RQ: Steel Saviour End Level Multiplier: Solved!

[mjclark]

Ok, at the end of each level in Steel Saviour there's a red coin multiplier that determines whether you get a 1up for the next level, but how are the red coins acquired-is it maximum chains ...or something?

SOLVED: The instruction manual explains that that the number of extra lives awarded at the end of each stage is determined by the proportion of available bonus items (those things that look like little charms from a charm-bracelet) collected in that stage.One third of available bonus items collected gives one extra life,two thirds collected gives two extra lives and all possible bonus items collected gives three lives.
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