Britney's Dance Beat

Britney's Dance Beat
North American PS2 cover art
Developer(s)
Publisher(s)THQ
Director(s)Tatsuo Okada (PS2)
Nobuko Satoh (GBA)
Producer(s)Jamie Bafus
Composer(s)Hiroshi Kobayashi (PS2)
Platform(s)
ReleaseGame Boy Advance
  • NA: 26 March 2002[1]
  • EU: 14 June 2002
PlayStation 2
Microsoft Windows
Genre(s)
Mode(s)

Britney's Dance Beat is a rhythm game based around the music and videos of American singer Britney Spears. The game was developed by Metro Creative Graphics, Hyperspace Cowgirls, and Art Co., Ltd–published by THQ. The game was released exclusively for PlayStation 2 on 8 May 2002 in North America and 14 June 2002 in Europe.

The game contains five songs: "...Baby One More Time", "Oops!... I Did It Again", "Stronger", "Overprotected", and "I'm a Slave 4 U".[4] Successful play is rewarded with "backstage passes" which unlocks features such as backstage video footage of Spears. There's also a video vault. When players complete auditions they get backstage passes to unlock 360 immersive videos and behind the scenes footage. The game also includes various remixes during behind the scenes footage, menus, and credits. It also has photoshoots during credits. Versions of the game were released for Game Boy Advance on 26 March 2002, PlayStation 2 on 9 May 2002, and Microsoft Windows on 20 June 2002. Early promotional materials mention a version for Mac computers, but it was never released.[5]

  1. ^ "First Britney Spears Game Hits GBA - News". Nintendo World Report. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  2. ^ "PR - 5/9/02 - THQ SHIPS BRITNEY'S DANCE BEAT FOR PLAYSTATION 2". April 16, 2004. Archived from the original on April 16, 2004. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  3. ^ "PR - 6/20/02 - THQ SHIPS BRITNEY'S DANCE BEAT FOR PC". April 16, 2004. Archived from the original on April 16, 2004. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  4. ^ Daniel (FecalLord) Engel (January 6, 2006). "Britney's Dance Beat Walkthrough". IGN. Archived from the original on May 13, 2021. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
  5. ^ "Britney's Dance Beat". Video Games Print Ads. April 1, 2016 [2002]. Retrieved August 28, 2023.