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Dynamite Minesweeper (Dynamine) - A more continuous variation on minesweeper. Free Windows 3.1 implementation.

Programmer's Minesweeper - Java applet for testing computer strategies for playing minesweeper.

#1 MineSweeper - Java implementation with three levels of play, and an online hall of fame, which requires two games with a low time to emphasize skill over luck.

The Minesweeper Page - Comprehensive tutorial on human strategies, both deductive and probabilistic.

Lady Di's mines - Java Minesweeper dedicated to Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales and her campaign to ban landmines. Includes high scores.

The Authoritative Minesweeper - World records at all 3 levels, a few tips and cheats, and many links to software and related pages.

Truffle-Swine Keeper - A minesweeper clone that contains an algorithm to compute the probability that a mine is under a certain field.

Mines-Perfect - An improved minesweeper-clone that generates guaranteed-to-be-solvable puzzles (never guess anymore) and has a Murphy's law option (guessing causes failure), more boards, sound, load, save, undo.

Hex Minesweeper - Variation on a hexagonal grid. Windows 95 shareware.

Hexatron - Variation of Minesweeper with hexagonal grid. Java applet.

Writings on Minesweeper - Contains various articles on Microsoft's Minesweeper including randomness, board cycles, first click, and bugs. Extensive experimentation.

The Minesweeper Handbook - This handbook teaches how to play better Minesweeper, taking you from the fundamentals through to advanced concepts.

Richard Kaye's Minesweeper Page - Papers about the computational complexity of Minesweeper, namely that the usual game is NP-complete and that an infinite variation is Turing-complete.

Wikipedia: Minesweeper - Encyclopedia article on Minesweeper.

Planet Minesweeper - Contains advice, cheats, rankings, downloads, and a forum. [English and French.]

MineSweeper3D - Windows implementation of minesweeper on the surface of a 3D polyhedron, with challenging new tilings, and many boards to choose from. World records maintained online using encrypted submission. Built-in auto-solver. Demo version available.


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