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Customize your game with tons of settings and make the game your own. Earn coins and unlock gorgeous themes. Get lost in the world of classic Minesweeper!\n\nKey Features:\n• Starting point: You will always encounter an open area with your first tap \n• 5 game modes to choose from: Easy, Medium, Hard, Extreme and Custom\n• 50+ gorgeous retro themes: Unlock these themes by earning coins. Earn coins for flagging mines and winning rounds\n• Guess free Mode (Beta): Play guess-free boards to eliminate 50/50 situations. Enable guess free mode from the Settings menu\n• Quick Flag: Turn this mode on to tap and quickly flag cells\n• Zoom & Pan: Pinch to zoom and drag to pan around. Use the Overview button to reset your zoom\n• Tons of Settings: Customize your game with tons of settings. Change your zoom sensitivity, set the functionality of the New Game button, customize the top bar to quickly access your favorite buttons, turn off the 'hold to flag' option or set your desired Minesweeper theme along with many other settings\n• Daily Challenges: Play a guess-free challenge every day. Earn medals by completing challenges under a time limit. Earn trophies by completing a month's worth of challenges\n• Stats: Keep track of your high scores, win percentage and total play time\n• Hints: Are you stuck? Press the hint button to highlight the area you should focus on. The hint button only shows you areas where you are certain to progress. It won't show areas where the outcome is unknown\n• Save/Load: The game will automatically continue where you left off from upon being launched\n• Continue: If you hit a mine you can continue from where you left off for 50 coins or by watching a video ad\n• Leaderboards: Keep track of worldwide player scores\n\nFunctions:\n• Flags: Press and hold on a cell to deploy a flag. Press and hold again to remove the flag. A cell will never open if you click on a flag\n• Question marks: (Disabled by default) Press on a flag to turn it into a question mark. Press on it again to turn it back into a flag\n• Hints: The hint button will highlight the surrounding of a cell which is already opened, and from which it is guaranteed to make progress\n• Tap number: Press on an open cell to reveal the cells surrounding it. This will only work if the amount of flags placed around the open cell is equal to the number on that cell\n\nCoins:\n• Earn 1 coin for 1 correct mine flag\n• Earn bonus coins for completing a game\n\nSave your profile to the cloud with iCloud:\n• You can save your themes and stats with iCloud and restore them later if you happen to switch to a different device. Make sure you are logged into your iCloud account on your device. Also make sure that iCloud Drive is enabled in your iCloud settings on your device otherwise your themes and stats will not be saved.\n\nMake sure you are logged into Game Center (if you are not automatically logged in):\n• Click on the leaderboards button located in the Stats window\n• If the game doesn't log you in or prompt a login window after a few seconds close the app\n• Go to your device's settings and login to Game Center from there\n• Open Minesweeper Classic: Retro and click on the leaderboards button again and it should log you in\n\nEnjoy!","facts":{"developer_id":1018653778,"developer_url":"http://www.still57games.com","first_released":"2017-09-27T02:42:17Z","support_url":null,"privacy_url":null,"website_url":null,"app_version":"1.4.14","release_notes":"Thank you for playing! 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