{"id":6659,"date":"2008-11-05T14:07:24","date_gmt":"2008-11-05T13:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/time-waster-minesweeper-strikes-back\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T02:26:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T09:26:38","slug":"time-waster-minesweeper-strikes-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/time-waster-minesweeper-strikes-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Time waster: Minesweeper strikes back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to Windows classic time wasters, two titles come to mind: Minesweeper and Solitaire. I must admit I was more on the Solitaire side, mainly because I was hardly able to complete a single level in those darn mine fields. The clock&#8217;s unstoppable ticking and the anxiety of being treading over explosives always got on my nerves and made me click on the wrong square. Oh well, maybe I&#8217;ll improve my skills in this new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.random-good-stuff.com\/game\/game\/online-mineswee\/\">online version of MineSweeper<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-images.sftcdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2008\/10\/minesweeper.jpg\" alt=\"Time waster: Minesweeper strikes back\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The classic time waster is now presented in an eye-catching Flash 3D design and follows exactly the same rules: guess where all the mines are hidden without being blown up by any of them. Use field numbers as a hint to the possible amount of mines around you and mark each potential mine spot with Ctrl+Left-click.<\/p>\n<p>The game&#8217;s setting and decoration change as you progress through it, which enables you to enjoy highly detailed pixel-art designs with each new level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to Windows classic time wasters, two titles come to mind: Minesweeper and Solitaire. I must admit I was more on the Solitaire side, mainly because I was hardly able to complete a single level in those darn mine fields. The clock&#8217;s unstoppable ticking and the anxiety of being treading over explosives always &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/time-waster-minesweeper-strikes-back\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Time waster: Minesweeper strikes back&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2011,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-6659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2011"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6659"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6659\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":335803,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6659\/revisions\/335803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6659"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=6659"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=6659"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=6659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}