The Full Story of Michael Jackson & SEGA's 'Moonwalker' Video Game! | the detail.

Michael Jackson's 'Moonwalker' video game was produced by SEGA at the height of the video game wars of the late 1980s and early 1990s.
The Japanese video game company took a risk on the King Of Pop in order to compete with their major competitor, Nintendo. But how did the video game come about? And what was the public's reaction to Michael Jackson entering the world of video games?
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[@SpammytheHedgehog]

I wish Michael Jackson was still alive.

[@Horrorlover65681]

Same honestly.

[@HelloKittyGirl9012]

Me too ❤

[@user-sl9vf1cl8o]

Everyone.😪🤝❤🔥👑🔥❤️

[@ST-nz4bf]

MJ can never truly die. He lives on in his incredible music & ground breaking Music Videos & performances . But most importantly MJ lives on because of his Awe inspiring compassion, empathy & humanity and charity work. He was an incredible artist & more importantly even more inspirational human being! RIP MJ !! The King Of Pop !! & The King Of Our Hearts Forever !! ❤❤❤

[@adamcrawford3297]

​@@ST-nz4bfVery well said ❤

[@SiyabongaPhephetha]

I wish there was more Michael Jackson video games 🎮

[@Kristian179]

there's like 3: there's Moonwalker(arcade cabinet), Moonwalker(console version) & Michael Jackson: The Experience

[@YSuniverse856]

And his contributions to the music on Sonic 3

[@Kristian179]

@@YSuniverse856 Sonic 3 wasn't his game though,he just made songs on the soundtrack & was left uncredited

[@Will-ne9cl]

You forgot the amazing Space Channel 5 (1&2) and Ready 2 Rumble : Round 2

[@SiyabongaPhephetha]

I know those games and I've played them, I just wish there was more of them

[@JonathanHarrisNews]

MJ and Sega always felt like a genius collaboration

[@pogue972]

You should do a video covering MJ's other collaboration with Sega, which was the Sonic 3 soundtrack. It was rumored for years he had a hand in it, but it wasn't confirmed until recently when Sega re-released Sonic 3 & stripped out the original soundtrack. There's a video by "Pop Fiction" covering the Sonic 3/Michael Jackson music & it's similarities to his music.

[@JacksonsLegendary]

I remember this game. I loved when he hit the Beat it Dance!!!😊

[@Horrorlover65681]

Another Part Of Me(Sega Genesis version) is my Jam!

[@LaFlamesPs5]

They should make another game of Michael !!

[@Hamid_Ris]

MJ state will milk them

[@revvtube]

There is another game on Nintendo , about Mj.

[@DonutsForever24]

Something like moonwalker because if it's a dancing game it will be cringe.

[@LaFlamesPs5]

MICHAEL FOREVER !!

[@AvoidTIMtation]

I played the hell out of this game and I still have my original genesis cartridge. Small correction: Bubbles didnt turn him into the robot, you had to catch a shooting star that would fly across the level.

[@JordanCann]

This game was groundbreaking during its time. It was a pretty difficult game though. I could never get passed the Thriller level

[@waypastcoolkid]

Please make sure you talk about his involvement with Sonic 3!

[@tylergoodman3560]

I never had the game, but I heard plenty about it. MJ revolutionized the gaming world with Moonwalker. I'm glad the gamble paid off. Great video from the detail. Long live the king of pop. 💖🎉

[@TrookieNL]

I love this video game and i still have the game.❤

[@NPGLAMB]

So nice to hear the detail narrate his own video

[@thedetail.]

Glad you liked it!

[@Kai-hk7tl]

I wonder if Michael beat his own game

[@Horrorlover65681]

Lol

[@withoutmaster79]

I own it & never have finished it myself.😢😁 How come the Detail didn't mention the Arcade version of Moonwalker?🤔

[@johnlucas1543]

