at the risk of angering Mystic again, I have to say don't just discount the 100 emblem. I mean seriously. More people can figure out what the score emblem is from 100 than some random symbol they never saw before.
Or just do what Sega did and just use 1 standard emblem design all across the board.
How much of a problem was emblem design for Sonic Adventure, Sonic Adventure 2, or even Sonic Heroes? Each game had one set design for all unlocking events, and they had find the chao, collect the crabs, collect 100 rings, finish the stage, hard mode, don't hit the wall, don't hit the other cars, get a fish of a certain weight, finish the stage with more than a certain amount of time left, etc (I can't remember all the Heroes ones) And all of those different events used the same emblem design. so maybe, instead of changing the emblems, you make them all one design and color (like in 1.09.4) and instead, label the columns they're in?
Or just do what Sega did and just use 1 standard emblem design all across the board.
How much of a problem was emblem design for Sonic Adventure, Sonic Adventure 2, or even Sonic Heroes? Each game had one set design for all unlocking events, and they had find the chao, collect the crabs, collect 100 rings, finish the stage, hard mode, don't hit the wall, don't hit the other cars, get a fish of a certain weight, finish the stage with more than a certain amount of time left, etc (I can't remember all the Heroes ones) And all of those different events used the same emblem design. so maybe, instead of changing the emblems, you make them all one design and color (like in 1.09.4) and instead, label the columns they're in?