Digimon World

Digimon World
North American boxart
Developer(s)BEC
Publisher(s)Bandai
SeriesDigimon
Platform(s)PlayStation, Microsoft Windows
ReleasePlayStation
  • JP: January 28, 1999
  • NA: May 23, 2000
  • EU: July 6, 2001
Microsoft Windows
  • KOR: April 27, 2002
Genre(s)Role-playing, digital pet
Mode(s)Single-player

Digimon World (Japanese: デジモンワールド, Hepburn: Dejimon Wārudo) is a role-playing video game developed by BEC and published by Bandai for the PlayStation. It's the first game in the Digimon World series, followed by various sequels released for the PlayStation and other platforms. The story focuses on a human brought to File City on File Island by Jijimon to save the island. Digimon have been losing their memories and becoming feral and the city has fallen into disarray. The goal of the player, who is represented by an unnamed young boy, is to save the island by helping Digimon recover their memory and return to the city.