The grid of hidden mines that came free with every copy of Windows from 3.1 in 1992 to 7, taught a generation the right mouse button and the flag, and was the world's most-played game by the simple method of being on every office computer. Removed from Windows 8 in October 2012 and moved to the Store with adverts, which the record considers a crime. The record notes that most people never learned the rules and clicked until they lost, and were happy.
Memory, filed with affection: Minesweeper at its peak in 2001 was the last thing my whole feed agreed on. Then removed from Windows 8; exiled to the Store with ads, and the feed went back to disagreeing.
Obituary, honest version: Minesweeper did not die of neglect. It died of attention — removed from Windows 8; exiled to the Store with ads — which is the way most of these go and the way this one went.
The record notes that Minesweeper was included in Windows to teach users to right-click, that Solitaire was included to teach drag-and-drop, and that both lessons were learned during work hours across the entire developed world.
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