The King of Pop (n’ Music)

I’m sure you’ve read by now that Michael Jackson is auctioning off his enviable arcade game collection.

Living in a castle with no means of income means he can no longer afford to feed his unicorns so, yup, that Virtual Boy in-store demo pod has to go.

The auction catalogue is now online, complete with pristine photographs of his collection and guide prices.

There’s some neat stuff in there, from a Neo-Geo Super 29 candy cab (guide price: from $400) to a Hip Hop Mania Complete Mix 2 (guide price: from $400).

But the stand-out item for me is the Super Street Fighter II cabinet, which has a guide price of $800 and up (pictured here).

Anyway, take a look through the collection: it’s impressive but also kind of tragic.

I’m not sure what the moral here is. Perhaps it’s that Street Fighter won’t make you happy? No. That totally can’t be right.

Street Fighter will evenutally make you broke? Yeah, let’s go for that.