Michael Jackson

To do

• So for this and all relevant articles: MJ was (largely?) inserted into the AS-1 ridefilms after the fact. Which is obvious in retrospect, but it explains why the MJ bits are entirely separate from the real content.

re: this, Hironao Takeda's various blogposts about the development of the AS-1 do specifically mention that Jackson played a complete, localised build of Scramble Training on his December 1992 visit and agreed on the spot to film inserts for the ridefilm afterward

I'm not as certain about Megalopolis, as that seems to have been released later on in 1993 - having said that, clips of it were previewed on British television in late 1992 around the exact same time as MJ's visit, so he probably saw some of that in advance too

Ted618 (talk) 14:00, 5 October 2022 (GMT)

Thank you! Just added the Hironao Takeda info, will get to Megalopolis on British TV soon. For the former, I'm having a hard time locating his blogspot for a ref. Do you have links to those posts at all? ty again :) CartridgeCulture (talk) 02:00, 10 October 2022 (EDT)

• Burning Rangers homage
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELnj8vff6r8
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VShbOJw9F5M
• https://twitter.com/xbenotalways/status/665973860861349888
• https://www.vice.com/en/article/4w744j/exploring-michael-jacksons-abandoned-neverland-ranch-760
• https://creditdotpinball.com/2015/02/20/feature-everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-michael-jackson-and-pinball/
• Transcribe any remaining production credits.
• Something about his close (relative) physical proximity to SoA for his later stuff.
• Maybe a list of his Sega arcade games. Also, I'm pretty sure he owned a Genesis, might be some shots of it somewhere.
• A section in Sonic 3 about notable speculation (Ice Cap Zone, removed samples in PC port, etc)

Post-accusation actions

• Shuji Utsumi mentioning hesitancy on SoJ's side to engage in future projects.
• One of the Sonic 3xMJ interviewees stating there was also some hesitancy for future projects on the SoA side (in the context of "but there was never any official action/statement taken, and it just resulted in a cooling period of relations")
• SoJ possibly having to shelve a future Jackson arcade title. Both Shuji Utsumi and another Western source (I believe a Sonic 3xMJ interviewee) both confirming the "cancelled future plans/arcade games" thing. I believe the Western source may have gotten it from Utsumi/SoJ, or was just generalizing. Basically, both sides of the Atlantic were looking forward to further collaborations with Jackson before the allegations, but SoJ appears to have been the only one with anything in the pipeline.
• Managers of Sega theme park venues/ were given the choice of removing the AS-1 ride Michael Jackson in Scramble Training from their establishments if they felt inclined (did this apply to Moonwalker machines too?)
• https://forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?threads/michael-jackson-visits-sega-in-japan-december-1996-new-photos.40918/

CartridgeCulture (talk) 02:59, 5 May 2022 (EDT)

List of influences on Sega products

Apart from the games already listed on this article.

• I'm Sorry
• Yakuza 0

CartridgeCulture (talk) 01:46, 24 October 2021 (EDT)