History Magitek / VideoGames

* ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' games frequently feature portable electronic devices called [=COMPs=] that automatically perform the complex magical ritual of summoning demons into the mortal world. The process is purely technological but produces a magical effect. The ritual programs may or may not have been written with the help of otherworldly beings, depending on the game. A major flaw of this design is that demons who can comprehend technology can also use it to summon more demons if for some reason they aren't currently being controlled by their human summoner (likely because they're dead.) In recent games, [=COMPs=] have been steadily replaced with devices such as smartphones. Examples include ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor'', ''VideoGame/SoulHackers'', and ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney''.

* ''VideoGame/{{Anbennar}}'' has artificery, the vast majority of which falls within this trope (there is some overlap with non-magical but sophisticated engineering). Artificery starts out as mostly the province of gnomes, but kobolds and goblins get in on it once they settle down into more organized states, the country of Varainé get an early foothold by focusing on one specific pre-existing branch that overlaps between traditional magic and artificery ([[AlchemyIsMagic alchemy]]), and after 1650 it begins to become increasingly wide-spread. Interestingly, Anbennar's technomancy is nearly exactly the opposite of the trope description's technomancy -- it is the branch of artificery that approaches it as a new school of magic, but rather than creating machines that would work without magic, just not as well (that is instead the focus of the Mechanist branch of artificery), technomancy's main output is enchanted items that put previously-existing magic into, at least comparatively, mass-produced forms capable of casual use.

* ''VideoGame/AmidEvil'' has the the Forges, gigantic factory set that is an advanced technology factory fueled by strange energy emanating from the cracks in the ground. It's denizens are semi-magical constructs that resemble traditional golems, but are created out of metal instead of stone, can interact with mechanisms of the Forges, as well as keep them in work, and have according weaponry of laser blasts, exploding harpoons, nail miniguns and other typically robotic armaments. All of this in a universe where magic is practically a fabric of reality.

* ''VideoGame/AmidEvil'' has the Denizens of the Forges, semi-magical constructs that resemble traditional golems, but are created out of metal instead of stone and have according weaponry of laser blasts, exploding harpoons, nail miniguns and other typically robotic armaments. All of this in a universe where magic is practically a fabric of reality.

* ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' games frequently feature portable electronic devices called [=COMPs=] that automatically perform the complex magical ritual of summoning demons into the mortal world. The process is purely technological but produces a magical effect. The ritual programs may or may not have been written with the help of otherworldly beings, depending on the game. A major flaw of this design is that demons who can comprehend technology can also use it to summon more demons if for some reason they aren't currently in control of their human summoner (likely because they're dead.) In recent games, [=COMPs=] have been steadily replaced with devices such as smartphones. Examples include ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor'', ''VideoGame/SoulHackers'', and ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney''.

* In the 2022 remake of ''VideoGame/MasterOfMagic'', there's an expansion called ''Rise of the Soultrapped'' which introduces a new form of magic called Tech Magic which fuses magic with technology.

* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog''. Chaos Emeralds. You know the drill by now. In ''VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles'', the [[HumongousMecha Great Eggman Robo]] uses the Master Emerald for a WaveMotionGun while [[EvilKnockoff Mecha Sonic]] super charges himself with it to enter a SuperMode. In ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'', it's shown that it's possible to create a fake Emerald [[spoiler:that can actually be used to perform Chaos Control]]. The same game also revealed that Professor Gerald Robotnik created the Eclipse Cannon, a powerful KillSat fueled by the seven Emeralds. ''VideoGame/SonicBattle'' has Eggman shatter a Chaos Emerald and use the shards to power his army of Phi robots. In ''VideoGame/{{Sonic Advance|Trilogy}} 3'' Eggman uses the Emeralds to break the world into pieces, something he goes on to do again in ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed''.

* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog''. Chaos Emeralds. You know the drill by now. In ''VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles'', the [[HumongousMecha Great Eggman Robo]] uses the Master Emerald for a WaveMotionGun while [[EvilKnockoff Mecha Sonic]] super charges himself with it to enter a SuperMode. In ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'', it's shown that it's possible to create a fake Emerald [[spoiler:that can actually be used to perform Chaos Control]]. The same game also revealed that Professor Gerald Robotnik created the Eclipse Cannon, a powerful KillSat fueled by the seven Emeralds. ''VideoGame/SonicBattle'' has Eggman shatter a Chaos Emerald and use the shards to power his army of Phi robots. In ''VideoGame/{{Sonic Advance|Series}} 3'' Eggman uses the Emeralds to break the world into pieces, something he goes on to do again in ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed''.

* The world of ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' is highly dependent on Ars Magus, Magitek developed during the Dark War that draws upon the seithr corruption produced by the Black Beast that nearly destroyed the world one hundred years ago. True magic does exist in the setting, but there are very few people alive in the present day who can use it. Ars Magus and the ten [[ArtifactOfDoom Nox Nyctores]] that half of the cast are in possession of are the creation of Nine.
** Nine's daughter [[MadScientist Kokonoe]] is a peculiar case. Having inherited traits from Nine and her fellow hero Jubei, she is naturally versed in Ars Magus as well as the art of traditional magic, as seen when [[spoiler: she incorporates her mother's original spell, ''Infinite Gravity'', to condense a large mass of human souls to activate two marionettes, one of them being the dormant Nox Nyctores Nirvana.]]

** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTearsOfTheKingdom'', the sequel to ''Breath of the Wild'' expands on this with the also-ancient Zonai civilization, which invented robots known as Constructs, as well as various devices that Link can use to assemble vehicles or other contraptions.

* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'': It's implied that a lot of the weapons and tools Link finds squirreled away in the various temples and dungeons he explores series are actually magitek. A famous example is his companion, Fi, in ''Videogame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'', who is considered a "Sword Spirit", but behaves like a RobotGirl despite possibly being thousands of years old. There's also ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', which has a particularly large emphasis on magitek (all of it created by the ancient Sheikah) compared to previous games; the Sheikah Slate obtained in the beginning of the game looks and functions like a handheld tablet computer, many enemies are StarfishRobots, the four main dungeons are actually giant AnimalMecha, and by finishing one of the DLC addons Link gets a ''motorcycle''.

*** The Machinist class from XIV reverse-engineered many Garlean devices, but their abilities are instead fueled by a device known as an "Aetherotransformer" which taps into the body's natural aether supply to power their gadgets and [[BottomlessMagazines generate bullets for their firearms]].

** In '' VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX '' all technology of Gaia, work by mist, a material formed by the soul of dead people,the black mages literally is make of magitek,they are a living golems make of mist using how weapons of war,by the self the civilization of Terra can use to magitek and more advanced of the Gaia
** The Temple Cloisters of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'', but most noticeable in the Temple of Djose (powered by magical lightning) and the Temple of Bevelle (with magical pathways, lifts, and teleporters.) Legend has it that the nation of Bevelle also used MagiTek extensively in its war with the mostly-magical Zanarkand a thousand years ago. In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2'', this is expanded upon with [[DoomsdayDevice the ancient Vegnagun]], and the Machine Faction of the Al Bhed use (or unearth) magically-powered machina. WordOfGod says that the spheres are pyreflies, aka memories of the dead, mixed with water. The garment grids which allow you to take the costume and weapons of a sphere, are magitek. The organic nature of the magic is noted in game, when it turns out one of your spheres contains memories of the BigBad.

*** Linkpears are a common item, which are pearls you put in your ear and basically work like cell phones with infinite range. They even make a ringing noise when receiving a message.

* ''VideoGame/{{Anbennar}}'' has artificery, the vast majority of which falls within this trope (there is some overlap with non-magical but sophisticated engineering). Interestingly, Anbennar's technomancy is nearly exactly the opposite of the trope description's technomancy -- it is the branch of artificery that approaches it as a new school of magic, but rather than creating machines that would work without magic, just not as well (that is instead the focus of the Mechanist branch of artificery), technomancy's main output is enchanted items that put previously-existing magic into, at least comparatively, mass-produced forms capable of casual use.