Features, question marking, flagging

Game Features

Ø  At the upper left (lower right in new versions) of the game board is a backwards counter. This counter starts at the total number of mines for the level (40 in the case of Intermediate), and then subtracts one for every mine flagged during play.

Ø  At the upper right hand corner (lower left in new versions) of the game board is the time counter, which counts the number of seconds elapsed since the first cell was cleared. The counter can only go to 999 seconds.

Ø  In the windows vista and previous versions, there is a smiley face which is used to start a new game.

Ø  On the tiles, some numbers appear to show how many mines surround the number.

Question Marking

This is done by right clicking twice. It is used when uncertain of what is behind a square. This feature can be turned off under the Game menu.

Flagging

This is done by double clicking. Flagging is relied upon when the player is sure of a mine being in a square.