Minesweeper Game Database

Minefield (1983)

a.k.a. Campo de Minas


Overview
Minefield was written for the VIC 20 in 1983 by Pete Gerrard.

The game is called Minefield, and the object of the game is to guide a little blob across a 9 by 10 square grid. Some of the squares on the grid have mines in them, and walking into such a square will result in instant destruction! You are equipped with a rusty radar that allows you to scan the immediate area around you. If there is a mine within one square of your present position, this information will be displayed at the top of the screen. However, it's up to you to determine which square the radar is indicating. Getting successfully across the grid will send you onto the next level where there are even more hidden mines. And so it goes on, with more mines appearing all the time, until the inevitable happens and you meet your doom.

The mine detector works diagonally. Two months after the original version a reader submitted modified code to add sound to the game.


Platforms
  • 1983 - Commodore VIC-20

Companies
No companies have been added for this game.

People
  • B. R. P. Wedge
  • Pete Gerrard


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


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Releases
ID 214
[Machine] Commodore VIC-20 (Unexpanded)
Published on 1983-11-10. Published in the December / January 1983 Issue of Commodore Horizons.


PDF (BASIC)
Code ✓
English
Commodore Horizons original listing.
PDF (BASIC)
Code ✓
English
Commodore Horizons update with sound.
ZIP (PRG)
Code ✓
English
Program file with sound. Use LIST to see code.
ZIP (PRG)
Code ✓
English
Program file for original release. Use LIST to see code.
ZIP (PRG)
Code ✓
Spanish
Program file. Use LIST to see code.
PDF (BASIC)
Code ✓
Spanish
Spanish conversion.


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Images
ID 214
[Machine] Commodore VIC-20 (Unexpanded)
Published on 1983-11-10. Published in the December / January 1983 Issue of Commodore Horizons.


Gameplay
Gameplay
Instructions
Instructions
Lost game message
Lost game message
Lost game
Lost game
New game
New game
Spanish Release - Gameplay
Spanish Release - Gameplay
Spanish Release - Instructions
Spanish Release - Instructions
Spanish Release - Lost game message
Spanish Release - Lost game message
Spanish Release - New game
Spanish Release - New game
Level 1 won
Level 1 won
Sound Release - Gameplay
Sound Release - Gameplay
Sound Release - Instructions
Sound Release - Instructions
Sound Release - Lost game
Sound Release - Lost game


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Credits
ID 214
[Machine] Commodore VIC-20 for Unexpanded
Published on 1983-11-10.


Pete Gerrard
source: Code
as "Pete Gerrard"
"by"
B. R. P. Wedge
source: Commodore Horizons Issue 3
as "B. R. P. Wedge"
Code to add sound


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Collect

Commodore Horizons (Issue 1, December 1983) || Collect ID 165 || Edition ID 260 || 1983

Cover (front)
Cover (front)
First page of code
First page of code

Commodore Horizons (Issue 3, March 1984) || Collect ID 166 || Edition ID 261 || 1984

Cover (front)
Cover (front)
Code to add sound
Code to add sound

Sechzig Programme für Ihren Oric 1 || Collect ID 139 || Edition ID 262 || 1984 || 3190082219 (ISBN10)

Cover (front)
Cover (front)
First page of code
First page of code


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Promos

No advertisements have been added for this game.



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Trivia
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Print

  • Commodore Horizons, Issue 1, (p18)
    https://archive.org/details/commodore-horizons-01/page/n17/mode/2up
    Code for release ID214. Date published 1983-12-00.

  • Commodore Horizons, Issue 3, (p5)
    https://archive.org/details/commodore-horizons-03/page/n3/mode/2up
    Code for release ID214. Date published 1984-03-00. Code to add sound.

  • Commodore Magazine, No. 1, (p32)
    https://archive.org/details/CommodoreMagazineSpain/CommodoreMagazineIssue01/page/n31/mode/2up
    Code for release ID214. Date published 1984-03-00.