PLAY RETRO 217: Michael Jackson's Moonwalker

About this episode

This episode discusses the different adaptations of Michael Jackson's Moonwalker across various gaming platforms.

Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker (1990) brought the King of Pop to arcades and home consoles with two completely different takes on the same concepts - an isometric co-op arcade experience and a side-scrolling Genesis version built around exploration and music-driven combat. We also take a look at the earlier European computer adaptation, showing how differently the Moonwalker license was interpreted across platforms.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Scott Johnson

Topics covered

• video games
• arcade games
• music
• Michael Jackson
• game adaptations
• Genesis

Keywords

• Moonwalker
• Michael Jackson
• arcade
• Genesis
• video game adaptations
• isometric
• co-op
• music-driven combat

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Acast

Books & works: Moonwalker

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