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� Archimedes World 1994
Minesweeper : The definitive version of, well, Minesweeper
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A lot of you may have seen Minesweeper on the PC. While counselling sessions are available for PC users in general, I decided that perhaps the best solution would be to make an Arc version available, so that all those of us that aren�t in some way strangely warped can enjoy this extremely simple and addictive game on our PROPER computers (Some of you may have noticed I don�t like PC�s. PC users see the �PC Users� section, below). Incidentally, I�m an amateur programmer (who�s just got over his GCSE�s, so I took about three months or twenty four man hours to put Minesweeper together. During that time I saw two versions of Minesweeper come out in APDL, which annoyed me slightly. I haven�t seen them, but they�re probably not that good anyway. I hope.
How To Play
Before we start, I should explain about Hal. Hal is the yellow face on the game side panel, and his expression indicates what�s going on. He smiles when you succeed, falls asleep when you take too long, and so on. To begin with he is just looking over to the mine field grid, and seeming a little worried. To reset the game just click on Hal.
So, click on the Minesweeper icon to get the game window up. You�ll see Hal, a timer, a flag counter, and of course the mine field grid of squares. Some of the squares contain nothing, others contain one mine each, but to start with the grid is blank and doesn�t tell you where they are. The number of flags you have is given in the side panel, and equals the number of mines in the grid to begin with. Your task is to mark each and every mine with a flag in the shortest time possible. You accomplish this by judicious clicking. When you click with the left mouse button on a square, one of two things happens:
1. The game ends as you hit a mine. The true position of the mines is displayed to show you where you went wrong.
2. You don�t hit a mine, and the square gets a number in it. The number shows how many mines are in the eight surrounding squares. If there are no mines in the eight squares that surround your clicked square, it is perfectly obvious that there is no mine in the neighbouring squares. Thus the program simulates a mouse click on those squares.
So, having clicked on a square, you will have something to work from. Knowing how many squares have mines in, you can generally work out where a mine definitely is. In that case click with the right mouse button on the square you think contains a mine. A click with the right mouse button will cycle a none-revealed (There�s no point in marking a square that has already revealed it contains no mine) through 3 states:
1. Normal. The blank state of the square as it is to start with.
2. Flagged. This state means you�ve worked out a mine is in that square.
3. Suspect. This state means you think there MAY be a mine in the square, but doesn�t count as being actually flagged.
The number of flags left to position is shown in the (aptly named) flags counter on the side panel. If you reach zero, and the game doesn�t finish, you haven�t positioned all the flags correctly. You can actually go past zero into negative numbers, but there�s not much point. In either of these unsatisfactory situations, Hal will frown and look upwards to the flag counter.
The game will only finish when one of these situations occurs:
1. You run out of time. Hal will promptly fall asleep.
2. You hit a mine. Hal will look blitzed.
3. You have marked all the mines correctly (remember that suspect squares do not count as being flagged), and you have completed the game. If you are really fast you�ll get on to the high score table. Hal gets sunglasses!
One feature of my version that you probably haven�t seen else where is the flip board feature. This is basically a fairly reasonable gimmick, which is simple and possibly even useful. Some beginners, staring at the board, find it hard to see any good starting points. To get a new view, they can click on one of the flip icons, which are located just below Hal�s face. The two icons flip the board, so you get a new view (One icon flips on the x-axis, the other flips on the y-axis).
Tips
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�Switch on the �Protect first click� option (See �The Options window�).
�A good start is one where you click in the middle of the grid, and you hit a patch of zero-mine squares. This gives you plenty of good corners to start working from. If you can�t get a good patch within three clicks, you might as well reset the grid in the hope you�ll get a better deal.
�Only mark down a mine if you are sure it is there.
�Learn to recognise common patterns. This is something that really only practice can give you, but here are some starters:
01x The �x� square has to be a mine, because it is the only space
011 among all the neighbouring squares of centre square �1� that can
000 contain a mine.
xxx All the �x� squares have to be mines, because they are the only
232 three spaces where the mines for the �3� can be.
000
11- All the �-� squares have to be empty, as the mine on the left
m1- accounts for the neighbour of the �1� squares.
11-
The Options window
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This window lets you control various aspects of the game. These aspects are:
�Which level to use.
�The parameters of the custom mine field.
�Whether the high-scores should be automatically saved.
�Whether you should hear the utterly excellent sound effects or not.
