Sonic 2 SMS/Game Gear Secret

[walker7]

One of the things that is so rare in the Game Gear or SMS version of Sonic 2 is to get a Tails bonus panel at the end of an act. This is worth a Continue. Here's the real secret:

At the end of an Act:
1) Have the same number of lives as when you started the Act;
2) Have exactly seventy-seven (77) rings.

I got this from looking at the game's disassembly. Has anyone on these boards ever got the Tails bonus panel before in the Game Gear version of Sonic 2?

Also, what are the conditions for each type of end-of-act Bonus panel on Sonic Chaos and Sonic Triple Trouble?

[TheMVRules]

I've got it once, on an emulator.
(I don't play Sonic games so often those days...)

This is what i found about STT:

At the end of Acts 1 and 2 of each level, a panel is spun, with a reward given based on what it lands on:

* Flicky: No prize.
* Ring: 10 rings added to final ring tally.
* Sonic: Sonic gets a 1-up, Tails gets 10,000 points.
* Tails: Tails gets a 1-up, Sonic gets 10,000 points.
* Knuckles: A continue is rewarded.
* Chaos Emerald: Start the next act with 50 rings.
* Back of Panel: The panel must be spun again.

Maybe it is just RNG that's controlling this in STT.