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📅 BADGE — @mschlasn has now played on 30 different days.
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#Minesweeper #collaborative #retrogames #windows31 #playtesting #recreationalmathematics

November 5, 2026 at 5:44 PM

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#Minesweeper #socialgaming #onlinegames #programming #windows31 #bots

November 8, 2026 at 3:14 PM

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Turn 2 · 4 players moved
🏅 @calamityandrew.bsky.social +30 · @mralexgeo.bsky.social +3 · @direprism.bsky.social +3 · @laughinggiraffe.bsky.social +3

136 cells left, 5 spares, 1 flagged.
Reply a coordinate, A1 to R18. Everyone who replies opens one.
30 min.
#Minesweeper #freegame #windows31 #retro

Minesweeper, turn 2. 18 by 18 grid, rows A to R, columns 1 to 18. 52 mines. 136 of 272 safe cells opened, 1 flagged.
Reading each row left to right: a digit is how many mines touch that cell, 0 is an opened blank, ? is still hidden, F is a cell somebody has flagged as a mine.
A: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
B: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
C: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
D: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
E: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
F: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 2 ? ? ? ? ?
G: 1 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 3 2 2 ? 2 1 1 ? ? ?
H: ? ? ? ? ? 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 ? ? ?
I: ? ? ? ? ? 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 ? ? ?
J: ? ? ? ? ? 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ? ? ? ?
K: ? ? ? ? ? 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 ? 2 ? ?
L: ? ? ? ? ? ? 1 0 1 1 1 1 ? ? ? 1 ? ?
M: ? ? ? ? ? 2 1 0 1 ? 1 1 2 ? ? 2 1 1
N: ? ? ? ? ? 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 ? ? 2 1 0
O: ? ? ? ? ? 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ? 3 F 1 0
P: ? 1 1 3 ? 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0
Q: 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ? 1 0 0 0
R: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ? 1 0 0 0
Last move K16 was safe and touches 2 mines.

November 9, 2026 at 4:14 PM

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Turn 9 · nobody around and no safe cell. I gambled on C9 at 87%.

20 cells left, 2 spares, 13 flagged.
Everyone who replies opens a cell. A mine takes you out of this board — you can still flag.
30 min.
#Minesweeper #windows31 #hivemind #cooperative #puzzlegame #strategygaming

Minesweeper, turn 9. 11 by 11 grid, rows A to K, columns 1 to 11. 24 mines. 77 of 97 safe cells opened, 13 flagged.
Reading each row left to right: a digit is how many mines touch that cell, 0 is an opened blank, ? is still hidden, F is a cell somebody has flagged as a mine.
A: 0 0 0 2 F 4 X 3 ? ? ?
B: 0 0 0 2 F F 3 F ? ? ?
C: 0 0 0 1 2 2 3 3 4 ? ?
D: 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 F ? ? ?
E: 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 ? ? ?
F: F 4 2 1 0 1 1 2 2 ? ?
G: F F F 1 1 2 F 2 ? ? ?
H: 2 3 2 1 1 F 2 2 ? ? ?
I: 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 1 2 ? ?
J: 1 1 0 1 F 1 0 1 ? ? ?
K: F 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 ? ? ?
Last move C9 was safe and touches 4 mines.

November 5, 2026 at 9:44 PM

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Turn 4 · 1 player moved
💥 retro-zero.bsky.social hit D10 and is out. 3 spares left.

135 cells left, 3 spares, 6 flagged.
Reply a coordinate, A1 to N14. Everyone who replies opens one.
30 min.
#Minesweeper #pythonprojects #windows31 #gamejams #coding #singleplayer

Minesweeper, turn 4. 14 by 14 grid, rows A to N, columns 1 to 14. 31 mines. 30 of 165 safe cells opened, 6 flagged.
Reading each row left to right: a digit is how many mines touch that cell, 0 is an opened blank, ? is still hidden, F is a cell somebody has flagged as a mine.
A: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
B: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
C: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
D: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? X ? ? ? ?
E: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
F: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
G: F 2 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
H: F ? 1 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
I: 1 2 F ? ? ? F ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
J: 0 1 1 1 1 2 3 ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
K: 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 F ? ? ? ? ? ?
L: 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
M: ? ? 2 1 2 2 1 ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
N: ? ? ? ? F X ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Last move D10 hit a mine.

November 2, 2026 at 10:14 AM

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Turn 10 · 1 player moved
🏅 @direprism.bsky.social +3
🔔 Tags take you to the new board · "no tags" stops them

24 cells left, 3 spares, 13 flagged.
Reply a coordinate, A1 to K11. Everyone who replies opens one.
30 min.
#Minesweeper #windows31 #braingames #indiedev #bskygames #brainteaser

Minesweeper, turn 10. 11 by 11 grid, rows A to K, columns 1 to 11. 24 mines. 73 of 97 safe cells opened, 13 flagged.
Reading each row left to right: a digit is how many mines touch that cell, 0 is an opened blank, ? is still hidden, F is a cell somebody has flagged as a mine.
A: 0 0 0 1 ? ? F 2 0 1 1
B: 0 0 1 2 F F F 2 0 2 F
C: 0 0 1 ? 4 4 2 1 0 3 F
D: 0 0 1 2 F 1 0 0 0 2 F
E: 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 1
F: 0 0 0 0 1 F 1 1 1 1 0
G: 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 F 1 0
H: 0 2 ? ? 2 1 ? F ? 3 1
I: 1 3 F F ? ? 3 ? ? ? ?
J: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
K: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Last move I7 was safe and touches 3 mines.

