would complete the first run using the English Patch with a time of 3:00:24. The English Patch would then be confirmed to be terribly slower than the japanese version, therefore most runs on the boards are done on the original version.
  6. On 2018/01/01, megaten runner mizusima40 popularized Law Ending as the defacto ending and obtained the first sub 2h run with a time of [1:57:40]. This would stand as world record for 3 years.
  7. On 2018/08/02, runner masaya would complete a run using RNG Manip to obtain a stradivarius obtaining a time of 1:39:17. The leaderboards, as of 2025, do not allow RNG manipulation, otherwise this would be the world record.
  8. In 2020, mizusima40 re-worked his route to include the usage of the Traesto skip, which was ruled by the boards as allowed, as well as no longer fusing the Hinokagutsuchi to use Charm strats and the Lotus Wand instead. This was a major reworking of the route and the standard route to this day.
  9. The current world record is held by mizusima40, achieved on 2020/09/11 with a time of 1:47:43.

Categories

No Major Glitches

Main category that disallows game breaking glitches such as ACE, Memory Manipulation, going Out of Bounds, etc. Category also bans encounter manipulation. All 3 endings are seperate categories

Any%

No restriction on glitches or manipulation. Seperate ending categories are not avaibale. Whatever the fastest ending is will be the ending for the run.

All Bosses

No Major Glitchless ruleset except this time you fight every boss encounter in the game. This requires Neutral ending. Category is currently under Misc.

Glitches & Tricks

Magic Preemption

Due to a bug in the code, magic will always be the first thing that happens in a turn over anything else regardless of speed values. This is triggered by making sure Magic is the last action you select that isnt attack or defend. You can disable this by opening and closing the item menu with the last party member. This is very useful in making sure spells like zio/bufu are the first to come out versus enemies with powerful non-magic attacks.

Traesto Sequence Breaking

When leaving the Ginza Underpass (Going to Ikebukuro) if you re-enter before the Yami event triggers, you can cast Traesto which will teleport you out and allow you to bypass the event trigger entirely.

Sell Glitch

Hold the B button when entering the sell menu. Press A while still holding B and you will behind selling an Attack Knife (Even if you don’t have one). You can do this as many times as you want. This also works in the buy menu and depending on the shop, you will be able to purchase a wide variety of items.

Notes

Resources

List of TAS VODS