Minesweeper Game Database

Minefield (1979)



Overview
Minefield was written in 1979 for the Commodore PET by P. Wickett.

The object is to save two 'victims' from a minefield. However, the mines increase in number each time you move and you must watch where you are moving else you will be blown up! There is a time limit of one minute (this can easily be changed) at the end of which you will be destroyed unless you have rescued both victims.

The game uses the full 80*25 screen and you can choose how many mines per second are added.

The game was published in June 1979 with several bugs. A reader wrote into Practical Computing in September 1979 with bug fixes.


Platforms
  • 1979 - Commodore PET

Companies
No companies have been added for this game.

People
  • P. Wickett
  • Steve Randall


Game Lineage
Direct parent is currently unknown.

Game Attributes

The following attributes can be used to map the evolution of Minesweeper. Blue cells are confirmed attributes for official versions of Minefield. Yellow cells are unknown.

Mined-Out (1983)
Minefield Variants
Minefield (1979)
Mines (1987)
Minesweeper (1990)
Minesweeper Variants


[ ALL ] [ Commodore PET ]

Releases
ID 167
[BASIC] Commodore BASIC 1.0
[Machine] Commodore PET
Published on 1979-05-11. Date published in Computing Today.


PDF (BASIC)
Code ✓
English
Original magazine listing
ZIP (BASIC)
Code ✓
English
Original listing typed by MSGAME
ZIP (BASIC)
Code ✓
English
September 1979 update typed by MSGAME
ZIP (BASIC)
Code ✓
English
Bug fixes by MSGAME


[ ALL ] [ Commodore PET ]

Images
ID 167
[BASIC] Commodore BASIC 1.0
[Machine] Commodore PET
Published on 1979-05-11. Date published in Computing Today.


Gameplay
Gameplay
Gameplay
Gameplay
Gameplay
Gameplay
Instructions
Instructions
Lost game
Lost game
Won game
Won game


[ ALL ] [ Commodore PET ]

Credits
ID 167
[BASIC] Commodore BASIC 1.0
[Machine] Commodore PET
Published on 1979-05-11.


P. Wickett
source: Computing Today Magazine
as "Mr. P. Wickett"
Original code
Steve Randall
source: Computing Today Magazine
as "Steven Randall"
Bug fixes


[ ALL ] [ Commodore PET ]

Collect
There are no known covers for this game.


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Promos

No advertisements have been added for this game.



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Trivia
No trivia been added for this game.


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Print

  • Computing Today, Vol. 1 No. 4, (p34)
    http://www.flaxcottage.com/ComputingToday/7906.pdf
    Code for release ID167. Date published 1979-05-11.

  • Computing Today, Vol. 1 No. 7, (p61)
    https://archive.org/details/computing-today-1979/ComputingToday197909/page/60/mode/2up
    Code for release ID167. Date published 1979-08-10. A user wrote in to correct errors in the Minefield code listing.