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Michael Jackson, the “King of Pop”, has died at the age of 50. Michael started his music career in his childhood as part of the successful pop group The Jackson 5, formed with his siblings in 1967. He went on to start his own solo career. Five of his solo albums are among the world’s best-selling records: Off the Wall (1979), Thriller (1982), Bad (1987), Dangerous (1991) and HIStory (1995). Michael passed away on Thursday, June 25th, 2009 of a possible cardiac arrest.
You may be wondering why a video game news site is covering the death of a music artist. It’s not well known, but it turns out that Michael was also a big fan of video games. He liked them so much, that he has appeared in several. He even teamed up with SEGA in 1990 to create his very own game, “Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker”. You can view the commercial for it below:
Jackson has also made a couple of cameos in video games. He appeared in “Space Channel 5″, which was another SEGA game that was released in the U.S. on June 6th, 2000, as Space Michael. He showed so much interest in the upcoming game that SEGA was more than willing to include his small cameo. In the sequel, “Space Channel 5: Part 2″, Michael made more than a cameo and became the boss of Space Channel 5. Michael also appeared as a playable character in Midway’s “Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2″, which was released on current-gen consoles in 2000 and 2001.
Michael’s music has also appeared in games. In “Guitar Hero: World Tour”, Michael’s single “Beat It” is a playable track.
And just within the past week, news started coming in that a new Michael Jackson video game is in the works. Apparently planned for this holiday season, the as-yet-untitled game will be available on the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2 and Wii and is being developed by Jackson’s own MJJ Productions. The game will star Michael Jackson, but no genre or other information has been announced. We’ll try our best to find out more information about this game.
Michael Jackson will always be remembered as one of the most talented artists of all time, and possibly the most popular person in the world. R.I.P. Michael.
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