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Hoshi Saga Ringoame

JayA remarkably fun and inventive puzzle game series we won't ever get tired of seeing new installments of, Hoshi Saga returns to give us more opportunities to find the hidden star in each of the 25 brand new levels. Yoshio Ishii of Nekogames has created more full-color artwork for Hoshi Saga Ringoame, the latest iteration of the popular and revered series.

Play the entire Hoshi Saga Series:

Hoshi SagaHoshi Saga 2Hoshi Saga 3Hoshi Saga RingoHoshi Saga RingoameHoshi Saga RingoenHoshi Saga RingohimeHoshi Saga Dokuringo

Hoshi Saga RingoameAs before, you are to figure out what it takes to find the star hidden within each screen. Feel free to click around and explore each level to find the solution. Some will have you clicking, some dragging, some standing on your head. Ok, well maybe not literally, but you'll have to use your brain and hand-eye coordination skills to solve all the puzzles contained therein. The puzzles are not very difficult this time around, again, but you will never the less have fun figuring them all out. If you're new to the series, this is an excellent warm-up exercise to get you used to the sort of puzzles seen throughout the series.

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Hoshi Saga Ringoame Walkthrough

Level 26

  • Click on the right side of the screen, hold, and slowly drag to the left.

  • Watch the shadow underneath the shape, when it becomes a star, stop dragging and release the mouse button.

  • If you get to the left of the screen and the shadow hasn't become a star yet, release, go to the right, click and drag again.

  • Screenshot.

Level 27

  • Click on the block and drag it left and upwards until it lines up with the block next to the nearly complete star.

  • Release and watch the block sink to create the star.

  • Screenshot.

Level 28

  • Click and drag the chains by the top, where they are attached to the poles.

  • Leave the far left chain where it is.

  • Click and drag the middle chain to the left until the hanging yellow piece just touches the one on the far left.

  • Click and drag the piece attached to the top bar until it forms the top of the star.

  • Click and drag the far right chain until the piece just touches.

  • Click and drag the now far right piece into place and you have a star.

  • Screenshot.

Level 29

  • Click anywhere on the scenery and drag to the right until the star appears between the trees.

  • Screenshot.

Level 30

  • Notice that your cursor has an unlit candle attached.

  • Drag the cursor to the central candle and light it.

  • Once your candle is lit hover to the edges of the star shape and light the candles.

  • Screenshot.

Level 31

  • Click and drag the bottom piece of metal from right to left until the painted part of the gear rotates to the bottom.

  • Screenshot.

Level 32

  • The blue eight pointed star is on a series of concentric squares.

  • Clicking on the right side of a square flips a piece to the left, clicking on the right side of a square flips to the right.

  • Start with the inner square and click on the right side.

  • The next square out click on the left side.

  • The third square out click on the right side.

  • At this point the inside should start to take the shape of a yellow star.

  • The fourth square out click on the left.

  • The fifth square out click on the right.

  • The last square out click on the left.

  • Screenshot.

Level 33

  • Move the magnifying glass to the right until the edge of the glass covers the gap in the star.

  • Screenshot.

Level 34

  • Drag the strings to the left and downwards until the star is formed.

  • Screenshot.

Level 35

  • Pull down the zipper to reveal the star.

  • Screenshot.

Level 36

  • You will notice three areas that don't quite blend in with the background.

  • Click on the "back" or the blue middle section several times to tip it backwards.

  • Once it tips backwards, the star will be revealed.

  • Screenshot.

Level 37

  • Each girl is carrying half of the star.

  • You can make them jump by clicking with the mouse.

  • Wait until they are near the step, then click and they will jump to the next level.

  • Continue jumping the girls until they meet in the middle.

  • Screenshot.

Level 38

  • This is a simple slider puzzle.

  • Click on one "band" and drag it until it matches the one next to it.

  • Continue to drag the "bands" until the stars are formed.

  • Screenshot.

Level 39

  • Wait until the machinery slams the blocks together in the middle.

  • When the blocks meet, click on the left block and part of the star will drop down. Click fast!

  • Whey the blocks meet again, click on the right block to get the rest of the star.

  • Screenshot.

Level 40

  • You can click and drag the circles, but that won't get you anywhere.

  • Click on the bottom of the "box" and drag upwards, like opening a window.

  • Screenshot.

Level 41

  • Look carefully at the pieces of the star on top.

  • You want them to arrive in the proper place at the bottom, and that means figuring out which path goes where.

  • Connect the dots from the top row to the circles below in this order:

  • Top left dot to the second circle from the left on the bottom.

  • Second from the left dot on the top to the far right circle on the bottom.

