Michael Jackson's Moonwalker - The Review

[@danfred7127]

Michael Jackson's music and image were inescapable back then. I think you summed up the appeal of this game absolutely perfectly. It was truly impressive playing this game when it was new.

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

Just like your profile pic demonstrates the late 80s early 90s were that moment before everything kind of went to crap. This game somehow perfectly encapsulates that that time when people were either naive or ignorant or something and you could just enjoy a thing for what it was. something that's gotten damn near impossible in this day and age.

[@volvo145]

In my case the game let me to Michael Jackson and a lot of his music if not I probably would not have it in your head today down north of Jack’s on songs that I really like

[@Mattos77]

Really loving these more indepth look at these classics. Moonwalker was a big part of my childhood. So much nostalgia for this game

[@SegaLordX]

Thanks dude. Glad you're enjoying them.

[@nicktronson2977]

@Professor Mike PPC Me and my bro had the superior Master System version also.

[@andrewallan5442]

Played it to death too, swapping carts at school felt special .

[@acecarrera1]

"It's as natural as Mario jumping on turtles." Another word of wisdom from Sega Lord X.

[@cabdragon333]

I nominate SLX as official spokeman of SEGA gaming. He is the reason I still think Genesis does what Nintendon't

[@Darth001]

Totally agree

[@DeludedOne]

Well he isn't called Sega Laud X for nothing.

[@Tweaked818]

Yup i enjoy sega videos only because..NOSTALGIA!

[@nororengo286]

I remember back when MJ would release new music videos, it would be like a major TV event.

[@buckroger6456]

Same here, I remember watching the thriller video. If I remember correctly it was a prime time event on tv with a huge behind the making of the video and only at the very end did they play the music video.

[@85futureshock]

That 89-91 Genesis lineup gives me so much nostalgia for some reason. You had pop culture’s biggest names in sports and entertainment like Michael Jackson, Evander Holyfield, Joe Montana on the covers of the games and you had the closest thing to arcade perfect quality gaming with games like Truxton, Ghouls N Ghosts and Strider. It just represented such a wonderful time period not only in gaming but in childhood. Its hard to explain to those who weren’t around how much of a special time period that was.

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

The world hasn't really been the same since Sega left the console business. As a software company they're okay but their output is not great though they've gotten better over the years.

[@mrbig2648]

I have the same feeling. I think a big reason why I have a special nostalgia for that early pre-Sonic Megadrive period is because the console still felt very "next gen" at that time (this was before the release of the SNES after all). People forget that the console was competing with the NES for 2 years before the SNES arrived. It was a very exciting time. I love those early Megadrive games (Mystic Defender, Forgotten Worlds, Sword of Vermillion etc)

[@mrbig2648]

SLX had a great video about that period called "Before the SNES". Well worth watching.

[@Albert8044]

In Michael Jackson Moonwalker, there is one song that was in the arcade port but absent from the Genesis version, and that song is Thriller.

[@madaction9373]

The first genesis game I got! Classic.

[@SegaLordX]

You could have done a lot worse for sure.

[@madaction9373]

@@SegaLordX Absolutely. Keep up the fantastic job!

[@KingStr0ng]

Based.

[@HybridAngelZero]

I gotta say, I absolutely LOVE the remixes of those classic tracks in both the Genesis and Master System versions

[@AverageDrafter]

This was by far the best game to do Music and Sound menu check, which was a relatively new novelty in the 16-bit era. All the "HOO!" "WOO!" "Michael!" in the SFX, and then... my god.. all those bad ass Quincey Jones/MJ compositions squeezed through the purity of a six channel Yamaha YM2612. When I first heard it, it let me appreciate the music striped from the image and MJ himself (both were in decline at the time). Now, its both an authentic example of his output of the time, and also weirdly striped of his presence... which is probably a good place to be.

