For a full grown man, Michael Jackson sure has a lot of arcade games. Weird, huh? If you’ve got some money burning a hole in your pocket, why not head out to Beverly Hills in late April to see if you can pick up some of these machines at deep, deep discounts.
He’s basically got just about one of everything. It’s times like these that I wish I would have stuck with the alto saxophone in fifth grade band so I, too, could have made enough money to buy enough arcade games to fill my giant saxophone-shaped mansion.
There are some real gems in here, like Zoltar the Fortune Teller, Super Street Fighter II, Blitz 99, Need for Speed, DDR, Neo Geo, Karate Champ, and even store display racks with consoles like PlayStation, Nintendo 64, Sega Dreamcast, and 3DO. 3DO!
The auction will take place in two rounds; one at 9:00 AM and one at 2:00 PM on April 24th at Julien’s Auctions. It’ll be open to the public, adjacent to the Beverly Hilton at 9900 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills. Zip code? 90210, of course. You’ll have to pony up $20 to get in, or you can bid online at AuctionNetwork.com if you can’t make it in person.
Here’s the full list of games:
- The Simpsons Pinball Party
- Sports Shooting USA
- The Lost World: Jurassic Park
- Megatouch XL
- Street Fever Basketball
- Jambo! Safari
- Super Chexx Hockey
- Hotflash Air Hockey
- Popstar Pinball
- San Francisco Rush
- Crazy Taxi
- Hog Wild
- F1 Exhaust Note
- Police Trainer 2 Deluxe
- Crazy Taxi III
- Star Trek (pinball)
- X-Men
- Indiana Jones Pinball Adventure
- Terminator 3 (pinball)
- Tokyo Cop
- Dark Stalkers
- Revolution X
- Ms. Pacman & Galaga
- Horse Ride
- The Simpsons Bowling
- The Simpsons (arcade game)
- Fortune Teller
- Grandmother Predictions
- Sammy USA Sports Arena
- Zoltar the Fortune Teller
- Lethal Enforcers
- Lara Croft Tomb Raider
- War Gods
- Jumbo
- Print Club 2
- Super Street Fighter II
- Little Red Corvette
- Sega R-360
- NBA Hang Time
- Harley-Davidson & L.A. Riders
- Polaroid Photo Booth
- The Portrait Studio
- Galaxy Force
- WWF Royal Rumble
- Oscar’s Wild Ride Gumball Machine
- Ziggy the Clown
- Nintendo 64 (in a store display rack)
- 3DO (in a store display rack)
- Sony PlayStation (in a store display rack)
- Clown Around
- Smashing Drive
- Sergeant Major
- Nintendo Virtual Boy (in a store display rack)
- Blitz 99
- Alpine Racer 2
- Hip Hop Mania Complete Mix 2
- Digital Thunder
- Crazy Taxi
- Ultracade
- Mocap Boxing
- Striker Xtreme
- Time Killers
- Saturn
- Karate Champ
- Super NEO 29
- Cruis’n Exotica
- Strike Fighter
- Megatouch MAXX
- Virtua Racing
- Ripley’s Pinball
- Austin Powers Pinball
- Ultracade
- NSM Jukebox
- San Francisco Rush 2049
- Eighteen Wheeler
- X-Men (arcade version)
- Sports Jam
- Lethal Enforcer
- Batman
- Luigi’s Corner
- Robovend
- LAX Rotary Merchandiser
- Guitar Freaks
- Tekken 2
- Star Wars Racer
- Bucking Bronco
- The Sands Slot Machine
- Mills Blue Bell Hi Top Slot
- Dig Dug
- Crystal Castles
- Soul Calibur
- Sunset Riders
- Danger Zone
- Donkey Kong
- Terminator 2
- Aliens
- NBA Showtime
- Frogger
- Cart Fury
- Manx Super Bike
- Atari Basketball
- Pony Mark IV
- Ms. Pacman
- Mortal Kombat
- Neo Geo MVS
- Caveman Ninja
- Super Mario Brothers
- Beach Head 2002
- Marvel vs. Capcom
- Virtua Tennis 2
- Top Skater
- Super Nintendo (in a store display rack)
- Dance Dance Revolution
- Sega Genesis Game Display
- Sega Dreamcast (in a store display rack)
- Frenzy Express
- Need for Speed
Whew, that’s a lot of games. There are 242 pages filled with various memorabilia in the auction catalog, which you can view here, along with the games listed above.
[via Kotaku]
What did he finally disintegrate or something? I forgot about the old X-Men arcade, what a great game. I don’t care about Michael Jackson, where can I get a copy of that thing elsewhere???
No wonder kids wanted to be there.
Having a Zoltar would be pretty cool, but really the only arcade game I would fork out money for would be discs of tron.
