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by WorldMaker
2524 days ago
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The version bundled with Windows has always had a first click check to avoid mines, but a lot of clones don't. I remember back in my AOL days in the 1990s it was very much a sign of a bad clone and an immediate uninstall, though I don't recall why I went through so many clones at the time. (I think I was looking for more challenge having got tired of even "Expert Mode"? I was a strange kid.) (The best clones not only did a first click was safe build out, but also a solvability check that the first click opened enough hints that every puzzle was theoretically solvable on given hints alone.) The version included in Microsoft Entertainment Pack 1 prior to Minesweeper being bundled with Windows might not have had that check, my memory is fuzzy on that. I'd be surprised how many people remember it from the Entertainment packs before Windows 3.1. The clone that I recall most Mac users had in 90s, such as was on school computers at the time, definitely did not have a first click fix up. |
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