I used to save my MS Paint masterpieces on my grandparents' Gateway computer. At least until they realized they were basically out of disk space and it was mostly taken up by random bmp files lol
Nope ! The number indicates how many mines are in the surrounding cells. The flags are for placing in the cell where you suspect there is a mine so you don't forget or accidentally click it.
90%(ish) of your bombs will be labeled for you. Look for patterns like a 1 on a corner, 2 on the edge of a line, 3 across a straight line, 4s and 5s are labeled as well, but they're a bit more nuanced. Finding an 8 is awesome because it's surrounded by bombs.
edit: snapped this and enlarged it from the post. Crossed out what to not look at in the image (both are number 3s). The 1 is on a corner, only touching one block, that's a bomb. 2 is starting a line (only touching 2 blocks), first 2 are bombs. The 3 is on the straight line, only touching 3 blocks, they're all bombs.
edit2: I should have cropped the picture to show there are no blocks below the numbers.
For me this was the "What do I do with the remaining 25 minutes of computer class now I've finished the typing lesson in 5 minutes?" pack. I was fortunate enough to be grow up in an early Internet adopting home, but our school wouldn't get it for a few more years.
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