[@IamMarkSmith]

Man I look at this game so differently than I did back in the early 90’s. It was one of those games I thought would be just like the arcade version which I loved. I love this version a lot more today than I did back then and enjoy playing it. It definitely has a nice challenge to it. While it is different than the arcade it still has a “quarter muncher” kind of experience. I wish they were able to re-release both this and it’s arcade counterpart in a collection however we all know that unfortunately would most likely never be possible. Whatever the case is this is a game that should never be lost to time regardless of how it is preserved. It’s a legend of its time for the the fact they were able to capture MJ in pixel form during the highlight of his life.

[@Adamtendo_player_1]

I’m proud to own this and grew up with MJ’s music so Moonwalker means a lot to me and the Mega Drive sound chip does his music proud.

[@Marcus_K]

The game was graphically and musically way ahead of most games in 1990, when Super Mario 3 was released on the NES in North America.

[@cdrugly]

The moonwalking has no offensive purpose, but as I recall it’s the easiest way to open man hole covers on level 2.

[@HakeemPurnell]

This and the Revenge of Shinobi reviews really brought me back. Thank you. I loved these early Genesis games, which made me a Sega kid for life. It wasn’t easy either with all the Nintendo fans around and at times, felt like I was the only kid with a Genesis. I foundry look back at these games which were the building blocks of my love for video games. Awesome review.

[@fusoya6544]

Me too. Ghouls n' Ghosts, Thunderforce III and Golden Axe were other early games I enjoyed for the MD. They were so impressive back in the day.

[@chaospoet]

I too am a hard rock/metal guy but being a child of the 80s I can't help but love Jackson's music from that time period. Looking back it's crazy how he went from being THE biggest thing imaginable and loved by all and considered a true artist and musical genius to being loathed and considered the walking definition of creepy in such a short span of time. I wish nothing negative had happened (I'm undecided on whether or not he did anything but the controversy forever tarnished him) and he hadn't died and was still well respected like he was in the 80s. I wouldn't put it past him, if he were still alive, just for fun to put up a KZbin video of him lets playing this very game while giving behind the scenes stories of it's development from his perspective. In a better timeline that's how people are dealing with the lock downs.

[@globalcitizenn]

Listen to the podcast Michael Jackson- A case for Innocence on itunes/spotify.. he didn’t do anything. He was a victim of false allegations & malicious propaganda. Don’t dismiss it as fan talk.. I sympathise with victims but one needs to look at the facts..

[@TheSektorz]

Such a unique and bizarre game this was. I remember it fondly and with nostalgia, but past the first few levels, it becomes very not-fun and borderline unfair.

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

Yep that sounds like a lot of 16-bit games of the time alright.

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

@The Monster Under Your Bed Everyone's got that handful of movies games and shows that is right in their nostalgia blind spot. Some people can simply say I know it's bad but it's like my guilty pleasure. Other people are completely devoid of self-awareness and will defend their crappy decision/taste no matter how many people say otherwise. I do think people's taste can change over their lifetime as well. What was totally passable as a kid or even teenager as an adult just isn't as good anymore. People that can actually admit that their tastes have evolved and changed are the people that I respect the most. people that can admit yes I used to have bad taste but I got over it.

[@entezami777]

You're delivering hit after hit. love it

[@LeeONardo]

Still got my original copy I got for my birthday. Always loved MJ =)

[@sethpoirier6271]

I loved this game as a kid. One of my favorite SEGA GENESIS games !

[@lexnoil]

The game that me and my cousin love to play when we was young. And we high five each other when we beat the game.

[@MuaadElSharif]

I like how you find the positive points in every situation. Your videos are uplifting. Keep up the good work :)

[@stevesteve0521]

Loved this game and loved the music on it. It sucks that we never got a sequel for the Saturn or Dreamcast.

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

Remember when Sega was fun?! Pepperidge farms remembers.

[@leeweesquee]

Was? Still is

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

@@leeweesquee I mean the old games still are but as far as the company now, no I don't think so. They don't take chances they don't step outside their comfort zone they put out nice safe stuff that sells. (Which is fine I like most of their stuff) But they're not like they once were. Not putting out fun stuff like power stone or stuff that's just a blast to play.

