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Topic: Minesweeper (computer game)


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 Minesweeper (computer game) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The object of the game is to clear a minefield without detonating a mine.
A game on a surface of a truncated cuboctahedron
Hex Minesweeper - Free Minesweeper with a hexagonal grid.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Minesweeper_(computer_game)   (3880 words)

  
 American Scientist Online - Addicted to Logic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
There are two types of computer users: those who are addicted to a computer game and those who have a life.
After her students have played a few games for practice, Lock gives them a position like this one and asks them to tell which squares are definitely safe and which are definitely mined.
A similar computer game had existed before, in which the goal was simply to find a clear path from one corner to the other.
www.americanscientist.org /template/AssetDetail/assetid/15664   (1016 words)

  
 Windows Games - Minesweeper, Solitaire, etc.
The object of the game is for the user to locate each of the mines and safely mark the mines by clicking on the appropriate box with the right mouse button.
The object of the game is to go through a deck of cards and arrange the randomized cards in order by suit starting with each of the Ace cards all the way up to the king.
Minimize all windows except Minesweeper, as you move your mouse cursor over each of the squares in minesweeper you should notice the first pixel on the top left portion of the screen change to fl.
www.computerhope.com /games/games/wingames.htm   (860 words)

  
 Minesweeper - Uncyclopedia
The computer game of minesweeper is the single most popular game in the history of computer games, although its lead comes under the danger of being surpassed by the popular set of games called "freecell, hearts and pinball", which contain the games freecell, hearts and pinball.
The computer game Minesweeper also has a large community on the net, actively supporting the game, providing hints etc. One of the best hints is to reformat your computer, reinstall windows, and then delete windows, before going to google and searching for "how can I get infected by viruses".
In the latest spread of MMORPG games, Minesweeper has swiftly become the game of choice among elderly gamers.
uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Minesweeper   (434 words)

  
 Minesweeper-O-Rama - Tips for Playing Minesweeper
If you play more than a few games, you're bound to run into a situation where you cannot logically determine where a mine is. Sometimes, you'll have a choice of two covered squares, either one of which could hide a mine.
Minesweeper Quiz #1 uses the board at left as if you were playing a game in progress.
Minesweeper Quiz #2 is the same idea, but a little more difficult (or easier, depending on how you look at it).
www.personal.kent.edu /~bherzog/tips.html   (1662 words)

  
 RGJ.com - Computer game may hold key to cracking math problem
While some people may pass hours mindlessly playing Minesweeper, mathematicians are toiling over a larger version of the game, hoping to solve a problem so confounding that an institute offered $1 million to anyone who could crack it.
Minesweeper, which is included with the Windows operating system, is a game in which players try to figure out which squares of a grid contain computerized mines.
He said Minesweeper could help in the quest for one of mathematics’ white whales: the solution to what is known as the “P versus NP” problem.
www.rgj.com /news/stories/lifestyle/973296824.php   (320 words)

  
 Minesweeper (computer game)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Minesweeper is a single-player computer game invented by Robert Donner in 1989.
A version of the game was also for the Game Boy portable console.
There are many game programming books out there written for beginning to intermediate programmers, but unfortunately, advanced information is harder to come by, being scattered across web sites, magazines, technical journals, and in small sections of non-...
www.freeglossary.com /Minesweeper_(computer_game)   (1388 words)

  
 CS 248 2000 Video Game Competition
It is a first-person action game in which you play the role of the pinball in a classic arcade game.
The game engine is based on a BSP tree which is used for view frustum culling, collision detection, and depth sorting for correct transparency effects.
This game is inspired by the classic 2D version of Joust, in which the object was to fly around hitting other ostriches on the top of the head to kill them, while trying to avoid the same fate.
graphics.stanford.edu /courses/cs248-videogame-competition/cs248-00   (2408 words)

  
 Board Games
The game is played on a hexagonal board with 14 marbles, and the object of the game is to eject six of the opponent's marbles from the board.
Another online game of connect four, the old version or the new version has an advantage of offering three levels of difficulty for kids in grades 2-12.
You compete against the computer removing fruit from a table, and the player who takes the last fruit from the table is the loser.
www.sitesforteachers.com /resources_sharp/math/math_games.html   (850 words)

  
 Minesweeper page 1
Minesweeper is a bit like Battleships, except that instead of sinking ships you avoid mines.
The object of the game is to locate all the mines without uncovering them and being blown up.
The challenge in the Minesweeper Consistency Problem is to determine whether a given Minesweeper grid is logically consistent.
www.maths.uq.edu.au /~infinity/Infinity11/Minesweep.html   (493 words)

  
 Minesweeper game (clones including analysis) by Dave Rusin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Minesweeper game look-alike, complete with an option to have the computer solve all the boring cases for you.
The parent page to this one is another short way-station, this time to a few pages concerning other mathematical games.
I keep a large set of pages which provide a thematic introduction to the subject areas of modern mathematics, complete with answers to thousands of more or less common questions.
www.math.niu.edu /~rusin/uses-math/games/minesweeper   (172 words)

