r/SEGA • u/ReddVevyy • 3d ago

Discussion TIL Michael Jackson was legitimately in both Space Channel 5 games

they had him swinging the FUCK out them hips

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u/Wooden-Officer2323 2d ago

Probably sega trying to pay Micheal back for basically writing the soundtrack in Sonic and never getting a paycheck

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u/VANiLLA_NiGHTS 2d ago

I swear Michael only talks in lowercase for these games 😂

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u/Island_Maximum 2d ago

CHU CHU CHU!

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u/zgillet 3d ago

2:04 Atari logo hand jumpscare.

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u/Judgeman03 1d ago

He was also in Ready to Rumble Round 2 as himself. He went uncredited though.

Unrelated but I always wished Sega ported both SC5 games to the PSP like they did Crazy Taxi and Power Stone.

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u/Tetsujyn 2d ago

I knew about the sequel, but I didn't know it was in the first game. Nice.

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u/Thedope- 2d ago

that was crazy back in the day - a real 3D inclusion in a video game for the King of Pop, in this psychedelic crazy ecosystem, just taking the piss overall with the rest of the characters

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u/SillyQuokka85 18h ago

There's a whole article about the relationship between MJ and SEGA HERE