Well, that and how the current game's design makes lives, points, etc kind of useless. I mean, even the original game had a save feature that trivialised both of them, and getting a game over is nothing more thana pointless little annoyance that does nothing other than waste about two seconds of the player's time. Well, and it simplifies the status bar, which is neat.
Either way, I'm now figuring out how to move everything into one game, so work can restart on porting over and improving the level design.