Shin Megami Tensei meets Tron

Mr. Oragahn · Post by **Mr. Oragahn** » Fri Nov 25, 2011 1:26 am

This is not a vs per se.
I don't know enough about both sides (Tron Legacy has now extended into a canonical video game AFAIK, possibly some comics, plus a coming anime and there's that sequel for 2013), and on the other hand there's the various products inside the large Shin Megami Tensei franchise, which started in the 80s.
However, both have mechanics which are very interesting.
To make things quick, in Tron, programs are sentient and alive in some reality which is constructed inside powerful servers, the Tron system. You get in and out of it by using code to active a teleportation device that manages the transfer, the digitization. This electronic world has been built by man.

In Digital Devil Story (the novels) and many Shin Megami Tensei games, there are the Demon Summoning Programs, generally ran on COMPs.

The crossover can be very interesting.
In the SMT series, the DSPs summon demons, some of which are good, others not so. They're called from a realm that's called Makai in most iterations.

What would a DSP look like inside the Tron system, assuming one could be adapted to work within it? Would it be derived from the monks saw in the first movie, able to summon creatures? What would the properties of demons be? Since they're quite real once summoned, would their presence in the Tron system only possible by being digitized?
It's interesting how in Tron, the ISOs popped out of nowhere in the Tron system (possibly the Sea of Simulations). Could the demons be connected to the Tron system by appearing from there as well?