Michael Jackson's games: A look back

To pay tribute to the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, who sadly passed away last night, Games Radar's taken a look back at Jacko's gaming appearances gone past.

The Thriller star's contributed to gaming many times over the past decade and half, the most famous of which is probably the lending of his likeness to Sega in the early 90s. Moonwalker had Michael defeating enemies and rescuing hostages with dance magic, and it was also rather good.

Michael's relationship with Sega didn't end there, as he was also heavily reported to have composed the soundtrack for Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (see the evidence below) - something that Sega still won't comment on today.

In 1999 and 2002 Michael made cameo appearances in both of Tetsuya Mizuguchi's Space Channel games, under the guise of Space Michael

Jacko also made an appearance in Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2, as well as a plethora of soundtrack credits in multiple games.

Read the full article over on Games Radar. RIP Jacko, your music was awesome