�Whether to use the �Protect first click� option. This means that if your first click lands on a mine, the mine will automatically be swapped with a blank square. Minesweeper won�t tell if this happens, and a little thought will show that doesn�t count as cheating, it�s simply a frustration-and-time saving device. Purists can turn it off if they wish.
�Which set of user graphics to use.
Note that all these options can be saved, and that some of them can be set by faster, simpler methods through the menu system. These actions, however, do not effect the settings of the options menu, they only change the game itself.
The �User Graphics� section is a little more complex. Scroll the pane window up and down to see the full list of files, and click on the one you want to select it. �UGD� is used as an abbreviation for User Graphics Directory. �See xxxxxx� will show you spritefile �xxxxxx� by simulating a filer click on it, �Re-read UGD� will examine the Graphics directory and update the list of files, and �Open UGD� will open the Graphics directory.
Creating your own user graphics
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This is really, really simple. Any user can create their own set of sprites to use in the game and then switch between their�s and the supplied ones at will. The sprites can be in any mode (I�m afraid that I don�t know if this is true for Risc PC users with 24bpp modes. You�ll have to experiment), and any size up to 255 by 255 OS units (All of the sprites in one file should be the same size though). They can have masks or palettes, which will be implemented correctly. 16 kilobytes of memory is allocated for the user graphics, if any more is used, I�m afraid your file won�t be loaded. 16K is plenty big enough for any reasonably sized sprites, even in 256 colour modes, although 24bpp modes may be pushing it a bit. I remind you that with judicious use of the palette, 16 colour sprites are comparable to 256 colour sprites.
The first step is to open the graphics directory. Probably the simplest way to do this is to Load Minesweeper as normal. Click with the middle button on the Minesweeper icon to get into the menu, and click on �Options...� to get you the the options window. Then click on the �Open UGD� (UGD=User Graphics Directory) icon.
Right, now copy the spritefile named �Default�. Call the copy whatever you like. �Beach� is a nice name if you can�t think of anything. Your copy is the one you muck about with. So, double click on the sprite file, and you can use Paint to edit each of the sprites. To help you, this is what each sprite should represent:
1 to 8 : These will be the squares showing how many mines are in the neighbourhood.
0 : The same as 1 to 8, except convention has this square blank.
b : Blank square, indicating that it hasn�t been clicked yet.
f : A flag, or marker, marking the suspect squares.
? : Square marking suspect suspect squares.
w : Square showing that the flag was in the wrong place, for the post-mortem.
m : Square showing a mine in the post-mortem.
k : Square showing that �this is the mine that killed you�.
Once you have saved your sprites, click on the �Re-read UGD� icon, which will update Minesweepers list of available graphics files. One final note, DON�T delete or change the sprite set named �Default�. If you do it�s your own problem. Don�t come running to me.
1 meg Computer users
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There�s absolutely no need to worry with this game, as it only takes up 262K of memory, which, while quite significant, isn�t going to send your computers screaming to their mothers. All the same, unless you have the computer requirements of a Luddite plank of wood, I urge you to upgrade your machine. Upgrades to 2 megabytes are cheap these days, and life really begins at 4 megabytes. You�ll find using your computer much less frustrating, especially for DTP.
Hard discs, and other unusual media
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Minesweeper runs from a hard disc perfectly well, and requires no installation. It prefers to run from a read/write medium, for saving the options and high scores, but as long as you don�t try to save either of these things, you can run it from a read only partition/compression system. Turn off the Auto-save high score option in the options menu before putting Minesweeper in a read only situation, otherwise this could quickly become a drag.