[@tenmoonchen7259]

Loving these single game reviews! Really hope there will be some bonus episodes where you can cover non-Sega games. I mean 8-bit/16-bit games on NES/Famicom/SNES/Super Famicom/Turbografx-16/PCE.

[@davidgill7412]

There are hacked versions of Moonwalker that use MJ's vocals. MAME 2003plus core for the arcade and Genplus GX and the MEGA SG cart for the Genesis version.

[@ScottWozniak]

Yep. I play MD+ hacks via MiSTer. Streets of Rage 2 with the arranged music is an awesome experience.

[@davidgill7412]

@@ScottWozniak I have a question. How do you patch MD+ games?

[@ScottWozniak]

@@davidgill7412 I just grab them already patched. Google is your friend.

[@launchpadmcquack9305]

There are early versions of this game with Thriller in the graveyard

[@NickRinaldi1980]

I had this game and if you made the zombies dance it played thriller. I didn’t know this was only for early versions of the game ?

[@supersexysega]

@@NickRinaldi1980 Yes they took it out for most copies.

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

So we all know what version of the game is worth the most. Like someone else in the comments said a complete version after his death is now worth upwards of $100 or more. The fact there's one version that has that eight second clip of thriller music is enough to drive the price up even more I bet.

[@supersexysega]

@@JohnDoe-wq5eu Yea just like in Revenge of Shinobi's case. If you confirm you have the rare early version people will pay a premium.

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

@@supersexysega The one with Godzilla, Spider-Man and Batman (I can't remember if he actually got into the US version or not) I can't remember if there were more changes but I remember those ones.

[@retrofan4life]

I love this game and have it complete in a protective case. Damn fun experience! Thank you for the video!

[@Patrick2480]

You should have mention the Graveyard scene was suppose to have the Thriller music but due to a rights issues with 1 of the writers of the song, it got change to Another part of me. There is a prototype rom on the net with the Thriller music.

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

Apparently there is an eight second clip played when you do the make the characters dance special move in the graveyard level but only in one early version of the game.

[@ScottWozniak]

I play the MD+ hack via MiSTer that replaces the Genesis chiptunes with the original music and rightfully puts Thriller back into the game.

[@Velcrochicken1]

I always loved the master system version. The gameplay is clunky but simple and the sound track rocks.

[@marakarthegreat]

I can't believe they animated Michael grabbing his [I'm unable to add the word because of youtube's guidelines, but the word rhymes with walls]

[@dl6085]

His eyeballs. Yeah man, you are right. That was and still is disgusting

[@maegnificant]

his biggie smalls?

[@EliteGamersUnited]

Nose

[@EliteGamersUnited]

anyone remember the scene in Who Framed Roger Rabbit

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

The fact that both moonwalking and crotch grabbing were included as totally useless moves in this game is sort of incredible considering there was no point to it, it was just ridiculous and fun like the game was.

[@PersianImm0rtal]

Michael Jackson is the king. In 2,000 years humans will still be watching his performances and listening to his music.

[@YacDiesel]

That he is

[@Liquidcadmus]

I still wonder why they didn't try to make a port of the arcade. The Genesis could handle a downscaled version of it. there's some pretty good isometric games on the system.

[@mazonemayu]

They should’ve put the arcade game on the sega cd... content intact and music too, because of the cd storage

[@dangerotterisrea]

The Immortal was pretty awesome, different genre and hard as nails though!

[@Ottophil]

I don’t understand why they even made the playatations 1-4 they could have skipped right to the 5

[@gtrzdaddy]

my biggest regret during Genesis era was trading my copy of Target Earth (Assault Suit Leynos) with the friend's Moonwalker.. what was I thinking...

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

Hindsight's 20/20 my friend. Don't beat yourself up that's how it goes. I've been there more times than I wish to admit.

[@malcolmar]

Again, very well done! I LOVED this game. Sadly I made the mistake of selling my original copy when I sold my first Sega Genesis. Now this game goes for so much money on the aftermarket :( Loving this more in-depth look at specific classics. Keep up the great work!

