It’s superb what retro classics you could find at a flea market or automobile boot sale, particularly if you simply occur upon misplaced Michael Jackson Sega recreation footage that individuals had eternally given up hope of seeing ever once more.

Yeah, simply soak that up for a second!

We all know in regards to the relationship that Sony and Michael Jackson had. Moonwalker is likely one of the finest Sega Genesis video games of all time, and now that we’ve lastly had our suspicions confirmed about his involvement in writing the music for Sonic 3, his standing as a gaming legend has been totally cemented into the annals of historical past.

Not that he wasn’t already a legend in his personal proper, clearly… however this trumps the entire music factor.

But his work within the online game business has taken yet one more thrilling flip because of a Sega fan rummaging round at a market and taking place upon the best discover of his life.

But what was that particular discover?

Enter Captain Jackson and his interstellar efficiency for Scramble Training, a movement simulator fame on the Sega AS-1!

Go Moonwalking With Captain Jackson In Scramble Training!

Ok, you’ll be able to’t actually go moonwalking, however I needed to cram a track in there someplace.

What is Scramble Training, and what the heck is the AS-1?

Well, let’s begin with the AS-1 first. It stands for Advanced System 1 and was a simulator module gamers would climb into earlier than experiencing a space-sim recreation known as Scramble Training.

As you’ll be able to see from the image beneath, this factor was fairly huge. It’s not one thing that you may have put into your lounge, which implies the one place avid gamers may get into the motion was at a close-by SegaWorld.

Everything we’ve ever recognized about this misplaced Michael Jackson Sega recreation has come from footage taken by excited followers within the 90s. The 90s wasn’t precisely recognized for state-of-the-art transportable filming tech, nevertheless, which is why so many individuals by no means knew this recreation existed.

This miraculous misplaced Michael Jackson Sega recreation footage got here to our consideration by way of collector Ben Bizley from Hampshire, UK. After assembly up with a retro gaming dealer who had acquired some candy Sega memorabilia from an previous Sega worker, he got here throughout a Fuji Film D2 tape titled ‘AS-1 M. Jackson Ver.’.

£300 later (that’s about $360 for any US readers), and the tape handed into Ben’s palms.

‘M. Jackson’ may solely be one individual, and fortunately Ben’s buy wasn’t ‘bad’ or ‘dangerous’, however an absolute ‘thriller’.

Yeah, I hate myself for these jokes.

Discovering Jackson’s Long Lost Game Footage

Taking to Facebook, Bizley reached out to different lovers who recognized the tape first as a bit of AS-1 historical past earlier than confirming it because the Scramble Training recreation footage Sega recorded with MJ.

After sending the footage to be digitised, the entire world can now get pleasure from Captain Jackson’s foray into the celebs and sit again as he guides them via the Scramble Training recreation.

This discover is monumental, and Bizley is aware of he’s received one thing particular on his palms that somebody goes to pay some huge cash for.

We’re all in regards to the preservation of retro gaming right here at Retro Dodo, whether or not it’s video games, consoles, or simply normal memorabilia. Bizley discovering this tape has introduced recreation footage that many people would by no means have seen to mild, and now it’s on YouTube for MJ and Sega followers alike to marvel over forevermore.

Would you’ve conquered MJ’s scramble coaching? Reckon you had what it took to wow Captain Jackson? Let us know over on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram!

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Seb Santabarbara has purchased each Nintendo console that has ever been launched in his 31 years on Planet Earth. His favorite recreation franchise is Zelda, and he’s patiently ready for Banjo-Kazooie to come back again to the fold. When he’s not taking part in video games, he’s travelling the world in his self-converted camper van.