  • Middle top dot to the middle bottom circle (right below).

  • Fourth dot from the left (top) to the fourth circle from the left (bottom) (right below).

  • Far right dot on the top to the far left circle on the bottom.

  • Screenshot.

Level 42

  • As the circles fall down from the pipe on the left, hold the mouse over them and they turn into triangles.

  • Quickly move the mouse to the shapes coming out of the pipe on the bottom, holding the mouse over the triangles turns them into squares.

  • Quickly move to the right and hold the mouse over the squares to turn them into pentagons.

  • Quickly move the mouse to the top and hold the cursor over the pentagons to create stars.

  • Stars should then fall from the end of the pipe.

  • Screenshot.

Level 43

  • Notice the green strip at the top of the blue square? You want to rotate the blue square so that the green strip is at the bottom.

  • Click on either of the arrow circles twice to rotate the blue square. Notice that the green box that drops out has a yellow stripe.

  • Click on the arrow circle at the bottom left of the blue box to rotate the shapes so that the yellow stripe is now at the "bottom".

  • The yellow box that drops out has a brown line, you now want that brown line at the bottom.

  • Click on the arrow circle at the top left of the blue box to rotate the shapes so that the brown line is at the bottom.

  • The brown box has a purple stripe that you want at the bottom. Click on the circle arrow in the lower left of the blue box to rotate.

  • Now the purple shape has a blue line at the bottom. Click on the circle arrow on the lower right of the blue box to rotate.

  • The final small blue box has an open edge. Click on the circle arrow on the upper right of the big blue box to rotate.

  • Screenshot.

Level 44

  • Notice that the bubble at the top will follow your cursor to the left or right.

  • Move until the bubble is directly over one "X" on the board.

  • Now move the cursor up to the bubble and click on the bubble to drop it.

  • If you aimed right, the bubble will "paint" the area around the X pink.

  • Continue to aim and drop the bubble on the Xs until the star is formed.

  • The bubble will cause the shape to rotate, so if an X is in a place where you can't drop the bubble, drop the bubble on the star tips to rotate.

  • Screenshot.

Level 45

  • Notice the hand with the pointed finger at the left of the screen, on the bar where the yellow shapes are.

  • Think of the yellow shapes as dominoes.

  • Space the shapes out with one at the very right of the bar.

  • Click on the finger and it will push the first shape.

  • If you spaced them correctly, they will fall like dominoes, forcing the one on the far right to fall and slide down the slope.

  • Screenshot.

Level 46

  • The center gray box is an x-ray machine that can look into any box you drag behind it.

  • The star is in the bottom right box. Click and drag the box to the x-ray machine to see the star.

  • Screenshot.

Level 47

  • Behind the shape with the cutouts is the star on a chain. Drag the shape quickly to the right or left and the star will swing out from behind.

  • Screenshot.

Level 48

  • There are several smaller boxes with Chinese characters (Japanese characters?) on them. The largest box, in the upper middle, is hiding the star.

  • Click and drag that shape down to reveal the star.

  • Screenshot.

Level 49

  • Click on the yellow cat and the "floor" will raise up.

  • Notice that the cat is a cut out and that the yellow dot was underneath.

  • Move the yellow dot to the left of the floor, then click on the top to drop it down.

  • Now you can see the star. It may take several tries to get the yellow dot in the exact right area to illuminate the entire star cutout.

  • Screenshot.

Level 50

  • If you pick up the green box by the corner and turn it over, a medium sized green box will fall out.

  • Pick up the medium green box by the corner and turn it over to drop out the small green box.

  • Rotate the large green box until the star tips are at the top.

  • Rotate the medium green box and drop it on the large green box to form the star shape.

  • Now rotate the small green box and drop it on the medium to complete the star.

  • Screenshot.

WALKTHROUGH

Stage 26

Click and drag to the left until the shadow on the ground makes a star.

Stage 27

Click and drag the cube with the triangle on it so it falls into the space above the rest of the star.

Stage 28

Move the chains (using the dots above) so that the pieces of star fit together.

Stage 29

Click and drag left and right until you uncover the star.

Stage 30

Move your mouse over the flame in the middle to light your candle. Now use your candle to light the candles at the points of the star.

Stage 31

Click and drag the bottom section to the left or right until you find the rest of the star.

Stage 32

The picture is divided into sections which flip like pages in a book. Click the various sections on the right or left side until you've revealed all parts of the star.

Stage 33

Click and drag the magnifying glass until its bottom left edge meets the bottom left edge of the little detached section of star. That should magnify it, revealing the whole star.

