The object of this flash minesweeper game is to find mines which have been hidden at random by the computer on a grid. The minesweeper grid you will start with is 16x16 which equals 256 squares and contains 40 mines.

The flash minesweeper game starts when you move your mouse and select a square on the grid. With a click of the left hand mouse button the computer opens the square on the grid and reveals whether there is a mine or not. If the square does contain a mine then the game is over. If the square does not contain a mine then the square will contain a number showing how many mines there are on the eight squares directly adjacent to the square.

For example if the number revealed is two, then that means that there are two mines on the adjoining eight squares. However if the square is blank that means that there are no mines on the adjoining eight squares. In that event, the minesweeper game helps out and opens up all adjoining squares revealing their numbers.

If any of those squares are also blank then the squares surrounding those squares are also opened. This gives the player a lot of information with which to make tactical decisions as to where the remaining mines are likely to be. One you have worked out exactly where the mines are located, mark it to avoid playing that square by accident. You can do this by pressing your space bar.

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