Michael Jackson's Moonwalker Description

Michael Jackson's Moonwalker was produced by Sega in 1990.

Sega released 587 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1936.

Other machines made by Sega during the time period Michael Jackson's Moonwalker was produced include Alien Storm, Aurail, Bloxeed, Bonanza Bros., Borench, World Championship Soccer, Bare Knuckle, Super Masters, Wrestle War, and Wonder Boy III - Monster Lair.



Michael has to rescue the children, kidnapped by Mr. BIG, using Bubbles the chimp and his moonwalking and dancing smartbomb skills. The game's soundtrack features hits such as "Bad", "Smooth Criminal" and "Beat It".

Michael Jackson's Moonwalker - KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.61 (6 votes)

Personal Impressions Score: 4.12



Overall 'Like': 4.40

Fun (Social): 4.00

Fun (Solo): 3.60

Collector Desire: 4.20 Technical Impressions Score: 3.63



Gameplay: 4.20

Graphics: 3.67

Originality: 3.80

Sound/Music: 4.40

Cabinet Style Weights and Measures

Type Upright/Standard

Game Introduction

Cavern: "Bad" Amusement Quarter: "Smooth Criminal" Night Street: "Beat It" Graveyard: "Another Part Of Me" Evil Fortress: a reprise of "Bad"

Each player's Michael Jackson character looks identical but wears a different color: white left player, red middle player, and black right player.

Game Play

When you begin each game, you get three lives and one Dance Magic. Everytime Michael is hurt, the energy meter drops. If Michael runs out of energy, a life is lost. If you run out of lives the game ends, but continuous play is available.

During each round, as Michael fight off the enemies, he will find some of the children who are held captive. He must touch each of them in order to free them. Some children give Michael special items such as a Dance Magic or some extra life-energy. Michael has to rescue all children in each and every round.

Later in each round, Michael's pet chimpanzee Bubbles will be seen moving about and if he touches Bubbles, he will turn into a powerful robot called Moonwalker. After Michael has become Moonwalker, he will be able to shoot lasers and fire missles. Michael must defeat every boss enemy at the end of each round in order to proceed to the next.

At the end of the fifth round, Michael must defeat Mr. BIG and his Death Machine. If Michael gets past this round, Mr. BIG's evil schemes will be crushed and he will be beaten. After that, Michael will turn himself into a spaceship and escape from the Evil Fortress as it explodes. Afterwards, the game ends.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Michael Jackson's Moonwalker Census

Very Common - There are 133 known instances of this machine owned by Michael Jackson's Moonwalker collectors who are active members. Of these, 25 of them are original dedicated machines, 6 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet, and 102 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with a Michael Jackson's Moonwalker machine for sale. There are 7 active VAPS members with extra Michael Jackson's Moonwalker circuit boards for sale.

Wanted - There are 6 active VAPS members currently looking for Michael Jackson's Moonwalker. There are 4 active VAPS members looking for Michael Jackson's Moonwalker board sets.

This game ranks a 30 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 16 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often wanted, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are NOT necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Manuals

Pinout and DIP Switch Settings 1 Pages, 210 kB File.

Foto-Finder® (books)

Video Clips

Michael Jackson's MoonWalker 1990 Sega



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Additional References

(logged in members often see more) The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Michael Jackson's Moonwalker Flyer #675 The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Michael Jackson's Moonwalker Flyer #5150

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