Stage 34

For this one, your cursor needs to be in the bottom left section of the screen. Start at about where that inner corner of the star would be, and move out towards the edge of the screen.

Stage 35

Pull the zipper down.

Stage 36

Click the backs of the L-shaped boards (top half of the screen) repeatedly until they fall over.

Stage 37

When you click, the little kids jump. Click at the right time so that they climb the stairs.

Stage 38

Slide the thin sections up and down until they make whole stars.

Stage 39

Hover your cursor over the two blocks up top. Notice that there is a spot on each that you can click. Click on one of those spots to reveal part of the star, then click again to make it fall. Repeat with the other half.

Stage 40

Click the very bottom of the screen and drag up, moving all the balls up at once.

Stage 41

Follow the strings to figure out where each piece of the star puzzle goes. Drag the dots to the correct U-shaped ports. Solution, if the top row is 1,2,3,4,5 and the bottom row is A,B,C,D,E:

1B, 2E, 3C, 4D, 5A

Stage 42

When you mouse over one of the shapes, it changes. Hover near the first section of tube (where the shapes enter) for a while to make a long string of triangles. Then quickly mouse over the following sections, turning the triangles into squares, then pentagons, and finally stars.

Stage 43

Rotate the box clockwise twice so that the green section falls out. Keep rotating the box until the star falls out.

Stage 44

There is a bubble at the top of the screen, which you control with your mouse. Move the bubble so that it's over one of the X's, then click the bubble so it drops onto the X. Repeat for all the other X's.

Stage 45

Think of these as dominoes. Your goal is to make the rightmost domino fall off the edge. Set up the dominoes so they will knock that last one off, then click the hand to the left to knock them over. (You might have to do this a couple times to make sure the finger hits the first domino.)

Stage 46

This is an X-ray machine. Drag the blocks behind the screen in the middle until you find the star.

Stage 47

Grab the rectangle and swing it back and forth until you see the star.

Stage 48

Grab the biggest block (top center) and move it aside.

Stage 49

Click the floor (around the cat) to flip it upwards, revealing a yellow circle which was illuminating the cat cutout. Move the circle around to the left, then click the back wall to flip the floor down again. Keep moving the circle around until you light up all of the star.

Stage 50

Pick the box up and spin it around until another box falls out. Then pick up the new box and spin it until another box falls out. Stack them on top of each other until you get a complete star.

84 Comments

anyone else stuck on the first one?

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Alex Kantal April 18, 2010 3:35 AM

Stage 33 has me stumped. I only need to complete that one, then the ones it unlocks, and it's driving me nuts that I cannot figure it out!

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sydviscious26 April 18, 2010 3:35 AM

Stage 40? i have an idea, but it's hard to implement…

put all of the green balls inside the star that are the same color. maybe it'll make a star?

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Alex Kantal April 18, 2010 3:36 AM

...Aaaand 5 seconds after I post that I figure it out. *bangs head on desk*

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sydviscious26 April 18, 2010 3:37 AM

for Alex:

What does the magnifying glass do to what it sees? it enlarges it right? Maybe youre just not enlarging the right spot.

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*sigh*

Just like the last one, this is so easy it's disappointing. The first three games had a perfect difficulty level; they weren't mind-meltingly obscure, but at least they took a little thought.

These levels, on the whole, weren't even as nice to look at as the previous set. A few of them (26, 29, and 37 in particular) were nice, but otherwise it just felt... average. I mean, it's not ugly (of course), but the one thing that made Ringo playable was that it was a consistently beautiful game. This one is even easier than Ringo and not as pretty.

If the next Hoshi Saga game doesn't step up the difficulty, I'll be sorely disappointed. The original three were genius. Near-perfect, in my opinion. I really have no clue why Yoshio Ishii decided to start making them so easy.

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sydviscious26 April 18, 2010 3:39 AM

HAHA just kidding about stage 40! IT'S WAY EASY!

hint: think elevator

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Alex Kantal April 18, 2010 3:39 AM

A bit slow there sydviscious. I kinda got it already, although now I noticed I still need to do stage 40. I tried what you suggested above but I just don't seem to have the patience for it. Oh well.

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Anonymous April 18, 2010 3:49 AM

stage 42?
help!

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Ronberto April 18, 2010 3:59 AM

ah really easy again, only problem I had was on 40, but once you figure it out it's like -.- lol

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Anonymous April 18, 2010 4:04 AM

help for stage 40?

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Ronberto April 18, 2010 4:12 AM

Level 40:

Try looking for something to move them all away at once.

