credit: Getty images Minesweeper is a classic computer game that has been around for several decades. It was first introduced in the 1960s as a text-based game on mainframe computers. Minesweeper is a classic computer game that has been around for several decades. It was first introduced in the 1960s as a text-based game on mainframe computers.

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The board is divided into a grid of squares, and each square may contain a mine or a number indicating the number of mines adjacent to that square.

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The player must use logical deduction to determine the location of mines and avoid detonating them while flagging or uncovering all the safe squares.

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The game is won when all safe squares are cleared, and it is lost when the player detonates a mine.

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Minesweeper is an excellent game for exercising one's problem-solving and deductive reasoning skills.

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The game requires the player to think critically and logically to determine which squares are safe to uncover and which ones are not.

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The player must use the numbers on the board to deduce the location of mines and make educated guesses when the information available is insufficient.

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[{"selector":"#anim-88b5220b-e520-42dd-aae1-155d66e014b3","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-243b5f0e-20d7-44a7-ae15-864bfd7dfff0","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] credit: Getty images Minesweeper comes in different difficulty levels, from beginner to expert, with larger grids and more mines as the difficulty increases.