As both a Nintendo fan & a Michael Jackson fan, I have to say that this video is well researched. You captured the truth of the videogame industry & how Nintendo saved the business from the 1983 Crash. Nintendo redesigned the entire business in their image since 1985 & this status is still in effect today. The industry is having a new crash right now & Nintendo's model is immune to all of it. At that time Sega was the biggest alternative to Nintendo in the videogame console realm. And if Nintendo passed on making a game with him (fools!), Sega surely wouldn't make that mistake. Michael being a gamer himself was quick to understand the potential of videogames with his art & message. It seemed like he was thinking in multimedia concepts where he would use his media to change hearts & minds. Music, movies, videogames all with his imprint on it & having great influence with the youth. I think the conspirators saw where he was going with this & that's why they created the scandal on him. The 1990s would be the decade Michael BROADENED his impact & those crooks robbed us of this potential. Humanitarian works mixed with his artistic vision through multiple forms of media. What would have happened if he completed the Dangerous Tour as he intended? How would he have moved in the rest of the 1990s if they didn't derail him? We would have gotten A LOT more than Space Channel 5 & Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2 if they didn't screw him.

[@jayfriday9485]

this video was my suggestion awhile ago 🤩thanks for making it 💜 it’s also great to hear you narrating 👍🏽

[@thedetail.]

Thank you!

[@Horrorlover65681]

@thedetail Can you make a video on how people reacted to changes in MJ's skin colour before the Bad album dropped? He looked light skinned from the Victory Tour onwards and then even Captain EO. But somehow, people only talked when the Bad album and music video Dropped.

[@thedetail.]

I think it really only became a national talking point when bad came out

[@thedetail.]

I think it only became a national talking point after the release of bad

[@Horrorlover65681]

@thedetail. I know. But it does lead one to wonder. I mean people must have seen We Are The World and Captain EO(even though in limited amounts). Not to mention people who were with him. Jut felt like it would be an interesting topic to explore.

[@HarmonicJinx]

Video felt unfinished. Surprised you didn't mention his work with Sonic. Looking forward to a part 2!

[@RocStarr913]

It’s probably because he wasn’t given credit for it and likely Sega might have sued them for it.

[@okaydmuzikkk6771]

I remeber being like 5 years old playing this on my old Nintendo back in the 90s

[@Lpoliva]

Absolutely had a blast playing this game in its many forms. I miss playing the arcade cabinet and I do own the sega game to this day

[@alftanner866]

I played it as much as I could at Aladdin's Castle w/ limited quarters. Him having his Altered Beast moment was great. Not too much of a fan of the ported version

[@eLkO187]

I grew up playing this game so it’ll always have a special place in my heart. I had no idea it was released in 1990 (always assumed it was ‘88). Major thank you to The Detail for putting this together. I learnt quite a bit from this video!

[@nesdomstarlight]

I have the genesis game and it one my favorite sega games I own

[@mariadorosarioleal8244]

Great video "the detail". Thank you for your amazing work. ✌👍❤

[@thedetail.]

You are very welcome

[@gabedom_]

I'm almost 40, I hear a lot of people call the NES "Ness", like a word. Growing up EVERYBODY I knew called in an N.E.S., pronounced "enn ee ess". Same with super Nintendo, everyone called it Super N.E.S. (soo per enn ee ess). I feel like it's only within these past decade or two people have been calling it Ness.

[@Jonlarm]

Here in the United Kingdom it was always known as the NES not N.E.S.

[@DTownNash]

I actually have my Marshall Law in Tekken 8 dressed Michael Jackson in Smooth Criminal.

[@SMarioSK]

I LOVE this game! I would love there to be another MJ game! I would get it day 1!

[@SantaFeSuperChief1]

No mention of the arcade version? I much prefer that one

[@Horrorlover65681]

Can you tell me about that one? I have never played it.

[@daryltracy7949]

I loved this game🔥 the computer version is very rare.

[@withoutmaster79]

😮🤔

[@lencijescobar]

I love this game ❤❤❤Moonwalker is the best game for Michael and his movie ❤️💙😇💙❤️

[@pmossvbsPKMN]

I wish Moonwalker was released on the NES.

[@charliered420]

I believe Another Part Of Me replaces Thriller in later versions/releases of the game. Forgot why that was.

[@giusispinello139]

MJ unico e indimenticabile❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@calicocalthecopperkid7230]

I heard he helped w/Knuckles and Sonic BGM. If you listen to the evolution of the Sonic BGM it's very evident he had a hand in there later on. Yet, SEGA had to cut ties due to all the court stuff.