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StephenM3 April 18, 2010 4:16 AM

This is the first time I've even heard of the series, but I enjoyed it quite a bit. I'm glad I encountered the 'easy' ones first, but I found it enjoyable simply as a series of interesting graphics and toys, with a not-so-difficult goal in each one. I'll definitely be glad to go back and look at the others, and challenge myself a bit more, too!

Stage 40, however, wasn't very fun for me, and stumbling upon the answer extracted a "what, really?" rather than an the desirable "oh, right!". Here's some progressively more useful hints:

The balls aren't theonly thing you can drag around

The other thing you can click on doesn't look like it should be a 'thing' at all.

The bottom part of the border is actually an object that can be moved

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This one was way too easy. With a few exceptions that I went back to later (25, 40) and a single exception that almost made me ragequit (41) it was a nice easy game. Almost nice enough to make me overlook the fact that stage 39 has a three-star difficulty and yet all you do is click twice on each of the incredibly obvious crusher-things. Plus clicking on both of them in the same cycle makes it glitch.

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blackbetty belgium April 18, 2010 4:20 AM

PIEEEEEECE OF CAKE.

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Hint for Stage 33:

There is no tiny star that needs enlarging, don't look for it.

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omg 42...?

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I may go nuts if I dont have help with 34

please I beg you

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@Vienna:

You've probably realized this, but you have to pull the strings to rotate the circles so they form the star.

The correct spot is near the lower-left corner, directly below the center of the large circle on the left tip of the star.

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And for those stuck on 42:

Every time you hover the mouse over a shape, it will change into another shape, from circles to triangles to squares to pentagons to stars. Just hover the mouse over a particular shape four times before it reaches the end of the pipe to clear the stage.

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Feelgood April 18, 2010 5:35 AM

The First parts were quite good and even challenging...now it's just pretty and way too easy...not challenging at all..rather disappointing...

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criticaleye April 18, 2010 5:40 AM

Completed everything except Level 1! Can someone screenshot me what it has to look like?

Is it meant to be it's shadow that looks like a star? Becayse I've made it look like a star but nothing happen>!

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Sorry, I'm stuck on stage 45.

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littlefish April 18, 2010 7:22 AM

And the title means?
"Ringo" was apple. I found a translator that says "ame" is rain. Is this correct - ringoame = applerain ?

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misandry April 18, 2010 7:51 AM

Level 45?
HELP!!!

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midiphile April 18, 2010 7:55 AM

@criticaleye

Drag your mouse slowly from right to left a few times. When you hit the right spot the shadow will look like a star and the shapes will collapse down to fill the shadow. If you move slowly it will work.

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Lavos I am indebted xx

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It doesn't work for me... I open any stage and all I get is a black screen with a white "0" below (yes, I waited for it to load, the browser even says "loading" for a while but then says done).

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Level 48 cracked me up.

When I first saw the sliding puzzle I said "Oh no WAY" as my brain wildly forgot that this was marked with half a star. And then I clicked the big square and just broke the thing apart and started laughing.

Overall I too miss the more challenging Hoshi Saga games. He must have some reason for deliberately making these so much easier though.

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Robert M. April 18, 2010 9:09 AM

Same here, koro... (although the 0 changes to a -385) I hope whatever is causing this is temporary, because I'm really looking forward to this one.

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Canadiangirl April 18, 2010 9:37 AM

I also get a black screen with "0" and the only thing I can do is reload the whole game....Too bad, really wanted to play this.

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Stuck on level 41. can anybody help?

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flowerdoggie April 18, 2010 9:57 AM

Does anyone else find that the majority of the levels don't load all the way?

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@Canadiangirl @flowerdoggie @koro:

I was able to get through all the levels by continually reloading. They appear to be having overloaded server syndrome. Forunately the game saves your progress.

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anyone got a walkthrough?

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@littlefish "Ame" also means "candy." "Ringoame" is "candy apple."

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Looks like JIG crashed their servers! Just shows what a great game series this is!

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Koro, I'm also having loading trouble. I hit refresh and sometimes that clears it up, but sometimes it doesn't. :(

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Wow, the artwork is gorgeous on this one. I just want to sit and rotate the first one for a while.

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I love these games, even though I was thinking this one was easy...until I hit 45! Now I am stuck. Any help?

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And, as usual when I finally admit to not being able to figure it out on line, I figure it out.
here's a hint on 45, but I'm not get at hints.

Look at the very bottom of the left string. What do you see? Then all you need to do is figure out how to use the pulley.

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sandsnake April 18, 2010 12:00 PM

Easy, yet highly amusing. I still can't figure out why I like these so much. (:

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I laughed out loud at stage 40. And I had already had fun

trying to move the balls around

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I'm getting a 503 server error.

