Gaming

The Huffington Post has now significantly substantiated the story; elaborating that Jackson had, indeed, visited the Sega Technical Institute in early 1993. "He wanted to drop by and say hello," stated Roger Hector, who headed the development team for Sonic 3. "There was no agenda beyond it other than, he really, really liked the game. He enjoyed playing it a lot and he wanted to meet the people behind it."
It was during that visit, purportedly, that he was asked to write music for the game. "I was working with Michael on the Dangerous album," Buxer stated, "and he told me he was going to be doing the Sonic the Hedgehog soundtrack for Sonic 3. He asked me if I would help him with it."
The six composers worked for four weeks alongside Jackson, creating an estimated 41 tracks (or cues, as gaming culture names them); Cirocco Jones even recalls receiving late night phonecalls from the singer to discuss ideas and melodies for the game.