Tokyo Shadow
An FMV adventure based on the eponymous light novel series by Aya Nishitani (the mind behind the Digital Devil Story novels, the basis of the Megami Tensei series).
This horror-detective mystery adventure game takes place within the streets of a modern day Tokyo.
In the town of Shibuya, the protagonist, Hedei, is killed by a demon while going on a date with his girlfriend and subsequently becomes a ghost. He then becomes able to travel between the spiritual world and the real world, defeating the demons roaming around town, and finally, destroying the demon Megiddo.
The player can go around town looking for clues and finding the demons to advance the game. The game features different endings depending on the player's choices.
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DeveloperTaito, High Tech Laboratory Japan
ReleasedSeptember 27, 1996
StatusReleased
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About This Game
Hedei is on a date in Shibuya when a demon kills him. He does not stay entirely dead: his consciousness persists, and he discovers he can move between the living world and the spiritual plane that overlaps it. This ability — forced on him by his murder — becomes the tool he uses to investigate what is happening to the neighborhood. Demons have taken hold of Shibuya and are targeting more people. Hedei hunts them through both the physical streets and the shadowed spiritual realm, working toward a confrontation with the demon Megiddo — the entity that killed him and is driving the others. Based on the light novel series by Aya Nishitani, the author whose Digital Devil Story novels formed the genesis of the Megami Tensei franchise, the game branches to multiple endings depending on choices made throughout the investigation.