� Archimedes World 1994
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PC users see t| 00000240 68 65 20 90 50 43 20 55 73 65 72 73 91 20 73 65 |he .PC Users. se| 00000250 63 74 69 6f 6e 2c 20 62 65 6c 6f 77 29 2e 20 49 |ction, below). I| 00000260 6e 63 69 64 65 6e 74 61 6c 6c 79 2c 20 49 91 6d |ncidentally, I.m| 00000270 20 61 6e 20 61 6d 61 74 65 75 72 20 70 72 6f 67 | an amateur prog| 00000280 72 61 6d 6d 65 72 20 28 77 68 6f 91 73 20 6a 75 |rammer (who.s ju| 00000290 73 74 20 67 6f 74 20 6f 76 65 72 20 68 69 73 20 |st got over his | 000002a0 47 43 53 45 91 73 2c 20 73 6f 20 49 20 74 6f 6f |GCSE.s, so I too| 000002b0 6b 20 61 62 6f 75 74 20 74 68 72 65 65 20 6d 6f |k about three mo| 000002c0 6e 74 68 73 20 6f 72 20 74 77 65 6e 74 79 20 66 |nths or twenty f| 000002d0 6f 75 72 20 6d 61 6e 20 68 6f 75 72 73 20 74 6f |our man hours to| 000002e0 20 70 75 74 20 4d 69 6e 65 73 77 65 65 70 65 72 | put Minesweeper| 000002f0 20 74 6f 67 65 74 68 65 72 2e 20 44 75 72 69 6e | together. 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Some of the s| 000005b0 71 75 61 72 65 73 20 63 6f 6e 74 61 69 6e 20 6e |quares contain n| 000005c0 6f 74 68 69 6e 67 2c 20 6f 74 68 65 72 73 20 63 |othing, others c| 000005d0 6f 6e 74 61 69 6e 20 6f 6e 65 20 6d 69 6e 65 20 |ontain one mine | 000005e0 65 61 63 68 2c 20 62 75 74 20 74 6f 20 73 74 61 |each, but to sta| 000005f0 72 74 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 65 20 67 72 69 64 |rt with the grid| 00000600 20 69 73 20 62 6c 61 6e 6b 20 61 6e 64 20 64 6f | is blank and do| 00000610 65 73 6e 91 74 20 74 65 6c 6c 20 79 6f 75 20 77 |esn.t tell you w| 00000620 68 65 72 65 20 74 68 65 79 20 61 72 65 2e 20 54 |here they are. T| 00000630 68 65 20 6e 75 6d 62 65 72 20 6f 66 20 66 6c 61 |he number of fla| 00000640 67 73 20 79 6f 75 20 68 61 76 65 20 69 73 20 67 |gs you have is g| 00000650 69 76 65 6e 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 73 69 64 65 |iven in the side| 00000660 20 70 61 6e 65 6c 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 65 71 75 61 | panel, and equa| 00000670 6c 73 20 74 68 65 20 6e 75 6d 62 65 72 20 6f 66 |ls the number of| 00000680 20 6d 69 6e 65 73 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 67 72 | mines in the gr| 00000690 69 64 20 74 6f 20 62 65 67 69 6e 20 77 69 74 68 |id to begin with| 000006a0 2e 20 59 6f 75 72 20 74 61 73 6b 20 69 73 20 74 |. Your task is t| 000006b0 6f 20 6d 61 72 6b 20 65 61 63 68 20 61 6e 64 20 |o mark each and | 000006c0 65 76 65 72 79 20 6d 69 6e 65 20 77 69 74 68 20 |every mine with | 000006d0 61 20 66 6c 61 67 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 73 68 |a flag in the sh| 000006e0 6f 72 74 65 73 74 20 74 69 6d 65 20 70 6f 73 73 |ortest time poss| 000006f0 69 62 6c 65 2e 20 59 6f 75 20 61 63 63 6f 6d 70 |ible. You accomp| 00000700 6c 69 73 68 20 74 68 69 73 20 62 79 20 6a 75 64 |lish this by jud| 00000710 69 63 69 6f 75 73 20 63 6c 69 63 6b 69 6e 67 2e |icious clicking.| 00000720 20 57 68 65 6e 20 79 6f 75 20 63 6c 69 63 6b 20 | When you click | 00000730 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 65 20 6c 65 66 74 20 6d 6f |with the left mo| 00000740 75 73 65 20 62 75 74 74 6f 6e 20 6f 6e 20 61 20 |use button on a | 00000750 73 71 75 61 72 65 2c 20 6f 6e 65 20 6f 66 20 74 |square, one of t| 00000760 77 6f 20 74 68 69 6e 67 73 20 68 61 70 70 65 6e |wo things happen| 00000770 73 3a 0a 20 20 20 0a 20 20 20 31 2e 20 54 68 65 |s:. . 