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Blazing Games - Ultimate Retro Project - Volume 4 - Episode 47

Ultimate Retro Project
Episode 47: Classic Minefield

Put your analytical skills to use

Page Last Updated: May 16, 2008

Overview

The goal of this game is to simply uncover all the locations on the map that do not contain a mine. Unlike some other similar games, the board for this game is made up of a hexagon map which is often called a honeycomb.

To aid the player with this task, every time a hexagon is uncovered, the number of mines in the surrounding hexagons is revealed. In addition, locations which the player believes have a mine on them can be flagged.

System Requirements

This game is requires Java 1.1 or better to run. Browsers that support 1.1 tend to be 4.x or better versions. Windows XP users may have to download a Java plug in to use Java applets.

Revision History

Official release on May 16, 2008!

This game is open source with the source code being hosted at ultimateretroproject.dev.java.net

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