[@aaronmerkel5216]

This was the only game i hung on to after getting rid of the genesis. No book though cuz i cut it up to decorate my room. Idiot i know

[@arisdulgerian2053]

I remember playing this in an arcade overseas back in ‘92. It was hard for me to find when I returned home & wanted to get it for my Genesis.

[@Diwasho]

He transforms from Michael Jackson to Mecha Jackson, the King of Robopop!

[@MrThunderwing]

I remember being super impressed with the Soundtrack on the Megadrive version back in the day. One thing I never understood though was why they didn't use Thriller on the Zombie level...?

[@pliniomsann]

I had and played the Master System version so many times that it helped to make my childhood better

[@urbanstrider]

I really like this in depth focus on single games! I hope you can keep it going!

[@Adalwolf17]

Such a gem of a game.

[@shawnrickman970]

Love the videos dude. Didn't have any sega growing up but I enjoy learning about the systems and games

[@vfletes1]

Not that the other video weren't any good.. But like the others mention this videos with in depth are very good. I really appreciate the extra work that goes will all these videos.

[@pyrobison2002]

I saw the arcade cabinet on vacation in myrtle beach when i was 5. Blew me away

[@25hztolife86]

Finally.

[@bertrand4064]

I must have thanked you before knowing your channel, I hated all the old sega consoles, but since I saw your content I developed a taste for them, especially the sega saturn. last year i traveled to japan and bought a saturn and quite a few games i even bought an excellent copy of Radiant Silvergun. I love my Saturn and it is thanks to you that you opened my eyes to a console with a huge amount of treasures.

[@sg-hu5xq]

I think a part of my brain that wasnt accessed since 30 years just got touched!!

[@michaels9595]

We watched the Moonwalker movie over and over along with star wars as a kid. Playing this game was so much wish fulfillment. It was just everything. It was fun playing with two and seeing different colored suits.

[@xXxGantzzxXx]

Both arcade and genesis version are great imo. I love both of them equally

[@Cafeman_2D]

Never saw or knew about the movie, but when I found a copy of this in the 2000s, we found it surprisingly bizarre and entertaining. It's almost a parody of Michael. I'm surprised you didn't show the between levels cinematic of MJ yelling a gravely Genesis "Wooo!" , we roared in laughter and delight at that! It has an early Shinobi feel to it as you mentioned it was the same developers.

[@mole28]

Great video! I still like this game and play it every now and then. One thing i always found strange is that they didn't use "Thriller" on the graveyard level.

[@JasonB808]

I remember playing the arcade version of moon walker back in the day. Micheal Jackson was my favorite artist back in the 80s when I was a Kid. I used love singing his songs.

[@alexl2475]

When Michael puts the coin in the jukebox it is a great gaming moment.

[@EliteGamersUnited]

Another amazing awesome incredible video Sega Lord. I hope everything is well with your sister I hope everything is improving health one wise stay positive and everything will work out for the best. Cheers brother

[@Cyberbrickmaster1986]

When I was invited over for a sleepover at my teachers house in the 3rd grade, they had a Sega Mega Drive with two games. One was Disney's Aladdin and the other was Michael Jackson's Moonwalker. We mostly played Aladdin, because it was the better game. Though given modern circumstances, this game would be very rare and expensive, and will definitely never see a re-release. I mean, we can't even have Sonic 3 because of these reasons!

[@IIONNICC]

I wish new indie game developers would sometimes use Genesis color palette and audio.

[@IvanSantanaEu]

Blazing Chrome

[@TeamPandory]

Retro City Rampage?

[@happyhollandays]

Demons of Asteborg is a new indie Genesis game set to be released in the next month or so. Its earlier demo versions received rave reviews.

[@scramblesthedeathdealer]

@John Smith In the hands of a skilled audio programmer, the Genesis can really sing. It can also make horrid noises if they don't know what's they're doing, or don't really care.

[@scramblesthedeathdealer]

@John Smith Yeah, the music and sound effects are great on Sonic games, which coincidentally, I believe Michael Jackson worked on some of the Sonic 3 music (which is also why many speculate Sega opted to exclude Sonic 3 from many Sonic rereleases). Most people that regularly watch these videos already know that, but, just saying.

