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Lives are present in most Sonic games. They represent how many chances the player has to get through the level.

If a player is hit and has one or more rings, the player will lose all of their rings, but will not die. If they get hit with zero rings, they will lose a life and return to the last checkpoint, or the beginning of the act. There are other ways to losing lives, such as drowning, falling into a bottom-less pit, or by being crushed. Players can get extra lives by collecting 100 Rings in a level, scoring specific amounts of points, collecting lots of rings in a Special Stage, or by breaking a extra life monitor.