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Level 41 is wrong. The right and left arms of the star are reversed.

Try it now drlemon - this should help.

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Yeah, I was SO excited to play this and then I get 'Service is Temporaily Unavailable' message. *sigh*

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Hoshi Saga Ringoame Walkthrough

Level 26

  • Click on the right side of the screen, hold, and slowly drag to the left.

  • Watch the shadow underneath the shape, when it becomes a star, stop dragging and release the mouse button.

  • If you get to the left of the screen and the shadow hasn't become a star yet, release, go to the right, click and drag again.

  • Screenshot.

Level 27

  • Click on the block and drag it left and upwards until it lines up with the block next to the nearly complete star.

  • Release and watch the block sink to create the star.

  • Screenshot.

Level 28

  • Click and drag the chains by the top, where they are attached to the poles.

  • Leave the far left chain where it is.

  • Click and drag the middle chain to the left until the hanging yellow piece just touches the one on the far left.

  • Click and drag the piece attached to the top bar until it forms the top of the star.

  • Click and drag the far right chain until the piece just touches.

  • Click and drag the now far right piece into place and you have a star.

  • Screenshot.

Level 29

  • Click anywhere on the scenery and drag to the right until the star appears between the trees.

  • Screenshot.

Level 30

  • Notice that your cursor has an unlit candle attached.

  • Drag the cursor to the central candle and light it.

  • Once your candle is lit hover to the edges of the star shape and light the candles.

  • Screenshot.

Level 31

  • Click and drag the bottom piece of metal from right to left until the painted part of the gear rotates to the bottom.

  • Screenshot.

Level 32

  • The blue eight pointed star is on a series of concentric squares.

  • Clicking on the right side of a square flips a piece to the left, clicking on the right side of a square flips to the right.

  • Start with the inner square and click on the right side.

  • The next square out click on the left side.

  • The third square out click on the right side.

  • At this point the inside should start to take the shape of a yellow star.

  • The fourth square out click on the left.

  • The fifth square out click on the right.

  • The last square out click on the left.

  • Screenshot.

Level 33

  • Move the magnifying glass to the right until the edge of the glass covers the gap in the star.

  • Screenshot.

Level 34

  • Drag the strings to the left and downwards until the star is formed.

  • Screenshot.

Level 35

  • Pull down the zipper to reveal the star.

  • Screenshot.

Level 36

  • You will notice three areas that don't quite blend in with the background.

  • Click on the "back" or the blue middle section several times to tip it backwards.

  • Once it tips backwards, the star will be revealed.

  • Screenshot.

Level 37

  • Each girl is carrying half of the star.

  • You can make them jump by clicking with the mouse.

  • Wait until they are near the step, then click and they will jump to the next level.

  • Continue jumping the girls until they meet in the middle.

  • Screenshot.

Level 38

  • This is a simple slider puzzle.

  • Click on one "band" and drag it until it matches the one next to it.

  • Continue to drag the "bands" until the stars are formed.

  • Screenshot.

Level 39

  • Wait until the machinery slams the blocks together in the middle.

  • When the blocks meet, click on the left block and part of the star will drop down. Click fast!

  • Whey the blocks meet again, click on the right block to get the rest of the star.

  • Screenshot.

Level 40

  • You can click and drag the circles, but that won't get you anywhere.

  • Click on the bottom of the "box" and drag upwards, like opening a window.

  • Screenshot.

Level 41

  • Look carefully at the pieces of the star on top.

  • You want them to arrive in the proper place at the bottom, and that means figuring out which path goes where.

  • Connect the dots from the top row to the circles below in this order:

  • Top left dot to the second circle from the left on the bottom.

  • Second from the left dot on the top to the far right circle on the bottom.

  • Middle top dot to the middle bottom circle (right below).

  • Fourth dot from the left (top) to the fourth circle from the left (bottom) (right below).

  • Far right dot on the top to the far left circle on the bottom.

  • Screenshot.

Level 42

  • As the circles fall down from the pipe on the left, hold the mouse over them and they turn into triangles.

  • Quickly move the mouse to the shapes coming out of the pipe on the bottom, holding the mouse over the triangles turns them into squares.

  • Quickly move to the right and hold the mouse over the squares to turn them into pentagons.

  • Quickly move the mouse to the top and hold the cursor over the pentagons to create stars.

  • Stars should then fall from the end of the pipe.

  • Screenshot.

Level 43

  • Notice the green strip at the top of the blue square? You want to rotate the blue square so that the green strip is at the bottom.

