The series from which [[Shin Megami Tensei]] emerged from, otherwise known as Digital Devil Story.

The original series of books consists of Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei (Goddess Reincarnation), Digital Devil Story 2: Mato no Senshi (Warrior of the Demon City), and Digital Devil Story 3: Tensei no Shuuen (Demise of the Reincarnation). The story of the book series would see high school student [[Nakajima Akemi]] develop a computer program, which would summon demons from another realm. The program would go out of control and unleash a horde lead by Lucifer, whom Akemi has to defeat with the help of [[Shirasagi Yumiko]], a transfer student that became interested in him [spoiler]and is the titular Megami Tensei. By the end of the third book, Akemi and Yumiko lose against Lucifer.[/spoiler]

The first Digital Devil Story would spawn an OVA adaptation, and two different games - one developed by Telenet for Japanese computers, and the far more famous Atlus game for the original Famicom. The follow-up of the Atlus game, [[Megami Tensei II]], would diverge from the books substantially and ultimately lead to [[Shin Megami Tensei I]]. References to it can still be found in later Megaten games.
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