Unreleased Sega Michael Jackson game resurfaced!

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Unseen photos of Micheal Jackson, made for an unreleased Sega game, surfaced from a developer interview

Sega fans will know that the infamous King of Pop Micheal Jackson had quite the interesting hist…

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They really hid that game like a smooth criminal.

 

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They really hid that game like a smooth criminal.

and on the Saturn too!

 

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and on the Saturn too!

On the Saturn you say?

 

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It worked for Namie Amuro, so I could see this having been pretty popular, at least in Japan.

 

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It worked for Namie Amuro, so I could see this having been pretty popular, at least in Japan.

yeah but this could have made it sell in the west. It would have been the only entry from that series, but maybe it would have led to other artists getting their own music games too? Sega CD had the Make My Video series.

 

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yeah but this could have made it sell in the west. It would have been the only entry from that series, but maybe it would have led to other artists getting their own music games too? Sega CD had the Make My Video series.

I won't say he wasn't still a gigantic deal by 1996, but I don't know that even MJ could convince someone to drop the money on a Saturn just to play his game. Moonwalker at least had the tie-in to the home video and all that. But who knows, it would've been interesting to see either way.

 

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I won't say he wasn't still a gigantic deal by 1996, but I don't know that even MJ could convince someone to drop the money on a Saturn just to play his game. Moonwalker at least had the tie-in to the home video and all that. But who knows, it would've been interesting to see either way.

Could have had a Sonic cameo too

 

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Me too!

 

[Jeff]

It's a shame Moonwalker did not get an actual Sega CD release using full motion video and actual Michael Jackson music from each level like what Hook had, same game play, but use some clips from the movie and music from John Williams score.

Imagine a Michael Jackson version of Sega's Digital Dance Mix was released for the Saturn in both US and Japan, will it be a saving grace for Saturn's US sales? Probably not, but, if it weren't for the paparazzi and Michael Jackson's problematic issues few years after the Saturn's launch, Sega would have something decent for once in the US market.