Marker

The Marker^[1] (マーカー^[2], Mākā^?), also referred to as the Arrow Monitor^[3] (ポイントマーカー^[4], Pointomākā^?, lit. "Point Marker") is a Monitor power-up that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. When obtained, the players' progress up to that point in a Zone will be saved, so when the player loses a life, the playable character will start over from the last Marker they opened.

Description

The Marker is an old-fashion Monitor with a red or orange "↓" icon on its screen.

Markers function as check points for each point of their respective Zones. When the player opens a Marker's Monitor and loses their life or gets time out afterward, the playable character is returned to the spot of the last Marker they opened where they will start the gameplay over from the point in time the Marker was opened. This does not apply when the player gets Game Over for losing all their lives. Also, when the player respawns at a broken Marker, they will possess zero Rings.

Game appearances

Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit)

The Markers made their first appearance in the 8-bit version of Sonic the Hedgehog. In this game, the arrow on their monitors is orange. They are also each referred to as the Arrow Monitor^[3] (ポイントマーカー^[4], Pointomākā^?, lit. "Point Marker").

Sonic the Hedgehog Triple Trouble

In Sonic the Hedgehog Triple Trouble, the Markers have a black arrow with an orange outline on their monitors. In this game, they are also each referred to as the Marker^[1] (マーカー^[2], Mākā^?). In gameplay, Markers do not appear in the third Act of most Zones, although one is featured in the third Act of the last Zone, Atomic Destroyer Zone.

Sonic Blast

In Sonic Blast, the Markers have a red arrow on their monitors. In this game, they are also each referred to as the Marker (マーカー^[5], Mākā^?). In gameplay, Markers do not appear in the third Act of the Zones, which feature boss battles.

Trivia

• Arrow monitors do not appear in the 8-bit version of Sonic the Hedgehog 2, although unused in-game graphics are in the game's data.

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See also

• Star Post

References

Item Box power-ups

1-Up	Aqua Shield	Flame Shield
Invincible	Thunder Shield	Power Sneakers
Shield	Super Ring

5 Ring Bonus	20 Rings	Attract
Attack (Sonic Advance 2)	Attack (Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity)	Bashosen
Big 50 Ring	Blizzard Bomb	Blue Shield
Bomb	Booby Trap	Bowling Strike
Bubble Bomb	Bunny Boost	Chao Attack
Chao-nado	Chaos Emerald	Change
Character	Chopper Chomp	Colorball
Combi Catcher	Combine Ring	Combination Dash
Combo Bonus	Confusion	Continue Monitor
Cyclone Charge	Damage Recover	Dead End
Drac-O'-Lantern	Dragon Dance	Eggman Mark
Electro Boost	EMP Boost	Explosion
Exploding Balloon	Explosive Mine	Festive Umbrella Boost
Fire Boost	Fire Whirl	Fireball
Firework Flurry	Flame Jump	Flue Shot
Fly Charge	Free Throw	Frozen Chopper Chomp
Gauge Up	Gold Shield	GP Boost

Grow	Harvest Time	Health
Heat Barrier	Hedge Maze	High Speed
Home Run	Hyper Heli-Tails	Ice Mine
Ice Wave	Illusion Boost	Illusion Mine
Jet Board	Jump	Lava Bomb
Lightning	Lilytrap	Magnet
Marker	Maximum Tension Bonus	Mine
Minus Ring	Mosaic	Moto-Bug
Octo-Boost	Octo-Ink	Player Swap
Pogo Spring	Power Core	Pyro-Mine
Random	Random Ring Bonus	Reaper
Red Shield	Ring Can	Rings
Ring Portal	Rocket Shoes	S
Propeller Shoes	Shrink	Skateboard
Slow	Soda Rocket	Speed Down
Stage Select	Star Trail	Steal
Steal Boost	Steal Wisp	Storm Cloud
Strike Out	Special Combination	Spring
Support Spring	Swap	Target Torpedo
Tee Shot	Team Blast Ring	Tension Bonus
Time Bonus	Time Stop	Tornado
Transparency	Trap Shot	Twister
Umbrella Boost	Warp	Whirlwind
Wind Boost	Wipeout	Wrench Rush
Zap Trap

Enerbeam	Magnet (Sonic Boom)	Score Doubler
Shield (Sonic Boom)	Super Ring (Sonic Boom)

Floating Item Box

Item Panel

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