Umm... ok. Where is the game? Is it just me, or is there nothing there?

I think it's just you. The game is loading fine on this end. I've even emptied my cache first and tried loading again, successfully.

Perhaps you need to update your Flash Player?

I like it so far, but, I gotta say...

Yes, I agree Mea. Unforgiving is a good word.

i've got most of them done already...
Except that twinkle twinkle one...

40
62 and the accompanying unlocked ones

Any help on 40 *the skirts* or 60 *the building?

and maybe the order of the glasses since i'm severely tone deaf

i feel dumb for asking for help so early but does anyone have levels 49 or 40?

40:

The only one I'm stuck on is level 40. Any help?

I got stuck on 49, 55, and 61, and by consequence could not access 53, 59, 65, 67, 70, or 71. Solutions for the rest follow.

oops didn't see previous post lol

Beat it. Got to sleep now.

Yeah, 49 and 60 are giving me fits. 49 is opaque to me, and 61 seems like there's an obvious thing to do, only nothing happens...

49:

anddddd how does this bomb appear?

Oh, got 61. Silly me. It's 50 that is my bane at the moment.

There is either no review, or it is implied that you know what this is the sequel too.

This game sure knows how to combine absurdly easy with absurdly difficult.

Oh ho ho, the answer to 49 is REALLY

I love these little quirks.

weirdguy - it takes a bit for the tag pages to update (they update via cron job). That page will be filled in soon. In the meantime, here's a link to the first Hoshi Saga review...

https://jayisgames.com/archives/2007/05/hoshi_saga.php

Stage 65:

i love how the only 5 star difficulty is a music puzzle, and being a musician, i figured it out on like my second try =]

Complete walkthrough:

[Edit: with thanks to weirdguy for augmenting Kevin's steps to levels 49 and 61. -Jay]

Woot, got them all!

Is it just me, or did this one seem slightly less challenging overall than the first batch?

loving this game so far. i'm stuck on 68 and 70 (and whatever they subsequently unlock). i know what i'm supposed to do with each, it's just doing it that's hard! i'm glad there was a sequel to this game. i really liked how they included more sound effects into the puzzles, they add to the experience. cheers for posting this!

Broke through stage 61!:

For stage 55:

Hahahaha. I was slowly trying to write a walkthrough, but Kevin beat me to it. Great job!

Barring 40 and 49 (which have been finished by jay, see above if you need help), I have finished everything but 61, 65, 67, and 71.

41:

53:

55:

59:

70:

For stage 60:

:/ Didn't see the complete walkthrough Kevin posted. Good work, man.

Complete walkthrough:

The levels are ordered by number from the last game, so we start with 36. This guide is pretty in-depth, save for the surprises that occur when you solve the puzzles.

Cheers for the effort, weirdguy. =)

I've added yours to the walkthrough section as well.

For those of you who have given up on level 70!

Could someone please take a snapshot of the solution to 61? I can't get it right for some reason.

Here you go, Brandon...

Level 61 screenshot:

Awesome game! Really fun to explore each new level, I liked the music-stage. I did need some help on 40, the one with the skirts. I was close to the solution, but gave up too early ;)
I hope there's more 'expansions' soon!

Hey, Jay, where's the click? And where is Harukio? I haven't noticed him

Argh. Does anyone have a more detailed solution for 70? Specifically the last turning point/obstacle. What angle should I be trying to rotate to?

This one is almost as good as the first. Maybe the first was a bit more varied in difficulty and harder overall but still a fun lunchtime's entertainment. I liked the music one because it wasn't too easy, and the only other one that was more than a little challenging was the skirts. I was even looking for the ecchi wind reference, but it took a look at the comments to find out how to do it. Maybe a slight ripple when you were doing almost the right thing would have helped.

Hmmm, stage 36 doesn't want to load for me, very annoying

This game (and every level) loads at 1/100th the speed their 1st game loaded. What happen? Jay, you mentioned something about a cron job?

[Edit: I have nothing to do with the loading of this game. It's entirely due to the traffic Ishii-san is receiving at his site. When the game first launched, the game was loading very quickly; now with word getting around the Web about it, you will encounter loading delays. That's just the way servers work when they are overloaded, if you can reach them at all. -Jay]

Long loading times...

Anybody knows similiar games? Except Click Drag Type ;).

Great, now the sound won't load for the crystal glass level.