  • Click on either of the arrow circles twice to rotate the blue square. Notice that the green box that drops out has a yellow stripe.

  • Click on the arrow circle at the bottom left of the blue box to rotate the shapes so that the yellow stripe is now at the "bottom".

  • The yellow box that drops out has a brown line, you now want that brown line at the bottom.

  • Click on the arrow circle at the top left of the blue box to rotate the shapes so that the brown line is at the bottom.

  • The brown box has a purple stripe that you want at the bottom. Click on the circle arrow in the lower left of the blue box to rotate.

  • Now the purple shape has a blue line at the bottom. Click on the circle arrow on the lower right of the blue box to rotate.

  • The final small blue box has an open edge. Click on the circle arrow on the upper right of the big blue box to rotate.

  • Screenshot.

Level 44

  • Notice that the bubble at the top will follow your cursor to the left or right.

  • Move until the bubble is directly over one "X" on the board.

  • Now move the cursor up to the bubble and click on the bubble to drop it.

  • If you aimed right, the bubble will "paint" the area around the X pink.

  • Continue to aim and drop the bubble on the Xs until the star is formed.

  • The bubble will cause the shape to rotate, so if an X is in a place where you can't drop the bubble, drop the bubble on the star tips to rotate.

  • Screenshot.

Level 45

  • Notice the hand with the pointed finger at the left of the screen, on the bar where the yellow shapes are.

  • Think of the yellow shapes as dominoes.

  • Space the shapes out with one at the very right of the bar.

  • Click on the finger and it will push the first shape.

  • If you spaced them correctly, they will fall like dominoes, forcing the one on the far right to fall and slide down the slope.

  • Screenshot.

Level 46

  • The center gray box is an x-ray machine that can look into any box you drag behind it.

  • The star is in the bottom right box. Click and drag the box to the x-ray machine to see the star.

  • Screenshot.

Level 47

  • Behind the shape with the cutouts is the star on a chain. Drag the shape quickly to the right or left and the star will swing out from behind.

  • Screenshot.

Level 48

  • There are several smaller boxes with Chinese characters (Japanese characters?) on them. The largest box, in the upper middle, is hiding the star.

  • Click and drag that shape down to reveal the star.

  • Screenshot.

Level 49

  • Click on the yellow cat and the "floor" will raise up.

  • Notice that the cat is a cut out and that the yellow dot was underneath.

  • Move the yellow dot to the left of the floor, then click on the top to drop it down.

  • Now you can see the star. It may take several tries to get the yellow dot in the exact right area to illuminate the entire star cutout.

  • Screenshot.

Level 50

  • If you pick up the green box by the corner and turn it over, a medium sized green box will fall out.

  • Pick up the medium green box by the corner and turn it over to drop out the small green box.

  • Rotate the large green box until the star tips are at the top.

  • Rotate the medium green box and drop it on the large green box to form the star shape.

  • Now rotate the small green box and drop it on the medium to complete the star.

  • Screenshot.

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OKtomcat April 18, 2010 3:38 PM

AaronzDad,

I thought they were reversed at first, too. After the fourth attempt, I realized that the tendrils are actually wrapping around the screen, rather than curling back around and coming in the same side.

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nerdypants April 18, 2010 3:52 PM

WALKTHROUGH

Stage 26

Click and drag to the left until the shadow on the ground makes a star.

Stage 27

Click and drag the cube with the triangle on it so it falls into the space above the rest of the star.

Stage 28

Move the chains (using the dots above) so that the pieces of star fit together.

Stage 29

Click and drag left and right until you uncover the star.

Stage 30

Move your mouse over the flame in the middle to light your candle. Now use your candle to light the candles at the points of the star.

Stage 31

Click and drag the bottom section to the left or right until you find the rest of the star.

Stage 32

The picture is divided into sections which flip like pages in a book. Click the various sections on the right or left side until you've revealed all parts of the star.

Stage 33

Click and drag the magnifying glass until its bottom left edge meets the bottom left edge of the little detached section of star. That should magnify it, revealing the whole star.

Stage 34

For this one, your cursor needs to be in the bottom left section of the screen. Start at about where that inner corner of the star would be, and move out towards the edge of the screen.

Stage 35

Pull the zipper down.

Stage 36

Click the backs of the L-shaped boards (top half of the screen) repeatedly until they fall over.

Stage 37

When you click, the little kids jump. Click at the right time so that they climb the stairs.

Stage 38

Slide the thin sections up and down until they make whole stars.

Stage 39

Hover your cursor over the two blocks up top. Notice that there is a spot on each that you can click. Click on one of those spots to reveal part of the star, then click again to make it fall. Repeat with the other half.

