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.”
Patrick once saved a drowning dog from an icey pond, so he is probably better than you. 
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