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The Windows 98 version of Microsoft Minesweeper. In early versions of the game, a cheat code let players peek beneath the tiles. [8]By the year 2000, the game had been given the name of Flower Field instead of Minesweeper in some translations of Windows 2000 (like the Italian version), featuring flowers instead of mines.
According to TechRadar, Minesweeper was created by Microsoft in the 1990s, [5] but Eurogamer commented that Minesweeper gained a lot of inspiration from a "lesser known, tightly designed game", Mined-Out by Ian Andrew for the ZX Spectrum in 1983. [6] According to Andrew, Microsoft copied Mined-Out for Microsoft Minesweeper. [6]
In Minesweeper for Windows Vista and 7, the game comes with an alternate "Flower Garden" style, alongside the default "Minesweeper" style. [12] This is due to controversy over the original land mine theme of the game being potentially insensitive, and the "Flower Garden" style was used as the default theme in "sensitive areas".
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Remote Assistance is a feature of Windows XP and Windows Vista which is integrated with Windows Live Messenger. It allows one person to "take control" of the other's computer (with their permission) and is intended for offering computer assistance to friends and family on other computers.
Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2: WWII Pacific Theater: Microsoft Windows: October 13, 2000: Microsoft [3] Links LS Classic: Microsoft Windows: November 17, 2000: Access Software [4] MechWarrior 4: Vengeance: Microsoft Windows: November 24, 2000: FASA Studio: Microsoft Classic Board Games: Microsoft Windows: November 29, 2000: Oxford ...
Microsoft Entertainment Pack was designed by the company's “Entry Business” team, whose job was to make Windows more appealing to homes and small businesses. Ex-Microsoft product manager Bruce Ryan said the company did this because it "was concerned that the operating system’s high hardware requirements meant that people would only see it ...
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