>>12133609
Damn yeah I was just checking before coming back here.
I do know that Megami Tensei was the precursor to SMT and all that and that they were based on the OG trilogy of books, but for some reason I seem to remember it being:

Megami Tensei (books) > Wizardry IV > Megami Tensei I

Basically I always thought Atlus were inspired by Wizardry IV when adapting Megami Tensei into a game. This is really interesting and has just placed Wizardry even lower in my mind. I need to play Megami Tensei 1 to see how it compares.