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Play Santa Claus Jr. Advance (Europe edition) Online
Santa Claus Jr. Advance
Play Santa Claus Jr. Advance online on GBA, deliver presents through 36 platform stages, collect stars from gift boxes and spend fairy powers on double jumps, paralysis and recovery.
Browser play

Game Boy Advance (GBA) — EmulatorJS controls
Default Player 1 keyboard mapping. Change keys in Controller Settings.
| Console button | Keyboard |
|---|---|
| ↑ / ↓ / ← / → | ↑ / ↓ / ← / → |
| A / B | Z / X |
| L / R | Q / E |
| START / SELECT | Enter / V |
Open Controller Settings to configure your keyboard or gamepad. Touch controls are available on mobile.
How to Play Santa Claus Jr. Advance
Quick start
Press START, choose a difficulty and play the opening tutorial stages before entering the main route. The tutorial introduces movement, jumping and enemy weak points. Your continuing goal is to cross 36 stages in 12 worlds and deliver presents to the waiting children. Jump on gift boxes to release stars, then spend those stars carefully on fairy powers such as the double jump, enemy paralysis and recovery. Touch the Christmas-tree checkpoints as you pass them so progress is recorded, and crouch under incoming snowballs instead of trying to force every encounter.
Controls
D-pad moves left and right, aims movement in the air and presses Down to crouch. A confirms menu choices and jumps; press it again when the double-jump fairy power is available to jump in mid-air. B performs the current secondary action, including using or delivering the context-sensitive present/power shown by the tutorial. START pauses. The game introduces any stage-specific action with an on-screen tutorial prompt; no separate emulator keyboard mapping is required.
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.
- Browser test and catalogue publication date
- 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 · gba
- Tested by
- rwEmulator
Sources and editorial basis
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