[@Lightblue2222]

Shinobi saves kids too! Why? Because he's awesome.

[@nothanksnoname7567]

Why? Because he has an island too...

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

@@nothanksnoname7567 I think you mean ranch, Epstein was the one that had an island.

[@nothanksnoname7567]

@@JohnDoe-wq5eu Yes, I was referencing him and his island. Does the fictional Shinobi have a ranch? I'm not too familiar with the games yet.

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

@@nothanksnoname7567 Nope. That was just a good old-fashioned miscommunication/misunderstanding. I completely misunderstood what we were talking about there. My bad.

[@digsbious]

Oh the memories! thank you SLX!

[@SilverAxe13]

Great review, as always. I’ve never gotten to play this, and I’d love to hunt down a copy sometime. As a longtime fan of Jackson’s music, I gotta play this.

[@antenant9294]

One of the first games I got for my Mega Drive, back in 1991 I think. I still have the same cartridge today. :) I really liked this one, but I couldn't explain why now... so thanks for explaining its appeal more eloquently than I can!

[@brianeych]

the genesis moonwalker is reminiscent of shinobi with a splash of tranquilizers and painkillers.

[@j23_stuff]

I was an early adopter of the Genesis and I had this game. It was awesome at the time. This game and Castle of Illusion were my 2 main games in the early Genesis years

[@rosiello5100]

Sega was quite big in Italy at the time (kids either had a Commodore Amiga 500 or a Mega Drive, or both) and I remember a rather aggressive marketing campaign on TV for this game. This was rather new because it wasn't common for videogames to have commercials on TV and we kids were excited everytime we saw them.

[@NinjakX]

Awesome video man. This was the main reason I wanted the genesis

[@jmullner76]

Nice review; loved the game as a kid. One thing about the moonwalk: use it on conveyor belts to not get slowed down on them.

[@ravagingwolverine]

I was a bit young when this game came out and not really a fan of music in general then, but this game did look cool. By the time I got my Genesis, there were so many new games that I never got to play this game in depth. This game does show the limitations of a four-megabit cart more than some others of the time. I think some of the FM conversions of Jackson's music translate really well to video game background music based on the bits played here.

[@Patrick2480]

when playing Beat it, Send for The Man *for those that get that reference*

[@shoeflaps]

@@MrChuNu KZbin seem to be allowing full screen now. you should go and catch up.

[@Patrick2480]

Also helps if someone closeby is corpsing, lol

[@thedutchgoonie2989]

great review, pleasant to hear somebody say something nice about this game 👍 back in the day i was a huge michael jackson fan and a nintendo kid. but when in 1992 a vriend of mine showed me his megadrive with sonic, streets of rage, ecco, shinobi etc. and moonwalker.. it turned me over to sega 😜 so this game won me over, sega's strategy definitely worked!

[@StRoRo]

Much prefer focusing on one game. I don't think you did the game or yourself justice when you only spent a few moments on each. Although I do love your videos which feature themes of many games, Im liking this more. This game reminds me of the magic of the early days of the Mega Drive. Back then, it was featured heavily in TV and magazine ads as well as on the back of the poster included with each game. I remember looking at it and really wanting it, but I think each time I had the chance to buy a new game something newer came along. Renting games wasn't common here in the UK, and you had to make do with the 1-2 new games a year you got, if you're lucky. I remember borrowing if off someone and although by then the gameplay was a little basic, I still really enjoyed playing it. I actually got this game a few years ago for my birthday. Thanks for reminding me of the good memories.

[@derekbuckler3859]

I played this game to death when it came out, i loved the music, graphics, and the animation is top notch. Another game i take out from time to time to play, and yet another timeless sega genesis classic. Thanks for mentioning one of my favorite games x, great vid as always

[@Mayydayy86]

Sega Lord corpsing? SEND FOR THE MAN! 7:05

[@MaidenHell1977]

HARD ROCK AND METAL.

