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July 2006 17

Demina: A Minesweeper Solver/Helper Tool

A program that can help in solving Minesweeper game.

Download zip files with program and a help file: Here.

Editor's Note: The description and screenshots do not do this tool justice - it is quite amazing to see it in action.

It actually finds the normal windows minesweeper executable running, then takes screenshot of the window(!) then figures out the grid given the screenshot, then solves as much as it can, and then sends clicks back over to the minesweeper exe.

It actually made me laugh out loud in suprise and pleasure as i was watching it work.. pretty damn amazing..

see the help file inside for a bit on the mathematics of how it works.

Continue reading the rest of the entry and discuss..

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