Minesweeper Game Downloads

Minefield

  • Year
    1983
  • Strategy
    Find Path
  • Platform
    BASIC || ZX Spectrum
    BASIC || MSX

Minefield - Game Overview

Minefield was written in 1983 in Sinclair BASIC by Simon Gould.

The original game was published in Games For Your ZX81 (1983) and More Games For Your ZX Spectrum (1983) with Graham Carter updating it for Games For Your MSX Computer (1985). You must cross the minefield using a mine detector. At the start of the game you can select 2 to 35 mines. When you lose, the locations of mines are shown. You have 100 seconds to find a path. When you win a new game begins with the message, "Stand by for next field".

There is a basic scoring which multiplies something by 100 and the grid appears to be 28x19...but please check the code and let @admin know!

In June 1984, the ZX81 version of the game was published in Sinclair Programs magazine and falsely credited to Jason Williams.


Version History

A list of all known versions sorted by platform then version. Email admin@ if you have more! See the Downloads section for available files.

BASICZX81Published in July 1983.
BASICZX SpectrumPublished in August 1983.
BASICZX81 (Copied)Published in June 1984.
BASICMSXPublished in January 1985.

Pictures

Screenshots are sorted by platform then version.


Minefield ZX81 - Graphic
Minefield ZX81 - Introduction
Minefield ZX81 - Code
Minefield ZX Spectrum - Graphic
Minefield ZX Spectrum - Introduction
Minefield ZX Spectrum - Graphic
Minefield ZX Spectrum - Code
Minefield ZX81 (Copied) - Graphic
Minefield ZX81 (Copied) - Code
Minefield MSX - Introduction
Minefield MSX - Code

Downloads

Versions are listed by platform, version, year, earliest known date and source of the date information.

BASICZX811983Published
JPG (Source Code)Code ✓English, Sinclair 8K BASIC
BASICZX Spectrum1983Published
JPG (Source Code)Code ✓English, Sinclair 48 BASIC
BASICZX81 (Copied)1984Published
JPG (Source Code)Code ✓English, Sinclair 8K BASIC
BASICMSX1984Published
JPG (Source Code)Code ✓English, MSX BASIC

Credits

People and companies are listed by platform, version, name, role and source of the information.

BASICZX81
Graham CarterAuthorBook
Scott VincentAuthorBook
Simon GouldHelp and adviceBook
Simon GouldByBook
Sue WallikerIllustratorBook
BASICZX Spectrum
Clive GiffordAuthorBook
Simon GouldByBook
Sue WallikerIllustratorBook
BASICZX81 (Copied)
Jason WilliamsWritten byMagazine
BASICMSX
Graham CarterCopyrightBook
Simon GouldCopyrightBook

Game Links

Dead sites are often available at archive.org.

  • https://worldofspectrum.net/pub/sinclair/books/m/MoreGamesForYourZXSpectrum.pdf
    More Games For Your ZX Spectrum 1983 - Code.

  • https://issuu.com/msxblog/docs/games_for_your_msx_computer
    Games For Your MSX Computer 1985 - Code.

  • https://archive.org/details/sinclair-programs-20/page/n41/mode/2up
    Sinclair Programs - June 1985 magazine

  • https://www.8bit-wiki.de/fileadmin/8bit-wiki/Sinclair/ZX81/manual/books/basic/More%20games%20for%20your%20ZX81.pdf
    Games For Your ZX81 1983 - Code.


Entity Links

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