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Play Minesweeper (Japan edition · English) Online
Minesweeper
Play Minesweeper Online — Uncover a minefield by interpreting numbered squares, marking dangerous cells and opening safe routes without triggering an explosive.
Browser play
PC Engine CD / TurboGrafx-CD — EmulatorJS controls
Default Player 1 keyboard mapping. Change keys in Controller Settings.
| Console button | Keyboard |
|---|---|
| ↑ / ↓ / ← / → | ↑ / ↓ / ← / → |
| I / II | Z / X |
| RUN / SELECT | Enter / V |
Open Controller Settings to configure your keyboard or gamepad. Touch controls are available on mobile.
How to Play Minesweeper
Quick start
Choose a board and uncover an initial square. Look for numbers whose adjacent hidden squares can be resolved, mark the mines you can justify and expand from the safe edges.
Controls
The direction pad moves the cursor between cells. Use the action buttons to uncover a square or mark a suspected mine. Select difficulty and other options through the menu.
Minesweeper — About this game
This PC Engine version turns the familiar minefield puzzle into a controller-driven exercise in deduction. An opened square tells you how many mines touch it, including diagonally adjacent cells. Comparing neighboring numbers allows you to identify safe squares and mark suspected mines. The board becomes easier to read when you work from clear deductions rather than scattering guesses across unrelated areas. A flag records your conclusion, but an incorrect flag can distort later reasoning, so revisit assumptions when the surrounding numbers stop agreeing. The challenge is to reveal the safe portion of the field while leaving the mines untouched. As the available space narrows, careful comparison of overlapping clues becomes more important than moving the cursor quickly.
Cheats
No cheats have been added for this edition.
Player verification and sources
Browser play was reviewed before this edition was published in the catalogue. The date below is the catalogue publication date, not the game’s original release date.
- Browser test and catalogue publication date
- Browsers and devices
- PC: Chrome, Edge and Firefox. Mobile: Chrome on Android and Safari on iPhone and iPad.
- Player engine and core
- EmulatorJS 4.3.0-pre · pce
- Tested by
- rwEmulator
Sources and editorial basis
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