Firework Thrower Kantaro's 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō

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Firework Thrower Kantaro's 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō
Developer Tose
Publisher Sunsoft
Media Kite (Classic Games and re-release)
D4 Enterprise (ProjectEGG)
Platforms Family Computer, Nintendo 3DS, PS1, Switch, Windows
Released Family Computer
Japan: July 3, 1986
Windows
Japan (Sunsoft Classic Games 2): June 29, 2001
Japan (Project EGG): March 30, 2010
Japan (Masterpiece Selection 2): July 2, 2004
Japan (Retro Game Selection: April 17, 2024
WW (Retro Game Selection: September 6, 2024
PlayStation (Memorial☆Series Vol. 3)
Japan: December 27, 2001
Mobile phones (DoJa)
Japan: September 19, 2003
PS3, PSP (PSOne Classics)
Japan: September 27, 2007
Wii (Virtual Console)
Japan: October 14, 2008
Nintendo 3DS (Virtual Console)
Japan: September 18, 2013
Wii U (Virtual Console)
Japan: October 7, 2015
Switch (Retro Game Selection)
Japan: April 18, 2024
Worldwide: September 6, 2024
Added to
Museum
Windows (Retro Game Selection): April 17, 2024
Unofficial fan translation: May 12, 2024

Firework Thrower Kantaro's 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō (かんしゃく玉投げカン太郎の東海道五十三次, Kanshaku tamanage Kantarō no Tōkaidō Gojūsan-tsugi) is an action video game developed and published by Sunsoft.

Versions

Firework Thrower Kantaro's 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō was originally released for Family Computer in Japan on July 3, 1986.

It was later bundled with Ikki for Windows in Ultra 2000 Sunsoft Classic Games Vol. 2 on June 29, 2001 and in its budget re-release Enjoyable Sunsoft Masterpiece Selection Vol. 2 on July 2, 2004.

A bundle with The Wing of Madoola was released in Memorial☆Series Sunsoft Vol. 3 for PlayStation in Japan on December 27, 2001.

An enhanced port for feature phones developed in DoJa was released in Japan on September 19, 2003.

The PlayStation compilation including the game was released on PSOne Classics for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable in Japan on September 27, 2007.

The Family Computer version of Firework Thrower Kantaro's 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō was released on Virtual Console for Wii in Japan on October 14, 2008, on Windows in Japan for Project EGG on March 30, 2010, on Virtual Console for Nintendo 3DS in Japan on September 18, 2013, and on Virtual Console for Wii U on October 7, 2015.

It was released in Japan on Windows in Sunsoft is Back! Retro Game Selection on April 17, 2024. The games in the compilation, which also included Ripple Island and The Wing of Madoola, were released in English for the first time on September 6, 2024. The compilation was also released on Nintendo Switch in Japan on April 18, 2024 and worldwide on September 6, 2024.

Fan translation

On July 3, 2005, a group named KingMike's Translations released an English fan translation of the game as Kantaro the Pyro's Journey Across the Toukaido.