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Play Hana no Star Kaidou (Japan edition · Japanese / English) Online
花のスター街道
Play Hana no Star Kaidou online. Control two singers at once, sandwich stunned enemies for CDs, find key items, and pursue the hidden New York ending.
Browser play
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) / Famicom — EmulatorJS controls
Default Player 1 keyboard mapping. Change keys in Controller Settings.
| Console button | Keyboard |
|---|---|
| ↑ / ↓ / ← / → | ↑ / ↓ / ← / → |
| A / B | Z / X |
| START / SELECT | Enter / V |
Open Controller Settings to configure your keyboard or gamepad. Touch controls are available on mobile.
How to Play Hana no Star Kaidou
Quick start
Practice formation before advancing: Left/Right walks both performers together, Up pulls them closer, and Down spreads them apart. Tap A for a small jump or hold it for extra height so both clear the same hazard. Never walk straight into a moving person. Fire B to stun the target, widen the pair to pass around it, then close from opposite sides; a successful squeeze produces a CD. Keep looking after the visible quota, because the stage-specific item is also required. Once both conditions are met, use B at the production entrance or overpass access, work through the building, and find the performance stage. Fire repeatedly at suspicious marks protruding from blocks to reveal hidden items.
Controls
D-pad Left/Right: move both characters together. Up: close the distance between them. Down: increase their separation. A: both jump; hold for a higher jump. B: fire the singing/charisma wave to stun targets; at a doorway, stairs, or overpass transition, use B, with Left/Right where required, to enter or change area. START: pause/resume. Stunned enemies only yield a CD when the two characters close in from opposite sides. Losing all lives for either character causes game over.
Hana no Star Kaidou — About this game
Hana no Star Kaidou is a Japan-only Famicom action game starring would-be musicians Moeta Hatano and Goro Toyota. A single controller moves both men together left or right, while up and down alter the gap between them, turning ordinary platforming into a coordination challenge. Touching an active pedestrian costs one character a life. To obtain CDs, first stop a target with the B-button charisma or singing wave, position the two performers on opposite sides, then close the gap to sandwich the target. Every area asks for a set number of CDs plus its unique key item before the correct production building and its interior stage can be completed. If either performer's lives run out, the entire attempt ends. Three hidden items found through the early areas unlock a sixth New York stage and the true ending after stage five.
Cheats
No cheats have been added for this edition.
Player verification and sources
Browser play was reviewed before this edition was published in the catalogue. The date below is the catalogue publication date, not the game’s original release date.
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- Browsers and devices
- PC: Chrome, Edge and Firefox. Mobile: Chrome on Android and Safari on iPhone and iPad.
- Player engine and core
- EmulatorJS 4.3.0-pre · nes
- Tested by
- rwEmulator
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