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  2. Xyzzy (computing) - Wikipedia

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    The popular Minesweeper game under older versions of Microsoft Windows had a cheat mode triggered by entering the command xyzzy, then pressing the key sequence shift and then enter, which turned a single pixel in the top-left corner of the entire screen into a small black or white dot depending on whether or not the mouse pointer is over a mine ...

  3. Cheating in online games - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 18 January 2025. Practice of subverting video game rules or mechanics to gain an unfair advantage This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages) This article possibly contains original research. Please ...

  4. Cheating in video games - Wikipedia

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    Cheating in video games involves a video game player using various methods to create an advantage beyond normal gameplay, usually in order to make the game easier.Cheats may be activated from within the game itself (a cheat code implemented by the original game developers), or created by third-party software (a game trainer or debugger) or hardware (a cheat cartridge).

  5. Minesweeper, Solitaire, and a '90s Moral Panic

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    Over-the-top violence in such video games as Mortal Kombat and Doom drew hand-wringing moral outrage from worrywart parents and government scolds throughout the '90s.Minesweeper—in which players ...

  6. Minesweeper (video game) - Wikipedia

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    A won expert game of KMines, a free and open-source variant of Minesweeper. Minesweeper is a logic puzzle video game genre generally played on personal computers. The game features a grid of clickable tiles, with hidden "mines" (depicted as naval mines in the original game) scattered throughout the board. The objective is to clear the board ...

  7. Microsoft Minesweeper - Wikipedia

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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.

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  9. Mined-Out - Wikipedia

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    Mined-Out was an early Minesweeper-style game and preceded the popular 1990 Windows inclusion Microsoft Minesweeper by several years. The two share important similarities such as a grid layout and a display showing the number of adjacent mines.