Anyone remember Minesweeper?

Im from baxck in the day when Minesweeper actually came on your windows 95/98 / played a lot of it in school n stuff, especially typing class lol

What started as a joke got me back into it, have a little series here

Does anyone these days even know how to play it lol - its a really polarizing game I think

So my current thing, as a side gig, is adding one more mine to expert mode each time. I just completed 103 - we will see how far I get lol

On Intellivision, it was called Minehunter...

Minesweeper is fun, uses just the right amount of brain to be a good little diversion which is why I guess I associate it with being unmotivated at the office

Can’t wait for you to find a 7 it’s gonna be a wild time (Yet to meet an 8 without plugging in ludicrous NUTS-level custom settings first)

I remember it, I had a really old computer, windows 98 and windows 2000.  I didn’t think you can beat minesweeper.  I’m shure there is people doing just that on YouTube.

It exists here with a shitload of other games (playable online, in Windows and it is even available in Debian).

2 hours ago, Stupid Bunny said:

Can’t wait for you to find a 7 it’s gonna be a wild time (Yet to meet an 8 without plugging in ludicrous NUTS-level custom settings first)

Yep, I've played thousands of games at this point and have yet to find an 8 without custom settings.

It's a fun game, pretty addictive. When I played it regularly I was able to break sub-100 seconds on Expert once I think, though nowadays I average times around 150-200. There's also a Doom rendition.

I remember it well. Played it sometimes on what I think was Windows 3.11 and later Windows 95. I sucked at it. And funny you should bring up this thread because I had a pupil of mine today who wanted me to see a game and it was minesweeper. He's 12. And he's insanely good at it! But then again, all he ever does is solve Rubic's cubes in all shapes and sizes, so I guess his brain is wired completely different from mine because I can't solve those either! :D

I was always more of a Solitaire guy.

That game that I feel like came pre-packaged with all computers of the late 90s that was apparently consumed voraciously by homemakers among others? I don't know how you couldn't. Although it's never really been something I've spent much time with. 

29 minutes ago, ducon said:

It exists here with a shitload of other games (playable online, in Windows and it is even available in Debian).

That's the one I was going to recommend. It's built so that there's never a situation where you have to guess, unlike the one with Windows and most others.
 

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The first square you open is guaranteed to be safe, and (by default) you are guaranteed to be able to solve the whole grid by deduction rather than guesswork. (Deductions may require you to think about the total number of mines.)

Also relevant Karl Jobst video

Loved playing it as a kid alongside solitaire and space cadet pinball.

I always liked that your first click could never be a mine. Like it added the mines at the point of your first click or something.

Minesweeper? sure! it is also available as "Hexsweeper" in a really popular MMORPG.  Really fun game either way.

Minesweeper is truly beautiful.

I remember, but I've always been more of a 3D Space Pinball kinda guy.

I did make Cacosweeper Doom though!

You guy if you like Doom & minesweeper:
http://paul.emik.free.fr/doomsweeper/

Minesweeper gang rise up 🔥 

If you want to challenge yourself with Minesweeper-adjacent gameplay give 'Tametsi' a try! It's only 3 bucks on Steam and it really gets you thinking how to solve some really complex setups, and comes with several forms of gimmicks like hex cells and colored tiles!

27 minutes ago, riktoi said:

If you want to challenge yourself with Minesweeper-adjacent gameplay give 'Tametsi' a try! It's only 3 bucks on Steam and it really gets you thinking how to solve some really complex setups, and comes with several forms of gimmicks like hex cells and colored tiles!

That game got waay too hard for me :|

You've checked out the Hexcells series, right?

1 hour ago, BeachThunder said:

That game got waay too hard for me :|

 

You've checked out the Hexcells series, right?

Nope, I did play through all of Tametsi though

16 hours ago, ducon said:

It exists here with a shitload of other games (playable online, in Windows and it is even available in Debian).

I like this. Playing the map game right now. There should be an automap themed one.

Whenever I want to space out for about 90 seconds while using the computer, I alternate between SkiFree and JezzBall. They both run perfectly in Wine, but I also use Windows 3.1 a lot. I'm fond of Minesweeper but the unavoidable deaths by guessing put me off.

I never did and i kinda suck at Minesweeper

I wasted so much time playing this on early versions of Windows. Loved it!

Yeah, I remember. I was never able to beat a single game though.

Yeah, way too many hours spent on this. Pattern recognition is a big part of speeding up solving.

I see someone has made a 4D version:

https://schluentz.de/4d-minesweeper.html

back in my day we used too computer
im more of a freecell fiend however, pysol is good for that

If you’re in the mood for something nostalgic, you might want to check out https://www.1000mines.com/. It’s a platform developed by people who love classic games like Minesweeper. The site gives a new spin on that familiar puzzle game, offering a straightforward yet engaging experience. If you enjoy strategic thinking and a touch of nostalgia, this might be right up your alley.

Funny this thread came up, literally played it last night courtesy of Action 52, thank god aside from board designs, they didn't botch that one up.

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It exists here with a shitload of other games (playable online, in Windows and it is even available in Debian).

+1 for Simon Tatham's Portable Puzzles from me as well. I actually have it installed on my phone and I play various puzzles present in the app. No ads, light size and tons of different games it has.

BTW I made it to 117 so far