MINES(1) MINES(1)
NAME
mines - minesweeper
SYNOPSIS
games/mines [ -aeqg ]
DESCRIPTION
Mines is an implementation of the game Minesweeper. The
game is played on a rectangular grid. A certain number of
mines is hidden beneath some of the tiles. Left clicking on
a tile uncovers it. If a mine is revealed, the player
loses. Otherwise, a number is shown that indicates the num-
ber of mines in the 8 adjacent tiles. The player wins once
they have uncovered all tiles free from mines.
Right clicking marks a square, cycling through the flag
marker indicating a mine and the query marker with no spe-
cific meaning (provided solely for the player's conve-
nience). Middle clicking will uncover all adjacent squares,
if it is safe to do so (assuming the flag markers are set
correctly).
The number at the top left indicates the number of mines
remaining that are not marked by flags. The number in the
top right indicates the number of seconds elapsed. The smi-
ley face can be clicked to restart the game.
The n key restarts the game. The b, a and e keys restart
the game and set the difficulty to beginner, advanced and
expert, respectively. The q and DEL keys quit the game.
There are a number of options:
-a Start at advanced difficulty.
-e Start at expert difficulty.
-q Disable the query marker.
-g It's a secret to everybody.
SOURCE
/sys/src/games/mines
HISTORY
Mines was written in 2001 by Antonin Vecera for Plan 9 Third
Edition. It was added to 9front in May 2011. The -g option
was added by 9front in February 2018.
LICENSE
MINES(1) MINES(1)
Mines is licensed under the GNU General Public License, Ver-
sion 2, reproduced in the file /lib/legal/gpl.