[@johnlucas1543]

And while you're bringing up this good videogame/Michael history, you know what you must do next. You must talk about how Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog got his shoes. Might as well talk about Sonic the Hedgehog 3 while you're at it. The Michael connection there.

[@mjgil12]

We gotta talk about Mj’s other collaborations with Sega from involvement with sonic 3 to the Sega world exclusive game and Space Channel 5 parts 1 and 2 which was his last collab with them in the early 2000s

[@user-sl9vf1cl8o]

It's amazinggggggggg!!!!🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩😍😇😍😇

[@DangerousMoonwalkerOfficial]

8:39 that’s just for the arcade version for the console version Michael has to catch a shooting star which is a lot harder than you think

[@mulry101]

This game is the reason I bought a Sega Genesis!

[@Will-ne9cl]

The same for me! My Christmas present in 1992. I went to the supermarket with my late grandfather, who was to give me the Super Nintendo that made me dream so much when I played it at my friends' house. But when I saw the MegaDrive (I'm from Europe) in the store with an image of the game Moonwalker on the back of the box, I suddenly changed my mind! No regrets even if after that Nintendo became my favorite video game brand, the MegaDrive was a great console!

[@Simbreon]

Tbh, there's not enough "detail" in this one... Nearly no info at all on the completely different Arcade and Computer versions of the game. It's not bad, it just feels unfinished and doesn't deliver on its title.

[@carlosjose1]

Bubbles is not transforms Michael, is a Comet that makes the transformation. ;)

[@davidaamaya1]

Someone needs to talk to limited run to bring this back

[@gadjradj2562]

Sonic 3 has some MJ music in it.

[@Elitra385]

What song?

[@amlsuleman2075]

Wow michael Jackson🎮🎮💞💞💞💞

[@BigBossBr4z1l]

09:38 Thriller is not the song in this stage, it's Another Part Of Me. And yeah, that's weird. But there is a very rare version of Moonwalker that plays Thriller in the graveyard level. Can't remember the full story now but the most common Moonwalker game uses Another Part Of Me in this level. I don't even remember if the "Thriller edition" was ever officialy released. I saw a video about it years ago uncovering this mistery but i don't remember the exact details now.

[@Will-ne9cl]

Was looking for this comment as I played this video game A LOT when I was a child, and remember very well that it was Another Part Of Me for the 3rd level. I was very surprise to hear Thriller song in the video, even if it is actually more logical because the level is on the theme of Thriller

[@Wilmrbadguy]

I remember being in the Arcade & spending all my quarters on this until I beat the game in ONE DAY, didn't play anything else in there all day~ Wilmrbadguy

[@A-DOUBLE]

They should remaster the 3 different versions of Moonwalker in a collection for ps5🔥🔥🔥

[@RocStarr913]

That would be up to Sega and up to the Michael Jackson estate.

[@calvinwoolfolk324]

I always love this game when we was in school especially me n my brothers n friends because we was michael jackson fans too n we play the game everyday n i like the music n dance fighting too but i wish you could change costumes in the game too like his bad thriller beat it n billie jean costumes 🙏😎❤️♥️❤️♥️

[@wilsonmcjohn5504]

Michael could be made into a fighting game like beat them all kinda stuff with music and dance.

[@ErikaTorres-ck8xg]

I always watching details because of Micheal Jackson missU ❤

[@thedetail.]

Thank you!

[@JoyMoore22]

This ways i love this channel because y'all speaking on the truth by the ways i miss Michael Jackson so much and i wish he was allive with us can you speak some more Michael Jackson also love heard about him i was so in loved with Michael Jackson anyway❤😍❤😍l didn't know he has made a games anyways i love all his musc and songs i was a fans of gloves and him ❤.can make some more games of Michael Jackson.

[@dinapolanco3535]

I WISH PRINCE WAS ALIVE AND MICHAEL THIS WORLD LOST 2::🕺🏻🕺🏻~ OF THE GREATEST ENTERTAINERS IN HISTORY 😭👍🏽👌🏽👏🏾👏🏾!! NO ONE HAS BEEN CROWN 👑~~~~~~~👑 ✨️ { YET } ✨️

[@Kristian179]

they should rerelease Moonwalker either on consoles or as part of a Arcade 1 up machine

[@1977TA]

Too bad this game was a Sega Genesis exclusive. It would have looked and sounded so much better on Super Nintendo.

