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Minesweeper (video game) Minesweeper is a logic puzzle video game genre generally played on personal computers. The game features a grid of clickable tiles, with hidden "mines" (depicted as naval mines in the original game) scattered throughout the board. The objective is to clear the board without detonating any mines, with help from clues ...
Microsoft Minesweeper (formerly just Minesweeper, and also known as Flower Field) is a minesweeper -type video game created by Curt Johnson, originally for IBM 's OS/2, that was ported to Microsoft Windows by Robert Donner, both Microsoft employees at the time. First released as part of the Microsoft Entertainment Pack 1 in 1990, it was first ...
Minesweeper. Minesweeper J 636 underway in British coastal waters during World War II. A minesweeper is a small warship designed to remove or detonate naval mines. Using various mechanisms intended to counter the threat posed by naval mines, minesweepers keep waterways clear for safe shipping. [1]
A Google Doodle is a special, temporary alteration of the logo on Google 's homepages intended to commemorate holidays, events, achievements, and historical figures. The first Google Doodle honored the 1998 edition of the long-running annual Burning Man event in Black Rock City, Nevada, and was designed by co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin ...
Minesweeping is the practice of removing explosive naval mines, usually by a specially designed ship called a minesweeper using various measures to either capture or detonate the mines, but sometimes also with an aircraft made for that purpose. Minesweeping has been practiced since the advent of naval mining in 1855 during the Crimean War.
A Pacman related interactive Google Doodle from 2010 will be shown to users searching for "google pacman" or "play pacman".. The American technology company Google has added Easter eggs into many of its products and services, such as Google Search, YouTube, and Android since the 2000s.
Subcategories. This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total. Minesweepers by country (51 C) Minesweepers by navy (53 C)
HNLMS Abraham Crijnssen is a Jan van Amstel -class minesweeper of the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNN). Built during the 1930s, she was based in the Dutch East Indies when Japan attacked at the end of 1941. Ordered to retreat to Australia, the ship was disguised as a tropical island to avoid detection, and was the last Dutch ship to escape from the ...