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Moonwalker
From: Sega
Year: 1990
Format: Arcade
Michael Jackson defeats the hoods via the power of dance
Comments:
A top down action game devised and designed by Michael Jackson. You dispatch the enemies with strange flashes you shoot from you hands. The idea is to save all the children and then beat the end-of-level-boss. It's quite similar to the Sega home versions as both use Michael Jackson's songs as background music and they all take place in the same locations. Good fun with catchy tunes but it doesn't take too long to finish.
Other versions of Moonwalker:
Format: Sega Megadrive/Genesis
From: Sega
Year: 1990
Comments: Weird game based on the part of the movie that could be termed a 'plot'. Devised and designed by Michael Jackson. As Michael Jackson you collect children (yeah I know what you're thinking) and kill baddies with dance moves. Good music based on the man's hit singles and motion captured main sprite try to enliven some very bland, 8-bit looking, graphics. The gameplay soon becomes repetitive too.
Format: Sega Master System
From: Sega
Year: 1990
Comments: Scaled down version of the Megadrive game. Some slight changes have been made to accommodate the Master System's lesser amount of buttons.
Format: Spectrum 48K
From: US Gold
Year: 1989
Comments: There's a lot of loading to be had here. When it does eventually stop loading you must help Michael (in a top down Gauntlet style way) find his way around the movie set looking for all the pieces of his rabbit disguise while avoiding the his crazy, clay, fans. This one sticks to the film closer than the others and is fun for a while but the loading soon gets you down.
Format: Amstrad CPC
From: US Gold
Year: 1989
Comments: Same as the Spectrum version.
Format: Commodore 64
From: US Gold
Year: 1989
Comments: Same as the Spectrum and Amstrad versions.
