Firework Thrower Kantaro’s 53 Stations of the Tokaido (Game)

Firework Thrower Kantaro’s 53 Stations of the Tokaido

GAME » on June 3, 1986

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A Sunsoft game for the Famicom in which the fireworks-maker Kantaro makes the journey from Kyoto to Edo to reunite with his fiancee. This game is somewhat infamous in Japan for its sheer difficulty.

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Overview

Firework Thrower Kantaro’s 53 Stations of the Tokaido, or "Kanshaku Tamanage Kantarō no Tōkaidō Gojūsan-tsugi" (Tokaido is the famous road that connects Kyoto to Edo, and originally had 53 post stations), is an action game from SunSoft released exclusively for the Japanese Famicom. The player is a fireworks-maker named Kantaro who leaves Kyoto to see his fiancée back in Edo, taking the titular road. He is beset with enemies at all times, including ninjas, samurai and a persistent and amorous middle-aged woman who wants Kantaro for herself. He is able to dissuade many enemies with firecrackers, but many just have to be avoided.

Gameplay

The game has 21 levels, each one representing a real-life "station" (a town in which to rest) on the road from Kyoto to Edo:

Level 01: Sanjo Ohashi
Level 02: Kyoto Kusatsu
Level 03: Ishibe Tsuchiyama
Level 04: Sakashita Seki
Level 05: Kameyama Shono
Level 06: Ishiyakushi Kuwana
Level 07: Miya Chiryu
Level 08: Okazaki Akasaka
Level 09: Goyu Futagawa
Level 10: Shirasuka Maisaka
Level 11: Hamamatsu Fukuroi
Level 12: Kakegawa Shimada
Level 13: Fujieda Mariko
Level 14: Fuchu Yui
Level 15: Kanbara Hara
Level 16: Numazu Hakone
Level 17: Odawara Hiratsuka
Level 18: Fujisawa Hodogaya
Level 19: Kanagawa Kawasaki
Level 20: Shinagawa Nihonbashi
Level 21: Asakusa

Once a player collects ten coins a secret doorway will appear. If they choose to go through they will be randomly transported to one of two warp zones. Depending on which warp zone is displayed Kantaro will be able to skip three or six levels, the latter of which is much more difficult to complete and contains some of the hardest enemies in the game in rapid succession.

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