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By this point, all three Bonus Stages are implemented and functional. In normal play, Star Posts will randomly send the player to any of the three Bonus Stages when they pass one with at least 50 Rings. The color of the stars is always white.
Glowing Spheres
Entering the Glowing Spheres Bonus Stage makes the player lose all their Rings and Shield. The score and timer are displayed on the HUD here, which doesn't happen for the other two Bonus Stages.
This Bonus Stage has a different layout with many items, with the items falling downward instead of upwards. The excess amount of objects causes the game to slow down at points.
There's a chance the player will get a green sphere with an F on it. It only makes the bumper sound the black ones make and has no other effect.
Map
Slot Machine
The Slot Machine Bonus Stage has had its layout changed from Sonic 3C 0408, but is still very different from the final. Again, there are no GOAL blocks (though the blue blocks will turn into GOAL blocks). There are a total of 112 Rings in this layout, the most of any iteration of this Bonus Stage across all known builds.
The background in the Slot Machine Bonus Stage is still completely static. The little objects don't rotate and nothing scrolls.
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