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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". [13]
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The Microsoft Bunny has an exported function named after him, BUNNY_351 in krnl386.exe. [8] Also, the Bunny is the icon for the Microsoft Party Line (rumor.exe) in some pre-release versions of Windows 95. In the internet mail app, there is a hidden credits list that can be accessed by clicking Help, About, comctl32.dll, and typing MORTIMER.
Microsoft Gaming is a multinational video game and digital entertainment division of Microsoft. It creates video games for various platforms, including Xbox video console. Lists of games produced
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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.