Hexmines 1.2 This is a Strategy Game Mactivity's CD-ROM nr 10 advice: This application did run on a b/w 68030 processor under System 7.1. It was also tested on a big ColorScreen of a PowerMacintosh running System 7.1.2. The game was also tested on a Quadra with 68040 processor and a 13 inch Color Screen and System 7.1 by Mactivity. Hexmines is a game of logic, where your task is to find a path through a minefield. For each position (hex) you step on, you are informed on the number of neighbor hexes in which there are mines. If you step on a hex with a mine, you lose. You can mark hexes with mines by clicking while pressing a chosen modifier key. The game has more help in the built-in help boxes. The game has basically the same rules as the game of Mines by Daniel Griscom, which is the Mac version of a SunTools game by Tom Anderson. The main differences are: - Hexagonal grid. - High score list, listing players who have won with the highest number of mines in the minefield. - Auto-searching through empty areas (a feature also included in Daniel Griscom's version). - In color when available. 8-bit color is recommended. In 4 bits, it looks best in grayscales. - "Superclick" feature. There are several other similar games - more than a dozen just for the Mac. In some (most), the task is not to find a path but rather to locate all mines in the minefield, usually within a time limit. (E.g. Bombs by Christer Ericson.) I prefer the path-finding problem in Mines, so that's how Hexmines work, though it nowadays has the other goal too, as an option. Back to the Computer Games Index