If someone had explained to me how Hoshi Saga was about, I would have very probably said it's a boring game - but I met it before anyone could have commented on it and, don't know how that works, but I liked it a lot.

Now, Hoshi 2 is the same stuff. Nothing new, no surprises, "no strings attached", it's just plain fun.

I found the sequel definitely - though not by far - easier than the first one, I solved it in like half an hour without any kind of hint or walkthru, but that's quite OK for a game like this.

Good work, hope to see Hoshi Saga #3 some day.

Website hosed, lol. Takes upwards of 5 minutes for each level to load!

I agree with Mike D: the music one's only hard if you don't know music, or how to play those "instruments". Before I got the hint that happens when you play the right first note, I was just fiddling with those Legend of Zelda tunes, and didn't know what I was supposed to play.

Can anybody give further instructions on how to do #40. For the life of me I can't get it! Maybe it's because I'm using a trackpad and just can't move the cursor fast enough!?

Oh boy! No time to comment! I have to go find stuff!

Loved stage 47. Playing 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star' on the glasses was fun.

Man, that wine glass is hard until you get the hang of it. For people that have played music:
Ignore the sizes of the glasses. They're arranged from left to right CDEFGAB. That sheet music really does help.

Lastly, if you're not getting the sheet music, the first note is the glass on the far left.

Great game! And to Jay, when I was looking at this late last night, I didnt mean the game wouldnt load, I meant the text here for the game was not there. But its all there now.

Great game! And to Jay, when I was looking at this late last night, I didnt mean the game wouldnt load, I meant the text here for the game was not there. But its all there now.

Heheh, I just beat the wineglass stage on a computer at school that doesn't have speakers =D.

If anyone is having trouble with 38, note that Kevin's walkthrough is incorrect - the second walkthrough (weirdguy) is right.

Also, both walkthroughs are somewhat misleading about 46:

This game is a really good sequel, the wineglass level was by far the most fun:

Oh, and to Kegan:

I know that right clicking doesn't work in Flash but that never seems to stop me from trying it.

How to do STAGE 47:

61: I think there's more than one way to do it, but here's what I did.

Fun game, great diversion! Too bad I need diversions like I need another hole in my head.

for level 70

Argh!

LEVEL 64 --- PLEASE HELP!!

Is there a trick to the timing?

Is it just me or is it all loading very slowly?

Rufu:

I might get slammed for being pedantic about this but I just can't let these things go:

Anyway, another great installment from Yoshio Ishii! Here's hoping there's a third in the near future!

there is a way to cheat in lv70

DID IT!!!

For level 47,

You rub only the top of the glass to simulate the sound. Click then sweep across the top to get it to play the sound.

Also, play the notes according to how you know it, the musical notes come gradually, and are all there after the first phase of the song "twinkle twinkle little star".

Even that took me forever to work out.

Oh, nice little touch with the attention to details on level 47: I don't know if anyone else noticed, but

Stage 64: weirdguy's walkthrough is not very detailed for this stage, so here's an extra tip:

For those stuck on stage 68:

Before I even start, can someone tell me: do all the levels only require the mouse as input, or are there one or more (as in the first one) that use the keyboard?

Matthew - like the first one, you'll need the keyboard for at least one of them.

I freaked when I saw level 65 at first, but it turned out to be much easier than the first. One of my favorite games by far and I can't wait for a third instalment.

That was fun. My favorite level was probably 40. Heheh. 47 was also fun. I figured before I even started it that I'd have to

And I had to cheat for 70. I blame my touchpad mouse! Surely I'm not just incompetent. Anyway, great game.

I really think that this "episode" was far to easy. Maybe it's because i was new to flash gaming in general when i did the first one but this was very easy

hey Tiberius what happened to #61? ;)

For number 47:

47 was a pain.

I'm going crazy with level 70. Have read all comments and cheats. Can't do it. I can get the #@*#Star to bottom right, and then...crash. On the first game, I couldn't type fast enough to finish, and I guess I can't move fast enough for level 70. It's irritating, to say the least, to ALMOST finish both games...but I still enjoyed the heck out of them. Bring on Number 3 !!!

I just cannot get number 40! Do you have to hold the mouse button down too, or just move the mouse? I'm shaking the desk I'm trying so hard!

