Showing posts with label Minesweeper. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Minesweeper. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Windows 8 Minesweeper Achievements & Medals

So new Windows 8 has a much cooler Minesweeper with Adventure Mode and Achievements.
Being the fan that I am, I decided I will sacrifice my statistics so I can complete all the achievements and medals.

Achievements  (these are trivial):
  1. Savior of the World: Just win a game on each board size (Getting this will probably get you the other 3 achievements).
  2. Good Start: Just complete a minefield (easy mode is fine)
  3. Good Memory: Completed a minefield without using flags (do this in easy mode)
  4. Happens to Everybody: Trigger your first mine
Medals:
  1.  Click Click BOOM! : Trigger a Mine on 2nd click, you can do this consciously or just get it naturally while attempting other medals.
  2. The Sea of Flags: Just flag 100 mines. It can be done over multiple boards.
  3. Burgeoning Explorer: Uncovered 1000 squares. Again, can be done over multiple boards. 
  4. Quick and Easy: Win East in under 30 seconds.
  5. One With the Chord: Win 3 games where the only moves you made were Chords and Flags (with exception of 1st tap). Trick here is win 3 this way, no taps allowed. I just did 3 easy modes. The wins don't have to be consecutive, but it's better to do them in a roll so you don't lose count. And if you're wondering what Chord is, it's when you mark all the mines for a number and you click both left and right mouse button together. For example: if there's a # 2, mark the 2 mines it's touching, then duo button click the #2 and the 4 that are not marked mines will be clicked.
  6. I Guess I Was Right the First Time: Mark a mine w/ a flag then changing to question mark, then unmark it and detonate.
  7. Flag It Up: Disarmed  1000 mines. Once again, can be done over multiple boards.
  8. Bug Collector: Found 50 ladybugs without disturbing them. Change the theme to garden and flag 50 ladybugs, can be done over multiple boards.
  9. Oh COME On!!!!: Thank you poster in the comment section! This achievement is annoying... because I think it's written in counter-intuitive way... but anyway, make sure you mark the "safe" tile with a mine flag and explode the final mine. So the final picture will be all mines correctly marked except for 1 (will have X on it).
The rest of the medals are for adventure mode. Basically tedious but doable. I'll update this another day.