[@grahampompidou222]

I like how the logo looks on this package

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

I mean in general geez that is a very late 80s early 90s cover. No matter what the game actually is that cover is amazing.

[@mauz4930]

Still remember the 90's, me and my brother renting it as soon as it was released in italy.

[@j.goggels9115]

Sega Lord X must be stalking me through my webcam 😂. How did you know I was playing that game? The final levels (5-3 and following) wowed me. This game is so under-rated. The moves. Level 3 is gorgeous. This is so much better than Kid Chameleon and ... very significant in the Megadrive's lifespan. Why is it always brushed off? Well of course, Jacko is no longer a thing anymore and admittedly the mechanic is repetitive butstill there are plenty of details that makes this game special. Of course, it belongs to the Top 15 Megadrive games. You're very right about the nostalgia factor. This Megadrive game is another part of us.

[@Oysterblade84]

How you feel about the Treasure developed Ronald McDonald Treasure Land game and the starring character of Ronald McDonald is how I feel about Moonwalker and Michael Jackson. This is a really good game! I always have alot of fun playing it and yes the music sounds quite good through FM audio, but i'm certainly not a fan of Michael Jackson and as much as I love this game, I have no connection or sympathy for the protagonist and I never wanted him to succeed after seeing too much info on what he did to little boys. I would love for somebody to hack this game and put a different protagonist in there completely ignoring the Michael Jackson licence, maybe port Ronald McDonald over seeing as he sprayed enemies with pixie dust too. Great review as always man and I respect yours and everybody else's opinions, it's just how I feel about this game and MJ. Love the game, loathe the protagonist.

[@ej86]

There were 2 variants on the Sega Genesis, earlier versions had the thriller song in the game and later versions had the song replaced in the graveyard stage.

[@DeludedOne]

This game is actually more fun than it looks especially once you figure out some of the quirks and little details that you can goof around with. I always liked trying to knock enemies down, especially into holes and such for amusement, or try killing them with stalactites and falling laser guns. I don't know what the crotch grab does apart from making Michael look....well Michael, but the Moonwalk isn't totally useless (and it took me a while to figure out that it was even a thing, hold B and then move around). On the 3rd level, the stages of the Cemetery, moonwalking across a bridge will actually destroy it piece by piece. This doesn't have too much of an effect overall since there are only so many bridges in that level, but it actually makes a huge difference to the boss fight in 3-1, where you have to fight Zombies while under a bridge. They come from both ends of the screen on the bridge itself and below it. I found it much easier to destroy the bridge beforehand as it makes all the zombies drop down to the lower level and makes it much easier to handle all of them. Moonwalking will also allow you to traverse the conveyor belts in level 5 without any pushback (or push forward) at all. How cool is that!? (EDIT: Just remembered something, the crotch grab does have something of a use, use it while on a conveyor belt and it won't move you around at all. Of course you can't move either while holding that pose, but yeah.) The "shooting stars" don't simply appear randomly. There's one on each stage beginning from the 2nd level ( I don't think there are any on the first level). You have to rescue a particular child first on that stage for it to appear, and it always appears flying diagonally down from a specific and static location. If you recuse any other child first on that level, it won't appear, simple as that. Finally, there's a weird glitch that you can trigger on the 5th level. Normally pressing up on the D-pad will cause Michael to hold his crotch if you aren't standing in front of anything interactable. However on the 5th level you can open doors by pressing up on the control box beside them and Michael will do a spinning animation where he moves slightly to the side. If you keep rapidly pressing up on the D-Pad however, Michael will perform the spinning animation repeatedly, and you will do it by default anytime you press up, even if you are not in front of anything interactable. You can literally spin him across the map by pressing up nonstop. You can cancel this glitch by opening a door again normally. This alone is odd enough, but there's an even more bizarre glitch that stems from this. Trigger the above glitch, then try to use one of the teleport pads on the level (that you normally can do by pressing up). Michael will perform the spinning animation on the teleport pad, the animation and sound will play for the teleport pad and Michael will....vanish. He basically becomes invisible and you can still see the magic dust he spews when attacking to pinpoint his location. The positioning also gets bugged as sometimes Michael, while invisible, will slide crazily around the screen. You can also jump WAY further occasionally when invisible, sometimes multiple screens. You can still rescue children and defeat enemies and get hurt while invisible too. To undo this glitch, simply stand on top of a teleport pad and press up. The pad will trigger and Michael will reappear, sometimes this also teleports him to a random location that has no teleport pad.

