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Manic Minefields - 2.1.5

minesweeper puzzle game with 12 different designs

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All Time:	(2.0)
This Version:	Not rated (0.0)
Current Version:	2.1.5
Release Date:	2004-10-28
License:	Commercial
Downloads (this version):	1,063
Downloads (all versions):	8,614
Price:	$11.95

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Product Description:

Manic Minefields is really 12 pumped up minesweeping games in one, as it features 12 uniquely designed minefields with beautiful graphics and crisp sound effects, to choose from. Some of the minefields have special rules (i.e. obstacles), and some have different ways of displaying the numbers (i.e. dice, Roman numerals, foot prints etc.). Other features include a marathon mode, 4 sizes, a hint/help function and import/export best times.

If you haven't played any of the games in the minesweeper genre, don't worry! It's an addictive and fun puzzle game where the goal is to find and mark all the mines in a field, with the help of clues. These clues are numbers that tell you how many mines you can find in the adjacent squares. It's really quite easy to learn, and the rules are explained within the game. It's a great workout for your brain!

What's new in this version:

A couple of bugs have been fixed.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS Classic

Additional Requirements:

System 7.5 or higher

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I agree with… - Version: 2.1.2, 11/30/2002 08:17PM PST

Myke EL

gslusher on the graphics. Teenagers might enjoy it, but they are more distracting then an interest factor for the actual game. This is truely a case of where "less is more" should be applied.

I have owned… - Version: 2.1.2, 11/30/2002 11:47AM PST

gslusher

and played Manic Minefields 1.x for several years and tried out Manic Minefields 2. Based upon the original version, I'd agree that the games are addictive, though some were a bit too hard. I was prepared to buy the new version, hoping for some new games, but the visuals of version 2.x are a total turn-off. Unfortunately, the developers went from reasonable to grotesque with the graphics in version 2 versus the "original" Manic Minefields. The colors clash and almost make me puke, there's completely unnecessary garbage around the playing field and the fakey "tech" font is hard to read. (Sometimes they use HUGE letters, but, in the "manual," they use teensy-tiny letters to try to cram everything onto one screen.) There's a significant "bug," as well: it seems to be impossible to quit/abort a game once you start except by "losing." I have the feeling that their 11-year-old-on-speed graphics are designed to "show off" their graphics program, Rainbow Painter. I tried it and it's terrible, with probably the most NON-Mac interface of an program I've used in 10 years with Macs. As for ratings, the game deserves a 3-4, but the graphics deserve a 1 at best--0 or a negative number would be more appropriate, averaging out to a 2. I'll keep my old version, thank you.