Back when I was a kid, the games at the local arcade weren’t all about runnin’ n’ gunnin’ for top spots on them fandangled online leaderboards.
No. Instead, we played games about Rapaging Monsters, 1942 warplanes, and Smooth Criminals who saved children with “dance magic” and turned into robots by touching monkeys wearing diapers.
That’s right, I’m talking Moonwalker, the 1990 arcade game based off the equally bizzare 1988 movie of the same name. The game was made by Sega, and some versions could support up to three Michael Jacksons dancing on screen at once without exploding. That’s a lot of dance magic.
Oh and if MJ touched Bubbles the chimp, this happened:
Horrorfying.
Anyhoo, now its two decades later, and the King is dead. However, his production company, MJJ productions, is not.
The company recently reported that another Michael Jackson game was in the works before the pop icon’s death. Recordings of the singers voice have already been done for the game, and a rep for the company says the game should be released for “home consoles” this holiday season. The representative goes on to add that “Michael loved games.”
Mario may be the master of Mushroom Kingdom, but that hasn’t stopped programmer Jay Pavlina from dragging other classic NES icons into goomba territory in his new aptly-titled game Super Mario Bros. Crossover.
In this undefinabley-awesome act of retro bliss, players get the chance to rampage through all the levels of the original Super Mario Bros [...]
Title: Shenmue
Platform: Sega Dreamcast
Developer: Sega AM2
Publisher: Sega
Released: 2000 (NA)
Intro:
Shenmue was to be the first of a yet-to-be-finished trilogy by director/writer Yu Zuzuki.
Originally designed for the predecessor of the Dreamcast, the Sega Saturn, Shenmue eventually evolved into a launch title for the Dreamcast.
Shenmue showcased the Dreamcast’s power by featuring [...]
Title: Axelay
Platform: SNES
Developer: Konami
Publisher: Konami
Released: 1992 (NA)
Axelay is a top-down shooter from Konami, makers of the classic shooter series Life Force and Gradius.
Unlike tradition shooters, players don’t get upgrades by flying over power-ups dropped by defeated enemies, but instead enhance their ship by advancing in the game and earning upgrades.
The [...]
