US GOLD - Signing off Michael Jackson's 'Moonwalker''
From Bedrooms to Billions - SPECIAL EDITION
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Geoff Brown the founder of British Publisher US GOLD tells the story of how in the late 1980's he sent one of his game Producers to the US to try and get the management for Michael Jackson to sign off the official 'Moonwalker' Video Game. it was a crucial release intended for Christmas and Geoff did not like the game at all and expected problems getting it signed off! However the producer on arriving in the US decided to get a photo while he was out there and things went a little bit wrong!
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