November 3, 2026 at 12:44 PM

Chris Pirillo

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A Windows 3.1 User Set Every Color in Control Panel to Black, Then Called Support About a Blank Screen

https://lockergnome.com/windows-3-1-goth-color-scheme-every-color-black-blank-screen-raymond-chen/

#windows31 #RaymondChen #winini #tech

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November 1, 2026 at 10:40 AM

Chris Pirillo

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A Windows 3.1 User Set Every Color in Control Panel to Black, Then Called Support About a Blank Screen

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#Windows31 #RaymondChen #WinIni #tech

November 1, 2026 at 6:00 AM

Chris Pirillo

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Steve Ballmer Wrote the Words on Windows 3.1's Ctrl+Alt+Del Screen, and They Shipped Almost Word for Word

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#Windows31 #SteveBallmer #RaymondChen #tech

Chris Pirillo leaning close to a blue screen with a red pencil, marking up a blank three-bullet message, built from old PC text-mode block characters

October 31, 2026 at 9:40 PM

Chris Pirillo

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Steve Ballmer Wrote the Words on Windows 3.1's Ctrl+Alt+Del Screen, and They Shipped Almost Word for Word

https://lockergnome.com/steve-ballmer-wrote-windows-3-1-ctrl-alt-del-screen-raymond-chen/

#windows31 #steveballmer #RaymondChen #tech

November 1, 2026 at 3:40 AM

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Turn 13 · 3 players moved
🏅 @mehtis.bsky.social +3 · @duckvalentine.bsky.social +3 · @laughinggiraffe.bsky.social +3

14 cells left, 2 spares, 17 flagged.
Reply a coordinate, A1 to K11. Everyone who replies opens one.
30 min.
#Minesweeper #atprotocol #communitygames #puzzlegames #gamedev #windows31

Minesweeper, turn 13. 11 by 11 grid, rows A to K, columns 1 to 11. 24 mines. 83 of 97 safe cells opened, 17 flagged.
Reading each row left to right: a digit is how many mines touch that cell, 0 is an opened blank, ? is still hidden, F is a cell somebody has flagged as a mine.
A: 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 F 2 1 0
B: 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 2 F 1 0
C: 0 1 F F 2 2 2 2 1 1 0
D: 0 1 2 2 2 F F 2 1 1 1
E: 0 0 0 0 1 3 F 2 1 F 1
F: 2 3 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 ?
G: F F F 2 F 2 2 F 1 1 F
H: ? 5 3 3 1 2 X ? 1 1 1
I: ? 4 F 2 0 2 ? ? 1 0 0
J: ? ? F 3 1 2 F ? 2 1 1
K: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Last move G10 was safe and touches 1 mine.

October 30, 2026 at 9:14 PM

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Turn 11 · 3 players moved
🏅 @mralexgeo.bsky.social +3 · @direprism.bsky.social +3 · @mehtis.bsky.social +3

28 cells left, 3 spares, 13 flagged.
Reply a coordinate, A1 to K11. Everyone who replies opens one.
30 min.
#Minesweeper #indiedev #collaborative #retrogaming #windows31 #probability

Minesweeper, turn 11. 11 by 11 grid, rows A to K, columns 1 to 11. 24 mines. 69 of 97 safe cells opened, 13 flagged.
Reading each row left to right: a digit is how many mines touch that cell, 0 is an opened blank, ? is still hidden, F is a cell somebody has flagged as a mine.
A: ? ? ? ? ? 2 1 0 0 1 F
B: ? ? ? ? ? F 1 0 0 1 1
C: ? ? ? ? ? 2 1 0 0 0 0
D: ? ? ? ? 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
E: ? ? ? ? F 1 0 1 1 1 0
F: ? ? 4 ? 4 3 1 1 F 1 0
G: ? F 2 1 F F 2 ? 2 1 0
H: ? ? 2 1 3 3 ? F 1 0 0
I: ? ? 1 0 2 F 4 2 2 0 0
J: ? ? 3 2 3 F 3 F 1 0 0
K: ? ? F F ? 1 ? 1 1 0 0
Last move F5 was safe and touches 4 mines.

