Preserved Status Glitch

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The Preserved Status Glitch is a glitch in some earlier versions of Smash Hit. The player can retain their balls and multiball status after restarting the stage.

To reproduce the glitch, you need to start from the introductory stage, close the game and reopen it, then click resume. Then collect some crystals and restart the stage. You will notice that your ball count has been preserved.Consequentially, the Pause Menu only had Menu and Resume, to prevent this glitch (and the players from cheating).