A minesweeper clone with extra features, including time to hundredths, no board size limitations, encrypted videos, statistics window, board saving options and skinability. All in a small and speedy program!
Accurate recreation of the well known game bundled with Microsoft® Windows®.
Uses your system's high-resolution counter for accurate timing, recorded to hundredths of a second.
No board size limitations. (You are only limited by the size of your screen.) Number of mines can range from 0 to 99% of the board.
Videos can be recorded and played back at a later date. Videos are encrypted.
A statistics window records the number of clicks you make during a game. When the game has finished, it displays the board's 3BV, along with the amount of 3BV solved and the estimated finishing time with current 3BV speed. (3BV is the minimum number of clicks required to complete a board without flagging.)
Can save a record of your game in several different formats: Recording (mvr), Bitmap (bmp), Minesweeper Board File (mbf) and Minesweeper Reader Board (mrb). (Minesweeper Reader was developed by Yoni Roll and Benny Benjamin.)
As well, can save statistics of your games to a text file, which can then be loaded into a spreadsheet program for analysis.
Auto-save options to automatically save recordings or statistics.
An optional shutdown timer so that you won't lose track of time.
Play with either the Windows XP or Windows 98 skin.
Create your own skins in an easily editable bitmap and play Minesweeper with them.
Minesweeper X is a small program (about 60KB), and quite fast as well, even when playing on large board sizes!
System Requirements:
Windows 95 or greater. If it doesn't run, make sure you have the VB6 Runtimes installed.
Minesweeper X also runs under Wine. Either install the VB6 runtimes manually or using the command winetricks vb6run.
Feel free to email me any skins you create and I'll put them up on this page. Here's a description of the various skin elements. You can also send me your high score videos and I'll add you into the high score charts.
The first version of this program was completed on January 25, 2003. An older version (that has some cheating options) is archived here and Dmitriy Sukhomlynov has created a clone with similar options that I recommend.
