麥可傑克森和你從未玩過的街機遊戲《月球漫步者》的製作

史蒂芬史匹柏、道格拉斯特朗布爾和水口哲也參與的故事

Michael Jackson remains a polarizing figure for some, but to a potentially larger group of fans he's still one of the most accomplished pop stars of all time – and, sitting here in 2024, it's easy to forget just how huge he was in terms of popularity and reach during the '80s and '90s.

對某些人來說，麥可傑克森仍然是一個兩極分化的人物，但對於更多潛在的粉絲群來說，他仍然是有史以來最有成就的流行歌星之一——而且，在2024 年坐在這裡，人們很容易忘記他的受歡迎程度有多大並在 80 年代和 90 年代達到。

Jackson was arguably at the height of his powers when he teamed up with Sega to create a selection of video games based on his 1988 movie Moonwalker. Now, former Sega staffer Roppyaku Tsurumi (also known as Masahito Shimizu) has spoken to Shueisha Online about the development of the Moonwalker coin-op, a unique isometric action title which was never ported to any home system (the Mega Drive and Master System games are totally different).

當傑克森與世嘉合作根據他 1988 年的電影《月球漫步》製作一系列電玩遊戲時，可以說他正處於權力的巔峰。現在，前世嘉員工鶴見六皮（又名清水正仁）向集英社在線談論了Moonwalker 投幣遊戲的開發，這是一款獨特的等距動作遊戲，從未移植到任何家庭系統（Mega Drive 和Master System 遊戲）是完全不同的）。

Tsurumi begins by revealing that the project was based around a single A4 proposal and that he wasn't initially all that interested in it. "I had only seen 'Thriller' and its music video, and I wasn't very interested in Michael's music, so I responded ambiguously," he tells Shueisha Online. "We incorporated elements of 'SHINOBI' into the proposal and started developing the game. However, since we were all newcomers, we had a lot of doubts about whether this was really okay. But towards the middle of development, veteran developers joined us and the game gradually took shape."

Tsurumi 首先透露該項目是基於一個 A4 提案，並且他最初對此並不那麼感興趣。 「我只看過《Thriller》及其音樂錄影帶，對邁克爾的音樂不太感興趣，所以我的回答含糊其辭，」他告訴集英社在線。 「我們將『SHINOBI』的元素融入提案中並開始開發遊戲。然而，由於我們都是新人，我們對這是否真的可以有很多疑問。但在開發中期，資深開發人員加入了我們，遊戲逐漸成型。

He also remembers one of Jackson's most memorable comments during the game's development: "Don't kill your enemies, purify them," was the instruction. "He was a man full of love," says Tsurumi.

他還記得傑克森在遊戲開發過程中最令人難忘的評論之一：「不要殺死你的敵人，淨化他們」是指令。 「他是一個充滿愛的人，」鶴見說。

Tsurumi would have regular check-ins with Jackson to ensure the game was progressing as planned. "The letter would start with, 'Mr. Jackson says...' and he would say things like, 'That's great, but what do you think about doing it this way?' or 'This is what I would think, but what do the development team think? I want to respect the wishes of the development team,' and I was surprised at how his responses always took us developers into consideration."

鶴見會定期與傑克遜聯繫，以確保比賽按計劃進行。 “這封信的開頭是‘傑克遜先生說……’，然後他會說‘那太好了，但是你覺得這樣做怎麼樣？’”或者‘這是我的想法，但開發團隊怎麼想？

The Moonwalker coin-op is often overlooked when people discuss Jackson's work with Sega, as the home console version on the Mega Drive was arguably more successful commercially. Still, when Jackson passed away in 2009, it deeply impacted Tsurumi. After watching the movie Michael Jackson: This Is It – released in the year of his death – he saw the side of the performer he remembered from working with him in the '90s.

當人們討論傑克遜與世嘉的合作時，月球漫步者投幣遊戲經常被忽視，因為 Mega Drive 上的家用遊戲機版本可以說在商業上更成功。儘管如此，傑克森於 2009 年去世，仍對鶴見產生了深遠的影響。在觀看了麥可傑克森去世當年上映的電影《麥可傑克森：就是這樣》後，他看到了他記憶中的 90 年代與他合作的表演者的一面。

"The Michael in that movie is the Michael I know," he says. "The Michael in the movie is not the entertainer you see in live performances or music videos, but a person who shared ideas with his team to create the perfect stage, respected his team members, but was also a person who would not compromise on certain things, and possessed both the qualities of a creator and a producer. Looking back, I was reminded of how equally he treated the development team at Sega, which was full of newcomers at the time. I was so happy to see such a global superstar playing the game with such shining eyes, and that he came all the way to Sega just for that. He was someone whose aura you could see just by being there. Now I'm a big Michael fan, too (laughs)."

「那部電影中的邁克爾就是我所認識的邁克爾，」他說。 「電影中的邁克爾不是你在現場表演或音樂錄影帶中看到的藝人，而是一個與團隊分享想法以創造完美舞台的人，尊重團隊成員，同時也是一個在某些事情上不會妥協的人。我也是邁克爾的忠實粉絲了（笑）。

[source shueisha.online, via x.com]

[來源 shueisha.online，來自 x.com]