Fastest solitaire and minesweeper times?

MooooMoo · 2009-06-19, 06:23

For those of you who have tried playing solitaire and/or minesweeper on your computers, what are your best times? Mine are:

Solitare: 79 seconds

Minesweeper:

Beginner - 3 seconds
Intermediate - 57 seconds
Expert - 235 seconds

For the record, the world record for Expert on Minesweeper is under 40 seconds. Wow!

J.F. · 2009-06-19, 06:51

beginner 5sec
intermediate about 34, iirc
expert 98

I estimate this was about 5 years ago. Then I wrote an automatic solver in Pascal, so I would never have to play again ;).

starrynte · 2009-06-22, 17:09

Intermediate - 93 seconds
Expert - 356 seconds
(Still hoping for the "lucky" Beginner one where you can solve it in 1 click)

Raman · 2009-06-23, 03:41

There are cheat codes, too.

If you start Minesweeper and then start clicking up on any square.
Press the "Windows key + D" as a shortcut key to show up the desktop.
Then, restore back minesweeper from the taskbar to see the timer that is
being stopped up.

Before starting up a game of Minesweeper:
Press "Xyzzy" then Shift+Enter, Enter. If you have a black background,
you can clearly see a one pixel square at the top left turned on. If that
square is white, then that is safe. If it turns up to be black, then that
square has a mine within it up.

There are cheat codes for the games of the Hearts & Pinball, too.
For hearts, you can see up the opponents cards also!

Go to Run and then run "regedit"
Go to H_KEY_CURRENT_USER
Software
Microsoft
Windows
Current Version
Applets
Hearts
Edit -> New String Value
String: ZB, Value: 42

While playing hearts, click up, Shift+Ctrl+Alt+F12 to see so your opponent's cards at any time, thus.

Pinball:
After starting it up:
Type "hidden test" to operate the ball with the mouse

H -> High score of 1 billion
R -> Next rank
M -> Message box with the memory that is being used up by the program

Before launching the ball itself:
1max -> Extra ball
bmax -> Unlimited balls, when the ball is drained: immediately the new ball comes up from the yellow wormhole
gmax -> Gravity well
rmax -> Go up to the next rank

Try it out! Enjoy up, please, just simply, all the way, at once, that way

davieddy · 2009-06-24, 05:39

Expert minesweeper 132 seconds.
Try it without flagging the mines.
I found the hexagonal variant disappointing.

I had a winning streak of over 200 games of Freecell.
If you have played it, you may appreciate the mental
discipline this involved, and the sense of relief I felt when
I screwed up

davieddy · 2009-06-24, 06:24

In the UK, this is the game performed on Raman's avatar.
We call the card games "Patience".
BTW the only allowable move in Solitaire is the Draughts
(Checkers if you insist) manouvre of jumping over a piece
and removing it.

xilman · 2009-06-24, 08:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by davieddy

I had a winning streak of over 200 games of Freecell.
If you have played it, you may appreciate the mental
discipline this involved, and the sense of relief I felt when
I screwed up

I've managed well over a thousand.

Current approach is to clear the score on Jan 1st each year and see whether I can go an entire year without losing.

Paul

akruppa · 2009-06-24, 09:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by xilman

Current approach is to clear the score on Jan 1st each year and see whether I can go an entire year without losing.

That's easy. I've done it several years in succession, simply by not playing.

Alex

cheesehead · 2009-06-24, 10:05

Joshua: "A strange game. The only winning move is not to play. How about a nice game of chess?"

davieddy · 2009-06-24, 11:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by xilman

I've managed well over a thousand.

While drinking?

Mini-Geek · 2009-06-24, 12:08

My best Minesweeper scores:
Beginner - 9
Intermediate - 55
Expert - 210 (this one's old, I could probably beat it if I played Expert long enough to actually finish one instead of being stuck on a guess and guessing wrong)

2009-06-19, 06:23	#1
MooooMoo Apprentice Crank Mar 2006 454₁₀ Posts	Fastest solitaire and minesweeper times? For those of you who have tried playing solitaire and/or minesweeper on your computers, what are your best times? Mine are: Solitare: 79 seconds Minesweeper: Beginner - 3 seconds Intermediate - 57 seconds Expert - 235 seconds For the record, the world record for Expert on Minesweeper is under 40 seconds. Wow!

2009-06-24, 06:24	#6
davieddy "Lucan" Dec 2006 England 2·3·13·83 Posts	Solitaire In the UK, this is the game performed on Raman's avatar. We call the card games "Patience". BTW the only allowable move in Solitaire is the Draughts (Checkers if you insist) manouvre of jumping over a piece and removing it.

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2009-06-19, 06:51	#2
J.F. Jun 2008 2³×3² Posts	beginner 5sec intermediate about 34, iirc expert 98 I estimate this was about 5 years ago. Then I wrote an automatic solver in Pascal, so I would never have to play again ;).

2009-06-22, 17:09	#3
starrynte Oct 2008 California 2²×59 Posts	Intermediate - 93 seconds Expert - 356 seconds (Still hoping for the "lucky" Beginner one where you can solve it in 1 click)

2009-06-23, 03:41	#4
Raman Noodles "Mr. Tuch" Dec 2007 Chennai, India 3·419 Posts	There are cheat codes, too. If you start Minesweeper and then start clicking up on any square. Press the "Windows key + D" as a shortcut key to show up the desktop. Then, restore back minesweeper from the taskbar to see the timer that is being stopped up. Before starting up a game of Minesweeper: Press "Xyzzy" then Shift+Enter, Enter. If you have a black background, you can clearly see a one pixel square at the top left turned on. If that square is white, then that is safe. If it turns up to be black, then that square has a mine within it up. There are cheat codes for the games of the Hearts & Pinball, too. For hearts, you can see up the opponents cards also! Go to Run and then run "regedit" Go to H_KEY_CURRENT_USER Software Microsoft Windows Current Version Applets Hearts Edit -> New String Value String: ZB, Value: 42 While playing hearts, click up, Shift+Ctrl+Alt+F12 to see so your opponent's cards at any time, thus. Pinball: After starting it up: Type "hidden test" to operate the ball with the mouse H -> High score of 1 billion R -> Next rank M -> Message box with the memory that is being used up by the program Before launching the ball itself: 1max -> Extra ball bmax -> Unlimited balls, when the ball is drained: immediately the new ball comes up from the yellow wormhole gmax -> Gravity well rmax -> Go up to the next rank Try it out! Enjoy up, please, just simply, all the way, at once, that way

2009-06-24, 05:39	#5
davieddy "Lucan" Dec 2006 England 2·3·13·83 Posts	Expert minesweeper 132 seconds. Try it without flagging the mines. I found the hexagonal variant disappointing. I had a winning streak of over 200 games of Freecell. If you have played it, you may appreciate the mental discipline this involved, and the sense of relief I felt when I screwed up

2009-06-24, 10:05	#9
cheesehead "Richard B. Woods" Aug 2002 Wisconsin USA 2²×3×641 Posts	Joshua: "A strange game. The only winning move is not to play. How about a nice game of chess?"

2009-06-24, 12:08	#11
Mini-Geek Account Deleted "Tim Sorbera" Aug 2006 San Antonio, TX USA 17×251 Posts	My best Minesweeper scores: Beginner - 9 Intermediate - 55 Expert - 210 (this one's old, I could probably beat it if I played Expert long enough to actually finish one instead of being stuck on a guess and guessing wrong)