I built an arcade using emulators. I have most of these games plus EVERY nintendo game all on 1 machine.
I’m looking to sell it if anyone is interested.
I might be interested, if you were MJ
grow upen ir micheal jacksons a legand.!
How much are there ?x
How much?
I miss Zombie Mansion in that list.
I hope they have been thoroughly sterilized.
My thoughts exactly. I don’t want to come in touch with his “high score” on any game.
sounds like he was a gamer!
Or…..
;-)
Ironically, he doesn’t have his own game. His own game that Bubbles makes a cameo in.
I was expecting a Moonwalker sale as well :( Best arcade game ever.
You listed Crazy Taxi twice.
The auction indicates that he owns two different versions of Crazy Taxi. I had never seen CT3 in a full box cabinet like that either, but he has it.
Right, I didn’t type “Crazy Taxi III” because there’s only one of those in the list.
“For a full grown man, Michael Jackson sure has a lot of arcade games. Weird, huh?”
Hey, if I were filthy rich I wouldn’t mind owning my own arcade either, I think plenty of full grown men would agree with that! I want the Sega R-360, now.
Sailed right over your head…
Nice collection of games…
Meh. R-Type isn’t on the list.
Wait, where is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? I would think that would be the first game any self respecting arcade collector would pick up. Would certainly be my first choice.
Apparently MJ doesn’t like mutant teanagers.
Hi,
It would be better to donate them to institutions.
I doubt any self respecting insulation would want anything that would be from him…
Plus the guy is dirt poor!!!! He has sold most, if not all, of his rights through pout the years. Thank goodness he no longer has the rights to the Beatles music anymore.
he’s auctioning them for a charity called MusiCares
Why buy these arcade games when you can have all of it with just a MAME Emulator and dual X-Arcade game controllers.
Why spend Gs on LV when you can buy the knockoffs for like 10 bucks? They look exactly the same and nobody would ever know!
Ghosts and Goblins?
Missing Defender…
I’m suprised he doesn’t have the video game that they made of him bak in the day, I remeber playin that it was awesome game
Anybody remeber that arcade game?
yes i remenber that game as a matter of fact i’ve be trying to get the moonwalker arcade game for ps3 wii or whatever i’got the moonwalker sega genesis but it’s not the same at all
i like to get the arcade game but i don’t know where nobody seens to know like it never exists but it did and it waqs a great game if somebody can help me find it thank you so much…
i happen to own one myself. i was looking for it forever and i found it last year in michigan. it is a fun game. mine dont have the original cabinet tho. but its still bad ass. ive been debating on selling it. ??????
What?! No Dragon’s Lair??
Well… there goes my dream of starting my very own Silver Spoons living room.
Jeezus! THAT is quite a collection! Want..
“For a full grown man, Michael Jackson sure has a lot of arcade games. Weird, huh?”
Relative to his other habits, not really.
Pfff….no WWF Wrestlemania?
Beat it!
No Killer Instinct either ? :(
My god, call Michael Jackson a freak but you’ve got to admit, the man did know how to college arcade cabinets.
I’m salivating right now at the vast selection here and would like to have an ‘arcade room’ in my house for all these to go.
Is that gonna help?! These people just want to rip him off. Miserable.
Where did Michael Jackson put all of these games? I never would have thought the king of pop is a geek at heart. I bet there will be a crazy fan who will offer his life savings for a few of these games.
why don’t they just turn his place into a video game museum or a pay arcade. I’d pay money to kick MJ’s ass at Mortal Kombat.
I guess he’s keeping the Moonwalker game.
These are some good games but as the comments above show he is still missing some.
Where the hell is Golden Axe?! I would pay big bucks for that.
Just like the arcade from the old show ‘Silver Spoon’, or something like that. What was that kids name….ricky?
It’s amazing how much arcade games go for. I’m always checking ebay for classic games like pacman, and they are on there for several thousands!
there are a few people here saying that he hasnt got his own game..moonwalker.. well i rekon he’s probably just keepin it hey. cuz how incredible would that be..a worldwide game made just about you.i know it would be priceless to me haha,.i would have any of these but thats only cuz i really like mj haha…no need to point out that im wierd i already know that. ps hi peeds if you read this.
You think there are kids inside of those things too?
Poor Jacko is all out of money.
Item #805 is a gem… a life size MJ Batman Figure. What’s creepier than that?
King of Pop doesn’t have a Tron arcade machine. Now that is Wacko.
haha there’s a game i nthere called “Megatouch”
Ya, I was expecting Paperboy. lol
What I don’t get is the starting bids on most of these games. I have seen similar for in the hundreds. They look in great condition but still they are used and older.
I can imagine the mayhem on auction day though, just to have a game that MJ owned.
I suspect that the higher prices are because he owns them.
Do you have the MJO2Game ?
Thanks