Fastest Minesweeper scores...

[Revenant]

Just for S**t's and giggles, Let's see minesweeper scores... As a tech I think my most played game so far is minesweeper... (you know the story- the last computer in the shop to work on- The one that the customer says freezes every ten minutes, and no matter how many times you've run a burn-in, system load or MS office program to kill the CPU, it still won't freeze? And of course I don't charge them for Minesweeper diags... )

My best so far is 94sec on expert...

[MAYHEM]

I used to play that one all the time on my P166(solitaire gets pld real quick when you can beat it 3out of 5 games) don't remember any scores, and I just checked I don't have it on a single machine here.... I take that back, I have GMines on the Linux box, I'll have to play for a while now. Back in two days with a score and a headache.

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There is no Spoon!

[jhutto]

It's been easily a year since I've been bored enough to play games at work.

But I asked around. You beat the best score on any of our systems.. I had a 98 sec, and 2 others guys were near there..

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Jon Hutto

[Jediab]

Wow! You guys are good! I was happy that I even BEAT the expert level once, no wait maybe twice. I think the time was around 450 sec or so. Horrid I know, but at least I beat it! Yeeeaaaa for me! LOL

[theBeast]

Just did novice in 41 seconds.

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***the Beast
- Fate drove me here...then told me to get out of the car...

[Sowulo]

Did novice in 8sec once. I think my best expert was around 134 though.

[TrackMan]

my best for novice is like 48.

but you can cheat- edit teh ini file on a machine you share with others, and make your time whatever you want. it impresses impressionable people

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I was going to be a procrastinator, I just never got around to it.

[jhutto]

Novice is easy.. Once in a while on Expert you get lucky and a ton of them are clumped, and 1/2 the board is clear in 2-3 clicks.

Rare tho.. I can almost always beat it. It is afterall logic. Logic is a Tech's best friend.

Just did it in 210 sec.

[This message has been edited by jhutto (edited August 23, 2000).]

[The-Fro]

I have 23 secs in Beginner (Win2K's name for Novice), but that's the only mode I play. The real challenge is playing solitaire for time. With standard score, draw one, for time, I've once gotten over 10,000.

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A mind really is like a parachute: It's a million-to-one you'll need one in this lifetime.

[MAYHEM]

OK... I did it... 95 seconds... for a 9x9 grid ;b And boy does my head hurt. Halleluja, Holy Sh*t, Where's the tylenol!

Sorry, my mistake, make that a 3x3 grid (9 squares)
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There is no Spoon!

[This message has been edited by MAYHEM (edited August 28, 2000).]

[This message has been edited by MAYHEM (edited August 28, 2000).]

[Jeff the Brit]

I once did 5 seconds on beginner level. It all fell out on the first click, leaving 2 mines behind. If I hadn't been so surprised, I'd have done it in 2 seconds !

[Glenn]

Record scores or average scores now?

My Average times:
Beginner 9 seconds
Intermediate 90 seconds
Expert 410 seconds

Of course that was on Windows 3.1 where the mouse had some semblance of control. With 95/98 I get unintended right double-clicks when I place flags and non-correct positioning (try and do it fast with 95/98 you will get incorrect points).

[korpse]

my friend is sick...he ALWAYS beats novice in under 10 seconds. Basically as fast as he can point and click...he does.

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"You dumb bastard...it's not a schooner, it's a sailboat!"

[LanaH]

72 seconds(expert)...took me almost two years of working at it.

[Larommi]

Wow, just when you dont think you can dig any deeper...someone finds another layer to explore...6years...

oh, and I was never good at minesweeper.