Shep's original early Javascript 1.1 version was a masterpiece, and it's a credit to how well it was coded back then that much of that code still works unmodified today. This browser based, online version is maintained by the Free Video Games Project and was originally developed by Shep Poor in 2005. Most of the key features like right-click (to mark a mine) and numbers (showing you adjacent bombs) evolved in the last 2-3 years of the 80's. The game evolved over the 1980's into the game we love today. Board games like Battleship and versions played on paper have been enjoyed for decades before that, and all contributed in their own way to what would ultimately became Minesweeper. The earliest proven digital ancestor of Minesweeper is Mined-Out, which was released for the Sinclair Spectrum in 1983.

The history of Minesweeper goes back to the early 80's when many 'mine' games were released for early home computers. Minesweeper was first released by Microsoft in 1990, and every release of Windows since then has had a version of the game.

Our original Minesweeper game is based off the classic Windows version.

Minesweeper original game