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Colossal Cave Adventure (also known as ADVENT, Colossal Cave, or Adventure)gave its name to the computer adventure game genre. It was originally designed by Will Crowther, a programmer and caving enthusiast who based the layout on part of the Mammoth Cave system in Kentucky.The version that is best known today was the result of a collaboration with Don Woods, a graduate student who discovered the game on a computer at Stanford University and made significant expansions and improvements, with Crowther's blessing. A big fan of Tolkien, he introduced additional fantasy elements, such as elves and a troll.Many versions of Colossal Cave have been released, generally titled simply Adventure, or adding a tag of some sort to the original name (e.g. Adventure II, Adventure 550, Adventure4+.). Large value numeric tags denoted the maximum score a player can achieve after playing a perfect game.
Hence, Crowther/Woods Adventure, the first with a point scoring system, is also synonymous with Adventure 350.Microsoft released a version of Adventure in 1981 with its initial version of MS-DOS 1.0 as a launch title for the IBM PC, making it the first game available for the new computer. It was released on a single-sided 5¼ inch disk, required 32K RAM, and booted directly from the disk; it could not be opened from DOS. Microsoft's Adventure contained 130 rooms, 15 treasures, 40 useful objects and 12 problems to be solved. The progress of two games could be saved on a diskette.
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Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a. No further edits should be made to this section.The result of the move request was: Moved. 01:21, 28 June 2013 (UTC)→ – This is the official name of the latest version of the game. 06:49, 9 June 2013 (UTC)Survey Feel free to state your position on the renaming proposal by beginning a new line in this section with.' Support' or.'
Oppose', then sign your comment with. Since, please explain your reasons, taking into account.
Support. Name change reflects what is already covered in the article. ( ) 11:58, 9 June 2013 (UTC). Oppose. The developer's name is often included to differentiate a product, but is not part of its actual name.
It is commonly called the 'Nintendo Wii', for example, but the article is under. 14:14, 9 June 2013 (UTC). How about? - ( ) 14:24, 9 June 2013 (UTC).
I would prefer that; it matches e.g. (Though I don't know why that article needs the disambiguation.) 14:42, 9 June 2013 (UTC).
Oppose (as nominator) the variant - the entire move would become essentially pointless. Also note the naming of the series of articles, for example. 14:49, 9 June 2013 (UTC). Use of the name 'Microsoft Word', etc. Is far more common than 'Microsoft Minesweeper', especially because 'Minesweeper' is a generic name. I don't think that's a good comparison. 15:09, 9 June 2013 (UTC).
The reason for this move request in the first place is that the official name has changed. 15:19, 9 June 2013 (UTC). The article title should be the, which is not necessarily the. Do you have evidence to support that the game is commonly referred to as 'Microsoft Minesweeper'? Speculation that such usage may become common in the future would fall under.
15:54, 9 June 2013 (UTC). Are you seriously trying to say that 'Minesweeper (Microsoft)' is more of a common name than 'Microsoft Minesweeper'? 15:55, 9 June 2013 (UTC). '(Microsoft)' is a disambiguation, because the common name also applies to other topics. This is also indicated by the italics in the current ' Minesweeper (Windows)' title.
16:02, 9 June 2013 (UTC). Again, how is this fundamentally different from the current name, which also uses disambiguation? 16:05, 9 June 2013 (UTC). I would not be opposed to leaving the name as-is, but I think a move to would make sense given that it is no longer sold as an integral part of Windows.
16:13, 9 June 2013 (UTC). In any case, what you are suggesting is a clear violation of policy, specifically: 'If natural disambiguation is not possible, add a disambiguating term in parentheses, after the ambiguous name.' Note that first part. 16:17, 9 June 2013 (UTC). That is a good point. I do suppose 'Microsoft Windows' is a more natural disambiguation. I would support the move, then.
16:23, 9 June 2013 (UTC). Since you now support the move, I would ask that you cross out and replace your stated position above to make it easier for the closing administrator to determine consensus. 00:56, 10 June 2013 (UTC). Support:. 16:54, 9 June 2013 (UTC).
Support: I have changed my position to a support on account of natural disambiguation, see above discussion. 22:14, 10 June 2013 (UTC). oppose common name is minesweeper, the disambiguation by parenthesis is simply a consequence of that. I can't really state that I find the Microsoft addition to be a natural diambiguator.- 02:23, 12 June 2013 (UTC). Have you actually read? It's clear from there that whether you find or don't find the proposed name to be natural disambiguation is of little importance since natural disambiguation should always be attempted first. 12:01, 12 June 2013 (UTC).
Wow. There's no reason to be snarky. My argument still applies even in the context of because I'm not convinced that 'Microsoft' is a natural disamiguator in this case. Conduct a simple google book search comparing Microsoft minesweeper and 'Microsoft minesweeper'. The results are so drastically different that I would almost place the suggested title into the category of obscure.
Other Microsoft software are often associated with the company rather naturally, I don't see that as the case here. At least I don't believe the argument has been made successfully up to this point.- 01:17, 13 June 2013 (UTC). As the move proposal notes, 'Microsoft Minesweeper' is now the official name of the game. While the common name is preferred over the official name, natural disambiguation is preferred over parenthetical disambiguation. 'Microsoft Minesweeper' disambiguates this version of Minesweeper from other games of the same type without requiring parentheses, does it not? 13:46, 13 June 2013 (UTC). The official name is irrelevant.
It's reliable source usage is minimal. I remain of the opinion that you can't call it natural disambiguation if reliable source material does not use it. Two news article and 56 book hits does not a good title make.- 23:40, 13 June 2013 (UTC). notes: 'Official English names are candidates for what to call the article, because somebody presumably uses them. They should always be considered as possibilities.'
Now I would agree with you that a common name is preferable. However, granted that A) the common name requires parenthetical disambiguation, B) the official name has natural disambiguation and C) the official title should be considered a candidate, it seems readily apparent that the naturally disambiguating official title best fits established policy. Unless, of course, you have an alternative name that is more commonly used but also naturally disambiguates. 01:29, 14 June 2013 (UTC). Very selective in your use of. You negelcted to mention that 'should be used only if they are actually the name most commonly used'. You dont have anywhere close to that in this case.
Doesn't supersed, and the common name is clearly in line with the current title or potentially - 16:24, 14 June 2013 (UTC). Please don't imply bad faith on my part; I'm making use of my own understanding of policy. That aside, does supersede. The common name tells us the preferred title, and we must deviate from the preferred title for the sake of disambiguation. Tells us that such disambiguation should be natural if possible: 'If it exists, choose an alternative name that the subject is also commonly called in English, albeit not as commonly as the preferred-but-ambiguous title.' Does caution against the use of obscure names for this purpose, but do you think the official name is obscure?
A quick Google search shows that the name is used on a variety of websites, including ones specifically about video games. 18:49, 14 June 2013 (UTC)Discussion Any additional comments: The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a.
Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a. No further edits should be made to this section. Requested move (again).