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Michael Jackson's Moonwalker (1990)

Sega Enterprises, Ltd.

Port of Michael Jackson's Moonwalker

Sega Master System/Mark III

2.99 from 160 ratings

351 members have it in their collection · 6 playing now · 39 backlogged · 27 wish listed

Michael Jackson's Moonwalker involves the player controlling the pop star in a quest to save all the kids that have been kidnapped by Mr. Big. The gameplay is focused on finding children, who are scattered throughout the levels, some behind objects such as doors. The game's levels and music were borrowed from the 1988 Michael Jackson film "Moonwalker" (though many … Read more
Michael Jackson's Moonwalker involves the player controlling the pop star in a quest to save all the kids that have been kidnapped by Mr. Big. The gameplay is focused on finding children, who are scattered throughout the levels, some behind objects such as doors. The game's levels and music were borrowed from the 1988 Michael Jackson film "Moonwalker" (though many of the music tracks were taken from Jackson's Thriller album as well) and the player has the ability to destroy enemies by making them dance. Read less
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Details

Developers
Sega Enterprises, Ltd.
Publishers
Sega Enterprises, Ltd., Tec Toy
Genres
Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Platform
Themes
Action, Science fiction
Franchises
Michael Jackson

Release dates

  • Aug 25, 1990 (Full Release) (Japan) Sega Master System/Mark III
  • Aug 25, 1990 (Full Release) (North_America) Sega Master System/Mark III
  • Jan 25, 1991 (Full Release) (Europe) Sega Master System/Mark III

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Rating distribution

5 stars
13
4 stars
32
3 stars
64
2 stars
42
1 star
9
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scoopings

Status scoopings Sep 7, 2024

Preliminary: They really went all out with these Michael Jackson Moonwalker licenses, so many little touches that showed they cared about the game like walking on the piano to make sound etc. I'm playing the Genesis version.

Really neat stylizing, even little things like the font of the main bad guy's dialog, but the gameplay is already quite dull on …

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Preliminary: They really went all out with these Michael Jackson Moonwalker licenses, so many little touches that showed they cared about the game like walking on the piano to make sound etc. I'm playing the Genesis version.

Really neat stylizing, even little things like the font of the main bad guy's dialog, but the gameplay is already quite dull on Round 1-2.

yeahhhh, I've checked behind enough doors for little kids. Play the arcade game instead ;)

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Status Atag Oct 25, 2023

Played a little bit of the Sega Genesis version of this today due to playing the 1989 Sega System 18 arcade cabinet version of this via a friend's Pandoras Box 4 emulation cabinet. Despite the... weird premise, it was surprisingly good, especially in co-op!

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The 16/32bit music playing in the background was catchy in both versions but I really do …

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Played a little bit of the Sega Genesis version of this today due to playing the 1989 Sega System 18 arcade cabinet version of this via a friend's Pandoras Box 4 emulation cabinet. Despite the... weird premise, it was surprisingly good, especially in co-op!

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The 16/32bit music playing in the background was catchy in both versions but I really do prefer the isometric beat-em-up in the arcade release. The console version is more of a side scrolling platformer/action game. It's okay, but the levels all look the same. The attacks which are actually just dance moves made me laugh, as well as the constant "OOWWWHH" sounds. There's a surprising amount of variation with the attacks too. I like how you can moonwalk by holding down the attack button and moving backwards.

Michael Jackson arcade release showing Michael and enemies dancing in sync

I've been trying to get the arcade version running on RetroArch using the M.A.M.E emulator but it's turned out to be pretty tricky. I think I need to find the Sega System 18 bios file. I can't even remember which folder I store my bios stuff in for retroarch so I'm going to put it on hold for now and continue with the Genesis version!

I'm putting this down as a Halloween game too because of how bizarre the concept is. Mafia bosses kidnap kids so Michael turns up to rescue them? Huh. Oh and there's also a graveyard level with zombies.

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