October 30, 2026 at 5:44 AM

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📅 BADGE — @direprism has now played on 14 different days.
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#Minesweeper #twitchplays #deduction #retrogames #indiegames #windows31

October 26, 2026 at 5:47 AM

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Turn 10 · 4 players moved
🏅 @direprism.bsky.social +3 · @mralexgeo.bsky.social +3 · @laughinggiraffe.bsky.social +3 · @kittenpoker.bsky.social +3

9 cells left, 3 spares, 19 flagged.
Reply a coordinate, A1 to K11. Everyone who replies opens one.
30 min.
#Minesweeper #thinkygames #windows31 #gaming

Minesweeper, turn 10. 11 by 11 grid, rows A to K, columns 1 to 11. 24 mines. 88 of 97 safe cells opened, 19 flagged.
Reading each row left to right: a digit is how many mines touch that cell, 0 is an opened blank, ? is still hidden, F is a cell somebody has flagged as a mine.
A: 0 1 1 1 ? F 1 ? F F F
B: 0 1 F 1 2 ? 2 1 2 5 F
C: 1 2 ? 2 2 F 1 0 0 2 F
D: F 1 1 F 2 1 1 0 0 1 1
E: 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0
F: 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 F 1 0 0
G: 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 2 1
H: 0 1 2 F 1 1 F 3 F 4 F
I: 1 2 F 2 1 1 1 4 F ? ?
J: ? ? 3 2 1 0 0 2 F ? ?
K: ? ? 2 F 1 0 0 1 2 ? ?
Last move K3 was safe and touches 2 mines.

October 28, 2026 at 10:14 PM

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Turn 7 · 2 players moved
🏅 @calamityandrew.bsky.social +3 · @tatorlog.bsky.social +3

15 cells left, 3 spares, 17 flagged.
Reply a coordinate, A1 to K11. Everyone who replies opens one.
30 min.
#Minesweeper #windows31 #criticalthinking #combinatorics #joinin #opensource

Minesweeper, turn 7. 11 by 11 grid, rows A to K, columns 1 to 11. 24 mines. 82 of 97 safe cells opened, 17 flagged.
Reading each row left to right: a digit is how many mines touch that cell, 0 is an opened blank, ? is still hidden, F is a cell somebody has flagged as a mine.
A: ? F F 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 F
B: 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 ?
C: 0 0 0 0 1 F 2 1 0 1 ?
D: 1 1 0 1 3 4 F 2 1 2 F
E: F 3 1 3 F F 3 ? F 3 1
F: ? ? ? ? ? ? 3 ? F 2 0
G: ? ? ? ? ? 2 2 F 2 1 0
H: ? ? F 1 ? ? 3 2 1 0 0
I: F 4 1 1 1 F F 2 0 0 0
J: ? 2 0 0 1 3 F 2 0 0 0
K: ? 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0
Last move F7 was safe and touches 3 mines.

October 27, 2026 at 2:17 AM

BCC

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Updated Quake for Windows 3.1
Fix Sys_FloatTime, and disabled console output.
#Quake #Windows31
github.com/bcc2528/quak...

Release Fix Sys_FloatTime, and disabled console output. · bcc2528/quakegeneric-Win31

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October 13, 2026 at 11:09 AM

Magdev

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the real ones hit with the #windows31

October 10, 2026 at 6:14 AM

Syp

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Nostalgia Lane: The joy of truly awful Windows 3.1 games #windows31

Nostalgia Lane: The joy of truly awful Windows 3.1 games

It’s so wonderfully odd how random posts or reminders can unlock a flood of memories that were sitting, dormant in long-term storage. The other day, someone threw a post about cheesy Windows …

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October 8, 2026 at 4:29 PM

FormBit24

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Windows 3.1 Ti ricordi quando usare un computer significava scrivere comandi su uno schermo nero?
Nel 1992, Microsoft ha cambiato tutto per sempre con Windows 3.1.
#formbit24 #Tech #Windows31 #MSDOS

October 6, 2026 at 7:10 PM

benipas.bsky.social

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Menudo regalazo de D. Luis Echeverria para el museo de informática y consolas: ¡un Compaq Contura Aero (Serie 2830A) de 1993

Uno de los subnotebooks más icónicos de los 90. ¡Menuda pieza de ingeniería para la época!
#RetroComputing #RetroGaming #Compaq #Museum #Windows31 #VintageTech #HistoryOfTech

October 2, 2026 at 7:47 AM

👨🏻‍💻 Administrator

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#Windows 3.1, Türkçe desteğiyle piyasaya sürülen ilk Windows sürümüydü. DOS komutlarından Windows’a geçişin hızlandığı, bilgisayarların evlere girmeye başladığı yıllar…

Bugün sıradan görünen Türkçe arayüz, o zamanlar büyük bir adımdı. 🪟

#Windows31 #Microsoft #TeknolojiTarihi #Nostalji

September 9, 2026 at 5:37 PM

Adventures in 16 Colors

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That time I used Virtus WalkThrough SE in Windows 3.1 to make graphics for a DOS adventure game:

reanthsoft.com/blog_260906_...

#GameDev #DOS #Windows31

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Early Pre-Vis with Virtus WalkThrough SE

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September 6, 2026 at 9:27 AM

Simone

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Do you remember how did 14.4 kbps modems handshake sound?
#windows31 #retro #retrocomputing #netscape

September 6, 2026 at 4:29 PM

Max Noel 𝄢 [Aces Without Borders!]

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I need to remind you that WASD's C:\WINDOWS\MEDIA is the album of #Windows31 VGM bangers you didn't know you needed.

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