
The object of MINEFIELD is to mark the location of all the mines in
the minefield. The game is over if you step on a mine.
MINEFIELD is a puzzle requiring deductive reasoning and
highly polished guessing skills.
         
The mine field consists of an array of tiles.
Under each tile is either a mine or a number indicating how many of
it's neighbors hide mines. Use the numbers to deduce the location of
the mines.

When the game starts, the number of hidden mines is displayed in the
top left corner of the mine field. This is how many mines you need to
correctly mark in order to win. You step on a tile by clicking on it
with the left mouse button. You mark a tile to indicate that it hides
a mine by clicking on it with the right mouse button.

Each time you mark a tile, the number of remaining tiles displayed in
the upper left corner is decremented. The object of the game is to
CORRECTLY mark all of the mines.






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To Play:
Jump out and step on any tile. If it hides a mine, the game is over.
If not, then a number is revealed. The number tells you how many
of that tile's neighbors hide mines. 

If the number is zero then all neighbors are safe. All of that tile's
neighbors are cleared for you. If another zero is revealed, it
nieghbors are cleared and so on.

Use the revealed number to deduce the location of the adjacent mines.
For example, if you step on a tile and a 1 is revealed, and there is
only one neighboring tile not yet cleared, then that un-cleared tile
MUST hide a mine.

Once you have deduced the location of a mine, you must mark it.
Do so by clicking on the tile with the right mouse button. Once a tile
is marked you cannot step on it unless you clear the flag. Click on it
again with the right mouse button to clear the mine flag.

If you suspect that a tile hides a mine, but are not sure, you can
mark the tile with a question flag. Do so by clicking twice on the
tile with the right mouse button. A tile marked with a question flag
cannot be stepped upon. Clear the question flag by clicking the tile
again with the right mouse button.
(The first click of the right button sets a mine flag, the next 
 changes it to a question flag, and the next clears the question flag.)

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Menu Selections:

   Game: New   : Starts a new game.
         Quit  : Leaves MINEFIELD and returns you to DOS.
         Load  : Loads a previously saved game.
         Save  : Saves a game in progress.
         Scores: Displays the list of highest scores.

   Size: Easy  : The easyest level.
         Medium: Slightly harder, the minefield is larger
                  and the ratio of mines to tiles is increased.
         Hard  : More difficult yet. Much larger than Medium
                  with an even higher mine to tile ratio.
         Custom: Allows you to specify the size and difficulty of
                  the field. Enter any or none of the following:
             Rows : Enter the number of rows.
             Cols : Enter the number of coloumns.
             Mines: Enter the number of mines.

   Option: Hint  : Indicates the location of a safe tile, if any.

   Help  : Objective      :
           How To Play    :
           Menu Selections:
           About          :

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