  
 Programmer's Minesweeper   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Programmer's Minesweeper (PGMS) is a game based on the Minesweeper game delivered with most Microsoft Windows operating systems.
In that game, a grid of cells is presented to the player.
Programmer's Minesweeper has been designed so that Java programmers can easily implement their own strategy for winning a Minesweeper game.
www.ccs.neu.edu /home/ramsdell/pgms   (240 words)

  
 JMine2 - Java Minesweeper   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
JMine2 is port to Java of the popular Windows game Minesweeper (or Winmine) - with a facelift and some new features.
As you play the game, there are some areas of the board that you will never return to - these areas have been completely revealed and flagged.
The Options panel also allows you to change the difficulty of the game by resizing the board and/or changing the number of hidden mines.
www.reed.edu /~mcphailb/applets/jmine2   (1145 words)

  
 Minesweeper in Haskell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Minesweeper is a long-lived and popular computer game, with a plethora of implementations (just `google' for minesweeper).
The game is played on a rectangular board divided into a number of squares; beneath some of the squares lie mines.
Clicking on a mine loses the game; if there is no mine present, the square is cleared, and the number of mines on adjacent squares is shown.
www.cs.kent.ac.uk /people/staff/sjt/craft2e/Games/index.html   (301 words)

  
 Minesweeper-O-Rama - Minesweeper Scores
Within the hardcore, official Minesweeper community, the some people will take your word for it, and some require a video of you playing the game that got you the low score.
Since every Minesweeper game is different, if you play enough, eventually you will clear the entire board on your first click.
Leaving the game stuck at 999 seconds will eventually start the clock over, which will count up to 86.
www.personal.kent.edu /~bherzog/scores.html   (514 words)

  
 Minesweeper for PC - Minesweeper PC Game - Minesweeper Computer Game   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Even so, it is a wonderful and timeless game.
Minesweeper is the ultimate test to moust clicking precision and speed
In this game you can play against the computer, try to beat your own best score, or play against a friend.
www.gamespot.com /562694   (216 words)

  
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Considering that I favor action/adventure/puzzle type games, especially those with a fast pace and instant gratification, a card game seems kind of like an anticlimax.
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 Kids Online Games,Fun Free Children's Educational Computer Game Site,Bubble Trouble
This game is a more fun version of the classic Minesweeper Game.
The object of Minesweeper The object of Minesweeper is to find all the mines as quickly as possible without uncovering any of them.
The game area consists of the playing field, a mine counter, and a timer.
www.learn4good.com /games/online.htm   (981 words)

  
 Game Trivia for Minesweeper
The game offers three difficulty settings, which differs in the dimension of the playfield and the number of mines.
Since the introduction of Minesweeper with Windows 3.1 (3.0 ?), the difficulty settings are Beginner (8x8 with 10 mines), Intermediate (16x16 with 40 mines), and Expert (16x30 with 99 mines).
While still only offering 10 mines, the playfield was increased from 8 by 8 to 9 by 9, which resulted in a lowered probability (now 12.3%).
www.mobygames.com /game/win3x/minesweeper/trivia   (243 words)

  
 Crazy Minesweeper.com - Computer Montys Game Pak   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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 Minesweeper-O-Rama - Home Page
It's one of the classic games that come standard with the Windows operating systems (Start > Programs > Games > Minesweeper).
According to me, Minesweeper is a great way to put off writing papers and doing other such work (it's amazing what can hold your interest when there's something else you should be doing).
So, as an extension of my interest in Minesweeper, I developed this website to compile tips on playing Minesweeper, information I found on the internet about the game, and other assorted odds and ends that other Minesweepers might find interesting.
www.personal.kent.edu /~bherzog/index.html   (163 words)

  
 Joseph Bonneau -- Games   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Some games created by me and my friends in Intermediate Computer Programming at Redwood High School.
Was banned at one point from the school's labs because the games were getting too heated.
The premise was probably doomed from the start, still this game remains installed on every computer at the school.
www.stanford.edu /~jbonneau/games.html   (225 words)

  
 Crazy Minesweeper.Crazy Minesweeper computer game : Crazy Minesweeper
Crazy mode is a brand-new game with original rules; in this mode mines have different power from 1 to 3.
It is a progressive minesweeper clone with large best players table, playing statistics and many useful settings and features.
The object of the game is to find all the mines on the playing field without uncovering any of them.
computer--game.com /Crazy-Minesweeper.htm   (546 words)

  
 minesweeper - OneLook Dictionary Search
minesweeper : Compact Oxford English Dictionary [home, info]
Minesweeper : Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics [home, info]
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 Open Directory - Games:Video Games:Puzzle:Minesweeper   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Computer logic game, popularized by its distribution with the Microsoft Windows operating system.
Played on a grid of hidden cells, each of which may or may not contain a mine (unknown to the player).
In particular, the standard version (on a general-size board) is known to be NP-complete.
dmoz.org /Games/Video_Games/Puzzle/Minesweeper/desc.html   (138 words)

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