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Expand list of similar games #1

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Arcorann opened this issue Apr 7, 2019 · 0 comments
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Arcorann opened this issue Apr 7, 2019 · 0 comments

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Arcorann commented Apr 7, 2019

Here are some suggestions for the list of similar games, in chronological order:

  • Mined-Out (1983) (ref: http://www.minesweeper.info/wiki/Mined-Out) - Cross a minefield from bottom to top. Probably the first minefield game to indicate how many mines were adjacent to the player (but only orthogonally, and only for the current square).
  • Relentless Logic (1985?) (ref: http://www.minesweeper.info/wiki/Relentless_Logic) - Cross a minefield from corner to corner. Only the number of mines currently adjacent to the player (orthogonally or diagonally) is shown; predates Minehunt by at least 5 years.
  • Landmine (1985 or 1986?) (ref: http://www.minesweeper.info/wiki/Landmine) - First RLogic clone to guarantee that a game is always winnable.
  • XMines (1987, formerly known as Mines) (ref: http://www.minesweeper.info/wiki/XMines) -Cross a minefield from corner to corner. The first game to use a mouse, to allow marking mines and to show the number of adjacent mines in all open squares. Probably the closest to this game in terms of old versions.
  • Mines (Ian Heath, 1989) (ref: https://archive.org/details/win3_Mines) - A near-clone of XMines for Windows 3.0. The first Minesweeper game I played.

I'm sure there are more out there, but this gives a good idea of how old the idea is.

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