[@orderofmagnitude-TPATP]

Not necessarily.

[@VedyanichevaMarina]

Michael Jackson had numerous achievements❤💻📱📺

[@luigiperrotta.]

Can you do a video discussing the history of Bubbles and Michael

[@thedetail.]

Yes I want to do this!

[@Jaded_underrated]

Anyone else like him in the sonic video

[@nicolec8884]

I didn't know he had video games about him until after his death :/.

[@spaceamundo9655]

What happened to the previous narrator? He was great!

[@RocStarr913]

This Brit is the original narrator. He runs the whole KZbin channel.

[@spaceamundo9655]

@@RocStarr913 I know but I became used to the previous voice

[@Simbreon]

Neither are bad, but I do gotta say, I love the History-channel esque vibe to the other narrator's voice from the other videos. You can really tell he does it profesionally.

[@user-zp8wc7bx8h]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@immacampobasso]

Manchiiiiii tantissimo❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@audiolsave69]

The chimp DOES NOT transform Michael Jackson into a robot. The Chimp guides Michael to the Boss battle. What transforms Michael is a shooting start that falls from the sky at specific places!!

[@withoutmaster79]

...and if you don't catch it & miss it you are screwed with the hordes of enemies.

[@thesch2867]

Both are not entirely wrong, there's a console version and an arcade version both versions are pretty much entirely different games. In the arcade game bubbles transforms Michael into a robot, in the console version you have to touch a shooting star instead. This video didn't do a good job talking about both versions, kinda gives the impression of both games being the same thing which they're not.

[@audiolsave69]

@@thesch2867 He only seems to be talking about the SEGA Genesis one. The arcade is a 3 player with anisometric view. Maybe his research is not that good that they thought they were both the same version.

[@dschap]

Will you do a video on his contribution to the Sonic franchise? 👀

[@jimmymelendez1836]

It's N.E.S., not NES. And it's Brothers, though it's spelled like Bros.

[@BIGwillTHEGAME]

HEE, HEE, HEE HEE HEE

[@orderofmagnitude-TPATP]

Erm...no bubbles takes you to the boss of the level. The robot is gained via catching a fallen shooting star. I dunno These young wippersnapper youtubers who were either not alive or very very young in 1990...sigh...

[@dripjutsu5922]

4:08for those who don't feel like wasting time.

[@mr.o6240]

The arcade version is the best.

[@FinnedOcean9389]

Hey guys, what is that last synthwave song you used in the video?

[@WLowry]

I played this game in the arcades back in the day. Fun times

[@jayfriday9485]

@4:33

[@CosmicPBL]

Arcade versiom was much better, sad you didnt show it

[@d8456]

Wonder if mj beat it

[@ryanbailey1794]

Lol who calls it “nesss?”

[@RocStarr913]

He’s a Brit and the NES was not that popular in Europe. Sega’s Master System and Mega Drive (it was only called Genesis in America) were the most popular video game consoles in Europe of that era.

[@orderofmagnitude-TPATP]

Not to mention its obvious the uploaded probably wasn't even around when the nes was around. Already got a few facts wrong about this game.

[@jimmymelendez1836]

Yeah, quite annoying.

[@user-hf8jm4cw5c]

Спасибо

[@RicBlossom-ig5hq]

THAT'S COMPLETELY UNINTERSTING!!!! I WISH HE WAS STILL THERE AND I KNEW HIM PERSONALLY AND COULD JUST HAVE LOTS OF FUN WITH HIM EVERYDAY HUUUUHH!!!🖤💞🖤💞🖤💞

[@orderofmagnitude-TPATP]

.....ok?!

[@tb22k]

Love him but don’t idolise this celebrities turn to Jesus

[@nicolec8884]

I rather turn to myself.

[@tb22k]

@@nicolec8884 he love u all

[@pizmos.]

What is jesus

[@Horrorlover65681]

What?

[@tb22k]

@@Horrorlover65681 turn to Jesus Christ can’t u read don’t get so rude plz