A video game star

Perhaps a lesser-known part of Michael Jackson's life is his small video game legacy.

He was one of the first singers to become a star of a video game, when SEGA developed and released 'Michael Jackson's Moonwalker' - based on his film of the same name - in 1990.

Jackson enjoyed a long relationship with SEGA, and in recent years it was confirmed that King of Pop actually composed the music for ‘Sonic the Hedgehog 3'.

Yuji Naka, the former head of Sonic Team at the Japanese video game company, confirmed the long-time rumour that Jackson created music for the 1994 video game whilst complaining that the soundtrack for the title has been changed in new compilation release 'Sonic Origins'.

Yuji wrote on Twitter: “Oh my god, the music for Sonic 3 has changed, even though Sega Official uses Michael Jackson’s music.”

It was well documented that Jackson was an avid gamer and had a gaming arcade at his Neverland ranch.