The TSCC codec  -  180 KB


DESCRIPTION

Required to view Camtasia videos. Installs in one click.











































The Recorder  -  160 KB
2003, Sorin Manea


DESCRIPTION

This program has a Recorder, a Counter and a Player. 
The Recorder displays stats and stores all your games in a dated file. Simply keep
the Recorder open whenever you play. The Counter displays your game stats but
does not record.
The Player lets you look at stored files. You can view videos by choosing a date and
searching for games based on level, completion percentage, 3bv, 3bv speed, and time.
To save a video select a game, choose save and give it a name.

HISTORY

3BV was named in June 2002 and a program was written to analyse finished boards.
The only video program in use, Camtasia, created large file sizes and required heavy
editing. Sorin Manea (Romania) created this program to record compact videos storing
more information and requiring less editing. He succeeded in shrinking file size by 1000%
and created a statistical display, allowing 3BV stats to be compared for the first time.











































The Minesweeper Board Reader 2.0  -  430 KB
2002, Benny Benjamin and Yoni Roll


DESCRIPTION

Displays 3BV count and version information for finished games. Offers a reduced file
size for saved boards. [BMP (24-bit) is 550, BMP (256 colour) is 180, PNG is 30,
and MRB is only 0.25 KB.]

HISTORY

3BV was discovered early in 2002, and Benny Benjamin (Australia) released a counting
program in June. He then passed it to Yoni Roll (Israel) who translated it from Visual
Basic into Delphi and added more features.









































GUESTBOOKS

Guestbook One
2000, August 26 until November 24, 2001.

Guestbook Two
2001, November 24 until June 13, 2002.

Guestbook Three
2002, June 14 until January 17, 2003.

Guestbook Four
2003, Jan 18 until March 7, 2004.

Guestbook Five
2004, February 24 until September 9.

WEP, Winmine 3.1
Minesweeper was released on October 8, 1990, when Microsoft published the first Windows Entertainment Pack. WEP was the first set of games developed specifically to run in Windows rather than in DOS.     Although the Windows Entertainment Pack introduced Minesweeper, the game had to wait another two years for international recognition. On April 6, 1992, Minesweeper was released with Windows 3.1.

Winmine 95, Winmine 98, Winmine ME
The original Minesweeper yet with new graphics and help file. Released August 25, 1995 and retained for later versions.

Winmine 2000, Winmine XP
Released February 17, 2000 and retained for XP. Completely new graphics and help file. Beginner grid enlarged from 8x8 to 9x9. Timer corrected to prevent the jump of earlier versions. Also recognises one click games in Beginner and Custom, where the timer in earlier versions continued counting.

The WEP Helpfile, 30 KB
1990, October 8


DESCRIPTION

This is the original Winmine helpfile, before it came with Windows. The main text was
written by Donner himself, with final editing from other sources. If you are curious, the
"Big Step" feature is the effect from chording on flagged areas: a pre-release featured
the cursor as a foot, that exploded into a bloody stump when a mine was stepped upon!













































































The Winmine 3.1 Helpfile, 30 KB
1992, April 6


DESCRIPTION

The second release of the Helpfile is nearly identical to the WEP version, except for a
scaled down introduction.