I play this on a laptop with a Trackpoint pointing device, and find Level 70 to be impossible. I really don't want to have to go buy a USB mouse just for one level... :)

Stage 47
For those of you who are tone death (or just can't seem to figure it out)

Kinda easy....... the first saga was harder.

I love these games, but I have two problems with them. Firstly, now I keep seeing stars everywhere I look (I think that may have been from the level where

). Secondly, the difficulty progression isn't very good. A lot of levels are ridiculously easy (sometimes I just clicked and saw the level complete screen, and then had to go back to the level to find out how I had done it), and others are very difficult (the one with the

is a good example, even after I looked at the spoilers it took me ages). It would be nice if there were a few more medium-difficulty levels. Having said that, the game is well-designed and looks great, and a lot of thought clearly went into some of the level designs.

Now fot the twinkle, twinkle little star level i got a peice of paper and began my trial and error noting down each number. How did I work out the number? The glass on the left is 1, then 2, 3, 4.. you get the idea. I hope. The main song i got to begin with is

Hope that helped you get started.

I love this series. BEST STAGE EVER: 64!

yay that was good :) i didnt need any hints this time around :D

I managed number 70 on a laptop. Granted it took many, many tries but I did it. No excuses! =P

After finishing this, does anyone know how to "reset" it so that it goes back to default levels (i.e. hidden levels around the edge, and no "star" icon next to completed levels)?

Tried clearing cookies, etc - made no difference :(

Rob - Flash developers can save your progress by using what's called a Shared Object, local storage on your computer where settings are stored. This is different than sites storing cookies.

You can access a control panel whereby you can delete the stored save data for individual sites...

http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager07.html

That link will open the control panel. Scroll the list that appears until you find the domain ece4co.vis.ne.jp, and then click the "delete website" button.

This tech note from Adobe explains the Shared Object and the settings manager in more detail...

http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=52697ee8

Thank you, Geer, for pointing out the water vibrates in 47! My computer at work has no sound, so made the level impossible, even with detailed spoiler instructions, until you pointed that out! (Many times I would strike a note and it doesn't register, so requires an extra attempt.) Even then it was hard, as can barely see the vibrations on my screen. :-)

i have to say, the one with the glasses was pretty annoying. it's a lot easier if you can read music though.

i also had trouble with level fourty, with the skirts.

He made it a little more difficult this time, that's for sure.

I am not able to make 70.

HOW DO I DO 40! the hole move the dress up and down quickly not workin.. HELP

I love both versions of Hoshi Saga. I have to admit that 40 and 49 had me stumped. I didn't have much trouble with twinkle twinkle, but I read music easily. But thanks for providing the walk-through everyone, it's very helpful.

help! 61 is so hard!

As a deaf person, I find many absolutely sound-dependent games to be outright impossible. Thus, I was very grateful after reading that the water vibrates when notes are successfully struck, and used that to guide me through part of that jingle level. However, I gave up after still making errors--this wasn't the only level giving me a lot of trouble, and I pretty much settled for almost but not quite completing the game. I had only two unfinished particularly annoying levels anyway (47 and 70), so I'm considering this game effectively beat.

huh... twinkle twinkle was REALLY freakin' easy after i figured out how to play the first note.

help 64 is so hard

can someone just please help me on 64! pls pls pls!!

FACE!
i just beat the whole thing with ONE hint!!!
...just braggin
exuse-ah moo-a...

68!#%%#$%^ >_<

Damn, this game is so good ~!! Gratulate super idea xD

finally i beat it

Yeah, I got most of these without help, but I'm still stuck on 70. For those of you who didn't cheat (apparently this doesn't work on a Mac), what direction do you have the star pointing to get through the last gap for the last point?

For the tone deaf, the notes to Twinkle Twinkle Little Star can be played as:

This is a slightly odd question, but is there a way to delete all saved progress? I know it's the same, but I'd really like to start over from the start but it keeps saving all my progress.

in lv21
it wasn't really that left top
u click the bottom of the grey part and u will hear it tinks

Solution for 61:

38 is kinda wrong on the complete walkthrough it forgets to mention that you have to click on both girls first then afterwards they'll look at the boy then you click him, he jumps, then falls through...just thought you all should know (^-^)v

Yea k 68 is making me go to wits end here anyone HAVE ANY CLUE HOW TO DO IT? And i obviusly i know to click on the square (duh) BUT WHICH ONES?

yayzz meeee!!!! i finally did it! thanx to hints and tips :)

Yaaaaahhhhhggghh! I need a Hoshi Fix! Is there a #3 coming??