Stage 40

Click the very bottom of the screen and drag up, moving all the balls up at once.

Stage 41

Follow the strings to figure out where each piece of the star puzzle goes. Drag the dots to the correct U-shaped ports. Solution, if the top row is 1,2,3,4,5 and the bottom row is A,B,C,D,E:

1B, 2E, 3C, 4D, 5A

Stage 42

When you mouse over one of the shapes, it changes. Hover near the first section of tube (where the shapes enter) for a while to make a long string of triangles. Then quickly mouse over the following sections, turning the triangles into squares, then pentagons, and finally stars.

Stage 43

Rotate the box clockwise twice so that the green section falls out. Keep rotating the box until the star falls out.

Stage 44

There is a bubble at the top of the screen, which you control with your mouse. Move the bubble so that it's over one of the X's, then click the bubble so it drops onto the X. Repeat for all the other X's.

Stage 45

Think of these as dominoes. Your goal is to make the rightmost domino fall off the edge. Set up the dominoes so they will knock that last one off, then click the hand to the left to knock them over. (You might have to do this a couple times to make sure the finger hits the first domino.)

Stage 46

This is an X-ray machine. Drag the blocks behind the screen in the middle until you find the star.

Stage 47

Grab the rectangle and swing it back and forth until you see the star.

Stage 48

Grab the biggest block (top center) and move it aside.

Stage 49

Click the floor (around the cat) to flip it upwards, revealing a yellow circle which was illuminating the cat cutout. Move the circle around to the left, then click the back wall to flip the floor down again. Keep moving the circle around until you light up all of the star.

Stage 50

Pick the box up and spin it around until another box falls out. Then pick up the new box and spin it until another box falls out. Stack them on top of each other until you get a complete star.

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person man April 18, 2010 3:57 PM

surprisingly easy installment to the hoshi saga. I particualrly enjoyed seeing some color this time around, and the 3-d and physics puzzles were top-notch.

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Daphne B. April 18, 2010 4:10 PM

Hey Yoshio, if you happen to read this, I keep getting an error when loading a new level -- the "number of bytes left" turns into -385 (negative) and freezes, and doesn't change. The only way to fix is to reload the page. Fortunately it does remember my progress, but, you know, you might want to look at that.

[It's due to the server being overloaded as the game was just released early this morning. Try one of the alternate links provided, or wait a few days for the traffic to die down a bit. -Jay]

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Always one of my favorites. Thanks for keeping us up to date on this series!

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blakyoshi7 April 18, 2010 5:24 PM

Why do I keep misreading this as "Hoshi Saga Ringtone"?

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site freezes up quite often. now the page is temporarily unavailable. hopefully it'll either fix,or maybe an alternate site will solve the issue. In either case i'm about 45-50% of the way through. good job as always on the walkthrough Grinny. :)

[Note there are actually 3 different URLs you can use to access the game. The alternate URLs are included above at the end of the review. -Jay]

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Taleweaver April 18, 2010 6:03 PM

Beautiful as usual, but much too easy this time. Where are the challenging puzzles? The Five-Stars? Really, if it's this disappointing from now on, please stop making more Hoshi Saga and start something new that's at least moderately challenging!

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If you see a blank screen with a 0 at the bottom just close and reopen the game. That worked for me.

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what's with level 42? no matter what i do i can't beat this level. any idea what i'm doing wrong?

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meester man April 18, 2010 7:08 PM

Did anyone else notice that

Upon returning from the credits, a sign saying "Stage 100" flashed up in the top left? Anyone know what this is?

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Done. The only one I needed to check here for was Level 40... And for level 41, I noticed that

the left and right ones were reversed, so I just switched the ones that led to each.

Not nearly as hard as some in earlier iterations, but nice and casual.

meester man, no such thing happened for me.

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Grant Thurston April 18, 2010 8:41 PM

Even though I still like the series, it'd be nice if they'd do something to make it more challenging...

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nerdypants April 18, 2010 9:59 PM

Paul, about Stage 42:

You have to be kind of quick with your mouse. Whenever you touch one of the shapes, it changes. Start by hovering where the circles emerge, and stay there until you have all triangles. Then quickly move to the next section and turn some triangles into squares, then go to the next section and make some pentagons. If you can catch one of the pentagons in the last section before they fall out, you should find a star.

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Way to go JIG, you crashed another poor mans site with your traffic XD.

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Hosted on the WORST SERVERS EVER! Two different connections (different ISPs) and I get either Service Temporarily Unavailable or a level doesn't load so I have to refresh to get Service Unavailable again.