1. The| 00000780 20 67 61 6d 65 20 65 6e 64 73 20 61 73 20 79 6f | game ends as yo| 00000790 75 20 68 69 74 20 61 20 6d 69 6e 65 2e 20 54 68 |u hit a mine. Th| 000007a0 65 20 74 72 75 65 20 70 6f 73 69 74 69 6f 6e 20 |e true position | 000007b0 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 6d 69 6e 65 73 20 69 73 20 |of the mines is | 000007c0 64 69 73 70 6c 61 79 65 64 20 74 6f 20 73 68 6f |displayed to sho| 000007d0 77 20 79 6f 75 20 77 68 65 72 65 20 79 6f 75 20 |w you where you | 000007e0 77 65 6e 74 20 77 72 6f 6e 67 2e 0a 20 20 20 32 |went wrong.. 2| 000007f0 2e 20 59 6f 75 20 64 6f 6e 91 74 20 68 69 74 20 |. You don.t hit | 00000800 61 20 6d 69 6e 65 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 74 68 65 20 |a mine, and the | 00000810 73 71 75 61 72 65 20 67 65 74 73 20 61 20 6e 75 |square gets a nu| 00000820 6d 62 65 72 20 69 6e 20 69 74 2e 20 54 68 65 20 |mber in it. The | 00000830 6e 75 6d 62 65 72 20 73 68 6f 77 73 20 68 6f 77 |number shows how| 00000840 20 6d 61 6e 79 20 6d 69 6e 65 73 20 61 72 65 20 | many mines are | 00000850 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 65 69 67 68 74 20 73 75 72 |in the eight sur| 00000860 72 6f 75 6e 64 69 6e 67 20 73 71 75 61 72 65 73 |rounding squares| 00000870 2e 20 49 66 20 74 68 65 72 65 20 61 72 65 20 6e |. If there are n| 00000880 6f 20 6d 69 6e 65 73 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 65 |o mines in the e| 00000890 69 67 68 74 20 73 71 75 61 72 65 73 20 74 68 61 |ight squares tha| 000008a0 74 20 73 75 72 72 6f 75 6e 64 20 79 6f 75 72 20 |t surround your | 000008b0 63 6c 69 63 6b 65 64 20 73 71 75 61 72 65 2c 20 |clicked square, | 000008c0 69 74 20 69 73 20 70 65 72 66 65 63 74 6c 79 20 |it is perfectly | 000008d0 6f 62 76 69 6f 75 73 20 74 68 61 74 20 74 68 65 |obvious that the| 000008e0 72 65 20 69 73 20 6e 6f 20 6d 69 6e 65 20 69 6e |re is no mine in| 000008f0 20 74 68 65 20 6e 65 69 67 68 62 6f 75 72 69 6e | the neighbourin| 00000900 67 20 73 71 75 61 72 65 73 2e 20 54 68 75 73 20 |g squares. Thus | 00000910 74 68 65 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 73 69 6d 75 |the program simu| 00000920 6c 61 74 65 73 20 61 20 6d 6f 75 73 65 20 63 6c |lates a mouse cl| 00000930 69 63 6b 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 6f 73 65 20 73 71 75 |ick on those squ| 00000940 61 72 65 73 2e 0a 20 20 20 53 6f 2c 20 68 61 76 |ares.. So, hav| 00000950 69 6e 67 20 63 6c 69 63 6b 65 64 20 6f 6e 20 61 |ing clicked on a| 00000960 20 73 71 75 61 72 65 2c 20 79 6f 75 20 77 69 6c | square, you wil| 00000970 6c 20 68 61 76 65 20 73 6f 6d 65 74 68 69 6e 67 |l have something| 00000980 20 74 6f 20 77 6f 72 6b 20 66 72 6f 6d 2e 20 4b | to work from. K| 00000990 6e 6f 77 69 6e 67 20 68 6f 77 20 6d 61 6e 79 20 |nowing how many | 000009a0 73 71 75 61 72 65 73 20 68 61 76 65 20 6d 69 6e |squares have min| 000009b0 65 73 20 69 6e 2c 20 79 6f 75 20 63 61 6e 20 67 |es in, you can g| 000009c0 65 6e 65 72 61 6c 6c 79 20 77 6f 72 6b 20 6f 75 |enerally work ou| 000009d0 74 20 77 68 65 72 65 20 61 20 6d 69 6e 65 20 64 |t where a mine d| 000009e0 65 66 69 6e 69 74 65 6c 79 20 69 73 2e 20 49 6e |efinitely is. In| 000009f0 20 74 68 61 74 20 63 61 73 65 20 63 6c 69 63 6b | that case click| 00000a00 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 65 20 72 69 67 68 74 20 | with the right | 00000a10 6d 6f 75 73 65 20 62 75 74 74 6f 6e 20 6f 6e 20 |mouse button on | 00000a20 74 68 65 20 73 71 75 61 72 65 20 79 6f 75 20 74 |the square you t| 00000a30 68 69 6e 6b 20 63 6f 6e 74 61 69 6e 73 20 61 20 |hink contains a | 00000a40 6d 69 6e 65 2e 20 41 20 63 6c 69 63 6b 20 77 69 |mine. 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