minesweeper

Minesweeper was one of the more addictive games on Windows, and a few ports have been made to the Mac platform. Minesweeper 101 is a free app that implements a version of Minesweeper under Mac OS X 10.6 or higher. Minesweeper 101 installs and launches quickly.

Minesweeper 101 has a few nice features. The playing field can be resized to any dimensions you want, and to help speed to a solution, your first click on the board opens up an area (instead of sometimes just highlighting one square). You can also save, load, and replay games, which is a … Read more

Windows 7 comes preloaded with a few classic games that some find great for passing the time. For those who don't enjoy these games, though, all they end up doing is taking up (sometimes very valuable) hard-drive space. Wouldn't it be great if you could remove them, and get them back whenever you wanted?

Step 1: Open the Windows Control Panel. This can be found in the Start Menu on the right side.

Step 2: Under the Programs heading of the main page, click on Uninstall a Program.

Step 3: On the left side of this window, click … Read more

Minesweeper is right up there with solitaire as a classic time waster. But if you think you mastered Minesweeper in middle school, think again; Minefield 6D takes the popular strategy game and adds several more dimensions. Although it uses the same basic gameplay as traditional Minesweeper, it takes a while to wrap your head around it, and it will challenge you in a way that Minesweeper never has.

The game's interface is plain, looking quite similar to the original Minesweeper with a slightly different color scheme. Since we weren't sure exactly how Minefield 6D worked, we started with … Read more

In case you're hankering to play another game on your Kindle, Amazon has released a third free title, Mine Sweeper. Previously, Amazon had a Minesweeper game built into its e-readers as an Easter egg, but this version is more flushed out.

Helen, who posted a user review, says, "This is SOOO much better than Kindle's built-in Mine Sweeper game (which you can access by pressing ALT+Shift+M)! The graphics are really good on an e-ink screen. Unlike the Kindle's built-in Mine Sweeper, this version keeps track of your high-scores as well as your play-time. You … Read more

Minesweeper is one of life's simple pleasures. It's such a basic, unflashy game, easily mastered by kids, yet addictive as ever for adults. Ivanche Minesweeper is very similar to the Windows version of the game that we all know and love, but with a few enhancements that make it even more enjoyable.

The interface is almost identical to that of the Windows version. The squares don't have quite the same 3D effect in this version, but the time, number of mines left, and smiley face are all where you would expect them to be. Gameplay is exactly … Read more

Despite a failed deal with Take-Two Interactive, and a Spore DRM backlash, Eidos Interactive signed an agreement on Monday with Electronic Arts announcing exclusivity to multiregional distribution and licensing rights to selected titles from the their catalog for EA Mobile.

Now, Eidos will provide licenses to EA across all existing mobile channels and mobile devices for four key titles: Tomb Raider Underworld, Just Cause 2, California Games X, and Minesweeper, with a future option on the mobile versions of the majority of Eidos videogames for three years.

According to a news release, Javier Ferreira (VP of European Publishing for EA … Read more