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I love this series!
I actually managed to complete this one, without any help! So happy. :D

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Sheer_Cold April 19, 2010 6:56 AM

For those wondering, the title of the game (Hoshi Saga Ringoame) , (星探�-檎飴) literally means Star Search Candied Apple. or something like that. Why Ishii didn't just go on to Hoshi Saga Orenjii (orange) is beyond me though. :P

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i know,nerdypants but it never does anything no matter how fast i am. i guess i'll just end it here.

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I keep having the issue with individual puzzles not loading - magelie's advice works, but for some puzzles I needed to close and reopen at least five times! Otherwise this game is gorgeous, although on the easy side.

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Anonymous April 19, 2010 11:21 AM

Hmm. Neat ideas, BUT:

1/3 of the levels are insultingly easy (the zipper @ 35? come on...)

1/3 of the levels are frustratingly impossible (too much to try or no way to guess the correct option unless you already know it or just get lucky -- impossible to figure out logically by less than truly lengthy trial-and-error. examples: 26, 34, 40)

The last third are probably about right, very nice and yet not too frustrating or easy. Honestly, that's more than I see from many puzzle games lately, so I have to give them credit.

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Arainach April 19, 2010 1:12 PM

A bit too easy, and the server is horrible (503 errors/puzzles not loading abound). Still a nice quick time waster.

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tenkuchima April 19, 2010 4:14 PM

just like the last one, way too easy. I hope this trend stops with this game.

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KamenZero April 19, 2010 8:21 PM

On level 26

I have the shadow in the position it needs to be but its not giving me the Completed message..

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KamenZero -

I found it didn't work if I spun the column all the way to one side, the other worked! If you went left, try going right, or vice versa.

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just finished, now that 49 is willing to load. And it's definitely too easy, same as the last one.

26, 34, 41, and 42 were about right for easy-to-middling puzzles. I would have given them all 1-2 stars. Why 39 rates 3 stars I do not understand. 40 was hard but I don't like that it relies on a trick. Everything else was just too simple. It didn't require thought, just mousing over until you found the right spot to click. 32, 44, and 47 had nice concepts, though.

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Patreon VIP Chiktionary April 20, 2010 4:00 AM

Like an oasis in the desert, Hoshi Saga Ringoame appeared miraculously on JiG at a time when I really needed the diversion ~ Simply Superb.

Having to reload the game every couple of levels was somewhat annoying, particularly when the server was temporarily unavailable, but it was all worth it.

Thanks Yoshio Ishii :)
and Thanks JiG :)

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This game is so ludicrously and insultingly easy compared to the others that it doesn't feel like the same game. Why were almost half the puzzles one and 1/2 star difficulty? Why is it I completed this in less than half an hour? Why weren't there any 3.5 or above difficulty puzzles? Why was the last puzzle

The one where you just simply lift boxes

so easy? Half the puzzles feel like how-to-play puzzles, and I could understand if the whole series was like this, but they weren't. It took me only a minute max on any of these.

Over all, if the next one is this easy, I probably won't bother, because not only were the puzzles easy, they were short.

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someone May 9, 2010 9:00 PM

ahh.. *sigh* im kinda depressed... its too easy, its sad how this series started and went.

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Hey I completed all the Hoshi Saga games so I hope I can help with the problems I just read.

level 40 : just 1 trick, grab the surface with your mouse and lift it up. The star is actually behind the circles!

level 45: Put all the bricks after each other with a space in between. It's just like the game "Domino". Then click on the pointing finger. You now have completed the level.

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Level 1:

Make the shadow look like a star and then let go and it will fall into a star.

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For my money, this was hands down the most beautiful installment in the Hoshi Saga series. The forest level and the cat-and-moon level alone take it to #1, visually speaking.

And I for one enjoyed the more relaxed difficulty level. All the people complaining and threatening to stop playing the series (I'm sure Yoshio Ishii is terrified) if it doesn't get harder next time should take a moment to think about someone other than themselves... and maybe remember that the web is chock-full of browser games that are plenty hard, hard enough that more people would find them unplayable than would both enjoy and beat the game. A game that's "too" easy for some people is accessible to more players.

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Reminds me of clickplay. :)

Except I like the level choosing feature here. :D

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sunnylauren February 16, 2011 10:43 AM

YAAAAYYY! Finished it for the first time EVER! No help or anything...this is the first time I've finished any Hoshi Saga game completely. I just wish

that they'd at least have a congratulatory message, if not a bonus level or something.

This is definitely on my list of favorite games ever!

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yeah i think that was a bit to easy i only needed help on 40 and 42! :)

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