Is it possible to hit a mine on first click?

Is it possible to hit a mine on first click? - Red and White Dart on Darts Board

Is it possible for some unlucky guy to hit a mine when they click the first square randomly?



Best Answer

No, it is (normally) not possible to hit a mine on the first click in Microsoft's implementation of Minesweeper.

It is pretty easy to convince yourself that it is impossible to lose on the first click. Here's a test that I do to gauge the quality of other Minesweeper implementations: Run Minesweeper, create a custom game, and set the board size and number of mines to their maximum allowed values. The Windows 7 version of Minesweeper allows a 24x30 board with 668 mines (92.7% of the board). Start a game, click a random square. Create a new game, repeat. Do it a few more times. The probability that all your first clicks happen to be lucky quickly gets very small (e.g., after 5 times, the probability that you got lucky on all your first clicks drops to (1 - 0.927)5 ? 0.000002). Since that is so improbable, the game must be guaranteeing that the first click is always safe. (If that low probability doesn't convince you, keep repeating until it's low enough that it does.)

Additionally, on Windows 7 and later, if you choose to restart a game (with tips enabled), Minesweeper shows a message:

The mines are in the same position as last game. Be careful! You can lose on the first click.

The last sentence implies that normally you cannot lose on the first click.

Finally, old versions of Minesweeper had an xyzzy cheat code that indicated whether a square contained a mine. However, when enabling this cheat, clicking on a square that is reportedly a mine will not reveal a mine for the first click, providing further evidence that the game has special logic to prevent a first-move loss. (I have verified that this is true at least as far back as Windows 3.1.)




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Can you lose Minesweeper on the first move?

Yes, the original Minesweeper never allows you to lose on the first click. This version is an extension of that behavior: it will \u201ccheat\u201d in your favor anytime you are forced to guess (not just on the first move).

Can you hit a bomb on the first click of Minesweeper?

3 Answers. Show activity on this post. Many Minesweeper games, including the one that ships with Windows, do not allow the first square you click to be a mine. The lower-left-hand corner is not necessarily safe, but if it's the first square you click, then it will be safe.

What are the chances of getting a 7 in Minesweeper?

By applying Markov's Inequality, this shows that the probability of getting a 7 on a randomly generated board is less than or equal to 0.02716\u2026.

Can you beat Minesweeper one click?

The condition for a one click win is basically a requirement of each mine either being on a border or sharing a border with a mine that's on a border... etc. That's not right. If you have a cluster of all 10 mines in the center of the grid, you still win.



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