[@akhandtripathipyz9888]

It has the best soundtrack ever You cannot argue it's the legends song

[@Guernicaman]

Did you know that the song "Thriller" was supposed to be played during the Graveyard stage? There are snippets of it during the dance attacks, but the entire song was going to be the stage's background music. Unfortunately, SEGA were unable to acquire the licensing rights to the song & had to replace it w/"Another Part of Me". However, there's a beta version of the Moonwalker ROM that still features "Thriller".

[@gordondaniels9308]

Being the huge nerd that I am, I always heard the Weird Al renditions of Beat It and Bad in my head when I played this game.

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

Let's see so that would be eat it, and wait what was the weird Al version of bad called?!

[@gordondaniels9308]

@@JohnDoe-wq5eu Fat.

[@briannorthFW]

I had this as well and totally agree, it was one of those games you were too cool for yet somehow it was crowd pleaser for the Genesis, considering it was early software

[@BocaRetroGames]

I had the master system back when it was released, and remember the excitement around it's release! We had to make reservation prior to be able to rent this cartridge back in the day. It really was fun and exciting as a kid. I've got to play these games again. I also like the arcade game, and I wish that made a port to the genesis.

[@RetroGamingSwede]

No love for the master system port? I absolutely love that version.

[@redherronrecords]

You mean the one where he rescues what look like kids from what look like the cops? I loved that as a skid.

[@Majin_Lee]

I used to play this game all the time. Never beat it (lul) but it was just fun hearing the music and playing as Michael Jackson.

[@Guernicaman]

I for one would love to see a fan game of Moonwalker, where they make things less repetitive, add more enemy variety & better stage layouts.

[@mayzilla1174]

Small correction.....MJ was not one of the most popular artists in the world....he was the most famous/popular artist/person in the world

[@thefroyukenfiles3641]

Great work on the review, SLX. Here's hoping you were able to comb through it during editing fine enough for it to avoid having it flagged for the music. 🙏

[@JLAvey]

I just loaded that on to my Genesis mini earlier today.

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

Noice.

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

@@davepage2466 Every single one of the mini consoles can be.

[@JLAvey]

It's not even that difficult. Just download the software and plug the mini into your computer. I learned how because of a five, six minute video.

[@imyanigmw]

A remake of this game with more elements from the movie like the Speed Demon claymation rabbit motorcycle chase seen would've been crazy. Either way, this was a classic for me.

[@jimmyyaoharbin]

Will Always Love Michael Jackson

[@michaelbarry7783]

I literally just beat the game tonight. I played it a ton in the 90s and love it still. I remember getting to the final battle but could not remember if I had beaten it back then so I had to make sure I did it lol

[@priscilam.9808]

I guess this game makes more sense for those who grew up in the 80s like me. I got for my birthday a walkman and a Thriller cassette tape. Simpler times... I kinda miss that early Genesis era.

[@KingStr0ng]

One of my Top 10 Genesis games. 🔥

[@Ghostyx1989]

i just added this to my genesis mini then you make a video on it perfect timing man hahah

[@tom11zz884]

Wanted to pick this game up a few months ago and man, it is getting pricey

[@kanekaosaard7449]

The MJ era was quite the era indeed. I was terrible at this game but I guess I can count that on youth. Good review as always.

[@Dirk1Steele]

This was either the first or second game I purchased, and the only one I returned (a few hours later), just did not enjoy it, and fortunately found a sympathetic sales assistant as it was hard to return games back then. Enjoyed the in depth look though.

[@masonwilcox7055]

I love Moonwalking though this game!, and the music will keep you humming all the way through.