Digital Dance Mix Vol. 1 Namie Amuro

Digital Dance Mix Vol. 1 Namie Amuro
Cover art featuring Namie Amuro
DeveloperSega AM2
PublisherSega
ProducerYu Suzuki
DesignerYoshifusa Hayama
Programmers
  • Tadahiro Kawamura
  • Hideki Tanaka
ArtistYoshifusa Hayama
Composers
PlatformSega Saturn
Release
  • JP: 10 January 1997
GenreMusic game
ModeSingle-player

Digital Dance Mix Vol. 1 Namie Amuro is a 1997 music game developed by Sega AM2 and published by Sega for the Sega Saturn. The game stars Japanese singer Namie Amuro and features two songs from her 1996 studio album Sweet 19 Blues: "Chase the Chance" and "You're My Sunshine". Gameplay focuses on watching virtual performances of the two songs and playing minigames themed around Amuro.

Development was led by veteran producer and game designer Yu Suzuki. Amuro participated by performing motion capture for her in-game model, which was one of the most detailed and technically advanced models created for a Saturn title. AM2 implemented new TrueMotion video compression technology that was designed to enable high quality video playback on the Saturn hardware.

Digital Dance Mix Vol. 1 Namie Amuro was released in Japan on 10 January 1997, and was sold exclusively through convenience store chains including Seven-Eleven and FamilyMart. Reviews were mixed, with praise for the detailed model of Amuro, but criticism for the small amount of content. It sold over 116,000 copies by late 1997. Further installments in the Digital Dance Mix series were planned but ultimately no other games were released.