SHORT: MineSweeper Game, version 2.4 28-September-93

2.4 adds a few requested features to 2.3.

This version of MineSweeper was written in Modula2 by myself,
John Matthews, to be as close as possible to the version that
comes with Microsoft Windows 3.1 (tm), without being based at
all on either the source or object code of that version.

This version of MineSweeper, is public domain. Feel free to
give it away, or upload it to your favourite FTP site or BBS,
but please don't modify it. If you want the source, let me know.

This program works best on WB2.0 or higher, on an deinterlaced,
or dblscan workbench.

MineSweeper is one of those games which are simple in concept,
while surprisingly absorbing and addictive to play.

Minesweeper is a challenging game of strategy and luck. Here
follow some instructions on how to play.


>> Introduction : What Is Minesweeper?
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When playing Minesweeper you are presented with a mine field,  and your
objective is to locate all the mines as quickly as  possible. To do
this, you uncover the squares on the game board  that do not contain
mines, and you mark the squares that do  contain mines. The trick is
determining which squares are which.  If you uncover all the squares
without mines, you win; if you  uncover a mine instead of marking it,
you lose the game. The  faster you play, the lower your score. You can
use the counters at  the top of the playing area to keep track of your
progress.  The counter in the upper-right corner of the playing area is
a timer,  which displays your playing time in seconds. The timer does
not  begin counting until you select a square.  The counter in the
upper-left corner of the playing area initially  indicates the number
of mines hidden in the mine field. Every time  you mark a square as a
mine, this number decreases by one,  even if you incorrectly mark a
square. 


Author:
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John Matthews
tribble@gphs.vuw.ac.nz