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== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* The protagonist of the original ''[[Digital Devil Story]]'' novels creates a computer program to duplicate demon summoning rituals. It quickly becomes a case of [[Gone Horribly Right]] when he uses it.
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* Being descended from a [[Licensed Game]] of ''Digital Devil Story'' (see literature) many games in the ''[[Shin Megami Tensei]]'' series includes variants of the Demon Summoning Program from the original novel. ''Generally'' safer than Nakajima's original version. <-- The wiki for the series lists entries with it. There's stuff to expand this section with. https://megamitensei.fandom.com/wiki/Demon_Summoning_Program -->
* ''[[Devil Survivor 2]]'' has the Demon Summoning App, where a person can make a contract and summon demons while also giving users magic. There is also the Nicaea β version, which shows a video of a user's death and their friends' demise.▼
** ''[[Devil Survivor]]'' is one of the exceptions to the app being safer in adaptions than the original. This version gets widely distributed, forcing Tokyo into a lockdown as demons let loose by inept users and those controlled by criminal gangs overrun the city.
▲** ''[[Devil Survivor 2]]'' has the Demon Summoning App, where a person can make a contract and summon demons while also giving users magic. There is also the Nicaea β version, which shows a video of a user's death and their friends' demise.
**''[[Shin Megami Tensei IV]]'' and ''Apocalypse'' has the people of Tokyo who use smartphones with the Demon Summoning Program loaded on it. The Hunter Association typically gives a phone equipped with the program to people who become an official Hunter.
** The Metaverse Navigator or MetaNav, from ''[[Persona 5]]'', is an app given to him by Igor that allows the protagonist to go to the Metaverse. It can also be used by others that the protagonist allies. To use the application, one would need a keyword(s) to enter the Metaverse.
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