Minesweeper Game Database

XMines (1990)



Overview
XMines was written in 1990 for SunOS by Jim McBeath.


Platforms
  • 1990 - SunOS

Companies
  • Globetrotter Software, Inc

People
  • Brian Dalio
  • Jim McBeath
  • Tom Anderson


Game Lineage
Mines (1987)

The source code includes a history file where McBeath explains his earlier edits to Mines for Sun OS and how he ported the game to X11.


Game Attributes

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

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


[ ALL ] [ SunOS ]

Releases
ID 186
[Machine] Sun Workstation (Sun-3)
[OS] SunOS (4.0.3)
[Windows] X11
Version 1.0 release. Published no later than 1990-01-31. Source code states that Jim McBeath converted Mines to X11 during December 1989 and January 1990.


No downloads have been added for this release.

ID 187
[Machine] Sun Workstation (Sun-3)
[OS] SunOS (4.0.3)
[Windows] X11
Version 1.1 release. Published no later than 1990-09-10. Date is in the XMines 1.02 source code. This was the first published version.


No downloads have been added for this release.

ID 188
[Machine] Sun Workstation (Sun-3)
[OS] SunOS (4.0.3)
[Windows] X11
Version 1.2 release. Published no later than 1990-12-19. Date is in the XMines 1.02 source code.


No downloads have been added for this release.



[ ALL ] [ SunOS ]

Images
ID 186
[Machine] Sun Workstation (Sun-3)
[OS] SunOS (4.0.3)
[Windows] X11
Version 1.0 release. Published no later than 1990-01-31. Source code states that Jim McBeath converted Mines to X11 during December 1989 and January 1990.


No images have been added for this release.

ID 187
[Machine] Sun Workstation (Sun-3)
[OS] SunOS (4.0.3)
[Windows] X11
Version 1.1 release. Published no later than 1990-09-10. Date is in the XMines 1.02 source code. This was the first published version.


No images have been added for this release.

ID 188
[Machine] Sun Workstation (Sun-3)
[OS] SunOS (4.0.3)
[Windows] X11
Version 1.2 release. Published no later than 1990-12-19. Date is in the XMines 1.02 source code.


No images have been added for this release.



[ ALL ] [ SunOS ]

Credits
ID 186
[Machine] Sun Workstation for Sun-3
[OS] SunOS for 4.0.3
[Windows] X11
Version 1.0 release. Published no later than 1990-01-31.


Globetrotter Software, Inc
source: Code
as "Globetrotter Software, Inc"
"Copyright"
Tom Anderson
source: Code
as "Tom Anderson"
"originally written by"
Brian Dalio
source: Code
as "Brian Dalio"
"modified by"
Jim McBeath
source: Code
as "Jim McBeath"
"converted to X11"
ID 187
[Machine] Sun Workstation for Sun-3
[OS] SunOS for 4.0.3
[Windows] X11
Version 1.1 release. Published no later than 1990-09-10.


Globetrotter Software, Inc
source: Code
as "Globetrotter Software, Inc"
"Copyright"
Tom Anderson
source: Code
as "Tom Anderson"
"originally written by"
Brian Dalio
source: Code
as "Brian Dalio"
"modified by"
Jim McBeath
source: Code
as "Jim McBeath"
"converted to X11"
ID 188
[Machine] Sun Workstation for Sun-3
[OS] SunOS for 4.0.3
[Windows] X11
Version 1.2 release. Published no later than 1990-12-19.


Globetrotter Software, Inc
source: Code
as "Globetrotter Software, Inc"
"Copyright"
Tom Anderson
source: Code
as "Tom Anderson"
"originally written by"
Brian Dalio
source: Code
as "Brian Dalio"
"modified by"
Jim McBeath
source: Code
as "Jim McBeath"
"converted to X11"


[ ALL ] [ SunOS ]

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
  • To run on modern machines you may need to remove the "extern char *malloc()" line from the board.c file and to use the xmkmf command to create a makefile from the imakefile (then enter "make", "xrdb -load XMines.ad" and "./xmines"). You may have issues with the clang compiler as it incorrectly interprets line endings, but earlier compilers should work.


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Print
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