The plan: part 1 Read the text: The stages are accessed by jumping into Giant Rings, which appear just after the Signpost at the end of each Zone's Acts 1 and 2 if Sonic (Pesky!) has 50 or more Rings. The exception to this is Scrap Brain Zone, none of whose Acts offer Giant Rings (but in the GBA version of this game, the first act does offer one).
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