Nintendo Famicom

Hana no Star Kaidou

Two musicians, Moeta and Goro, travel across Japan trying to gain musical stardom. Their journey in Japan takes them to places such as Harajuku and the Roppongi district, with their ultimate goal of performing in the United States of America in New York. Hana no Star Kaidou is a side-scrolling platformer containing six stages. The stages however aren't straightforward as the player has to find the right path to take in order to reach the ending of a stage, The first part of the stage involves navigating streets until the correct music studio building is found. The game then switches to navigating the inside of the building until finding the end of stage teleporter. The game has a heart countdown timer that will cause the boys to lose their lives if it runs out. The timer gets refilled when the boys enter the studio or start a new stage. A unique feature of the gameplay is that the player has to control both characters at the same time. Both characters move in tandem and the player can control the distance they stand by each other. Each one has their own life count, and the game is over as soon as one of them loses all of their lives. They can earn back a life by completing a stage.