47:
from left to right
1155665443322155443322554433211556654433221
good luck!

For the one with the face, a little hint:

Level 47 is the most annoying thing on two legs... well, it doesn't have two legs, but that's not the point! I knew the tune, it's just keeping my hands up to speed at almost midnight that's the problem... ^^

Well, there's loads already for 47, but:

Gosh, I hate slider puzzles. #68. That is the only one stopping me from seeing the credits.

Congrats to Yoshio on creating another of one of the most brilliantly designed/developed games reviewed by JIG.

I love it.

is it wrong that I come back to play this game about once a month?
It's so beautifully animated and such creative puzzles, I hope there's a three, come on Yoshio!!!

You know for the darn mouse avoidance pentagon one - you can just right click once the thing is folowing your mouse and click else where, to teleport it. It evem works for the last bit - you get the 5th point before dying.

yay man once i figured out how to change the arrows on lv69 it was easy from there bring it on #3

I am completely stuck on 68! some people put out cooridinates, but they didn't describe how you were supposed to use them i.e. across and then up, blah blah blah. HELP!

Hint for 64.

Number the circles that touch the middle of the screen from the top of the screen to the bottom and then number the circle that is off to the left as #5.

For those having problems with lvl. 40:

40.

hey.
everyone needs to settle down or so help me.

ok?

gooooood:]

it's pretty gross... lvl 40...

Aside from that, great game! Hoshi Saga 3?

How many seconds I have to drag the mouse???

Ahhh, I so want another sequel to this!!! It's easy to beat, like, I bet it in hours, but it's so creative!!! And I always feel so proud whenever I beat te wineglass level :3

On 40 you rub the cursor up the girls leg very fast, Naughty naughty(the girl on the right has the star underwear)

PLEASE post an actual working link to an actual game instead of a bunch of text about the game and a bunch of broken links that go nowhere.

[Edit: For your information, we always link responsibly and directly to the author's official site. This particular author has recently released a new Hoshi Saga game, which is causing his servers trouble keeping up with demand.

The links above most definitely DO go somewhere: the only OFFICIAL location where this game lives. There are no BROKEN links above. -Jay]

I know the order in which you should click the stars in stage 64

On level 70 I clicked away from firefox for a second and then I heard the sound indicating I had won. What happened?

This has to be my favourite out of the three..

Some of them are simple yet imaginative.

I can beat each level with two buttons!

You go to the game and right click it, now press play. Do it again and it says "STAGE CLEAR".

How did everyone miss 67?

for #64:

Hard to pick a favorite out of all three parts as they are all wonderful. Gotta say though, level 70 on this one really bugged me.

But congrats to the designers of these. Really fantastic and enjoyable games.

to reset your data on the home page before you click start click reset

Argg! Did anyone get 49?! It wont work!! Its the only one stopping me from winning!!
Please help!!

tbh it wasnt that hard.
i only used about 3 hints.
meh.

i'm stuck on stage 47 please help :'(

level 60

Wow, my years of violin training have made one of the hardest levels (47) in the game ridiculously easy! Yayyy!

TIP!!for level 47:

INSTRUCTIONS:

help me do 50 please!

#68

hey , ashiel, for level 40 just go up and down on the girl on the right. even on the black part.

PLEASE help with level 40. So stuck! finished rest of game though. AGGGG! help! PLZ!!!!!!

How does lvl 50 work? -.-'

67 is really weird. XD

If you're having trouble with 69,

50? pretty please?...

Nevermind. I got 50:

Ok, so I can't figure out level 40. I know people say move the mouse up and down the girl on the right, but do you keep clicking the mouse as you rub, or do you just move the mouse up and down without clicking? Any suggestions? Please help me. And be very descriptive please. I just need help on how to beat it.

I managed to whizz through them all no trouble. Until I got to level 70, that is. It's the most annoying, frustrating level I've ever played on Hoshi Saga. The first few times I attempted it, all I managed to do was move my mouse half a metre away from the computer. Now I can get to the second rotation zone.
It's so easy to touch the sides. Even an accidental 2mm move of the mouse can take you back to the start! Argh!
I may be here a while...

Level 47 with the musical notes

Does anyone know stage 49?
please really need help

#44

The Shape is a PENTAGON!!!!