How to give the player an extra life?

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kochOn
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;Extra lives definition at start of your program
global extralife_at[5]
extralife_at[0] = 10000
extralife_at[1] = 25000
extralife_at[2] = 50000
extralife_at[3] = 100000
extralife_at[4] = 200000
global extralife_id

extralife_id = 0 ;Reset to the first extra life score

;In your game
if extralife_id < 5 then ;Avoid an array overflow
   if score >= extralife_at[extralife_id] then
      lives = lives + 1
      extralife_id = extralife_id + 1 ;Point to the next extra life score
   endif
endif