minesweeper-sms

About

Minesweeper is a logic puzzle game genre, usually played on personal computers, in which the player clears a grid of tiles without detonating hidden mines, using clues about neighboring mines. A Minesweeper game for the Sega Master System, written by Eric Fry as an entry in the SMS Power 2014 coding competition. It offers three board sizes, flag and question-mark marking, and background music, and is at version 1.1.

How it differs from the original

Adds question-mark markers and toggleable music on a console built for gamepad control. Win/lose animations, bomb sound effects and key repeat are still listed as to-do.

Getting started

Button 1 uncovers a tile, Button 2 cycles a flag or question mark, and Pause toggles the music. The author tested it on real Master System hardware using a Master EverDrive cartridge.

History

Made for the SMS Power 2014 coding competition (dated March 2014), with code and graphics by Eric Fry and music by Niloct.

Known issues & limitations

• features: Win/Lose animations and bomb sound effects are not yet implemented.
• controls: Key repeat is not implemented.

Modding & tools

• The repository includes the author's Unix USB loader for the Master EverDrive and a Vim syntax file for the assembly code.