The Status Strip at the top of the screen provides the following information at the appropriate time.
Player Number and Lives: Shows who is playing and the number of lives remaining. Sonic starts with 3 lives and gains an extra life by reaching 20,000,000 points.
Emeralds: Shows the number of Chaos Emeralds remaining in each level and how many times an obstacle needs to be hit, before opening a path to the Emerald.
Urgent Orders: These messages need a quick reaction!
Loop Successes: Shows how many loops you've completed.
Score Update: Shows your current score.
End Totals and Bonuses: Shows the total score for loops, rings and time at the end of a level.
Sonic Status: If you see “TOO BAAAD,” you'll get another shot, but the game is finished when “GAME OVER” is displayed.
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