Minesweeper is a game that brings back memories for children from the 1980s and early 1990s. It was first made available on the home computer, back when computers were much larger and less transportable than laptops and smartphones are now.
As a result, most houses have a desk where everyone shares a clumsy device. And when some children had the opportunity to sit in front of the screen at that time, one of the games they played was Minesweeper. It was before the internet became something you used all day. It was still the norm to work offline.
But, as a woman on TikTok discovered, they’ve been playing Minesweeper the wrong way the whole time. It also broke the internet, as well as the psyche of its participants at the time.
What is Minesweeper, exactly?
On the PC, it’s a 16-bit single-player puzzle game. According to Lad Bible, players would generally click at random tiles to avoid blowing up the explosives or “mines.”
People used to play it by simply clicking on any tile without any sort of strategy.
Since then, the game’s instructions have been available. According to a report by 1079ishot, Google was not yet a thing when the game was released.
At least, that’s how most people played Minesweeper: idly clicking on boxes. For some, the game may be a relic of the past, but there are still new developments.
A firm called Cinemassive developed the world’s largest Minesweeper in August 2015, as the game marked its 30th anniversary, with a total of 38,000 “mines.”
Minesweeper players are taught by a TikToker.
The game, which dates back to 1960, turns out to have a strategy for playing it. Paisley, a Tiktok user, was the one who revealed it to the public.
Paisley didn’t just click on any square to avert the bomb in the famous video. She employed a strategy and was well-versed in the game’s mechanics.
As Lad Bible reported, Paisley says in the video, “I’m about to make all your middle school fantasies come true because I’m going to tell you how to play this idiotic game called my something or other.”
How Do You Play It Correctly?
To begin playing Minesweeper, players must first press a square. It’s not merely a matter of guessing which square to click. The game is all about deduction and observation.
Keep in mind that the number around the boxes is a hint as to where the mines are hidden.
There are ones and twos, and the number of bombs touching the square is indicated. If the box is close to number one, it signifies that the “mine” is in one of the squares around it. Similarly, the number two denotes the presence of more than one explosive nearby.
These figures, it turns out, serve as a guide for players throughout the game. The final objective is to clear the map while avoiding blowing the bomb.
The aforementioned viral video has already received 4 million views, 14,000 shares, and 500,000 likes. It’s possible that this means 4 million additional individuals now know how to play Minesweeper.
What do you think?