The story, which is taken from the Moonwalker film, follows Michael, using various music and dance related abilities, on a quest to save kidnapped children from the hands of the evil "Mr. Big".
The games have now achieved cult status[1] and are remembered for being a memorable point in Jackson's change to a different stage persona from "Thriller", to "Bad".
[2] Michael Jackson in Scramble Training is a laserdisc video game released for arcades in 1993, running on Sega's AS-1 motion simulator cabinet.
Michael Jackson provided voice acting and occasionally appeared in live-action full-motion video (FMV) sequences, while some of his music was also used.
Conflicting accounts arose as to why he left the project, including the 1993 child sexual abuse accusations against him, or that he was unhappy with the sound quality of the Genesis which was generally considered inferior to Super Nintendo Entertainment System and other competing game consoles of the time period.
Whilst Ulala is distracted by a fake scoop, the headquarters are attacked, and Space Michael is kidnapped by Purge and the Rhythm Rogues.
The May 2007 issue of EGM contains a quote from series creator Tetsuya Mizuguchi concerning Jackson's involvement: "We were in the middle of production of Space Channel 5, in 1998 or 1999.
It was developed and published by Ubisoft and Triumph International (subsidiary by The Michael Jackson Company LLC), and was released on November 23, 2010 for the Wii, Nintendo DS, and PlayStation Portable.
It was being developed by SEE MJ Virtual Worlds (The Michael Jackson Company LLC and SEE Entertainment) and was originally scheduled for release in 2011, but was eventually canceled.