
Starting with Windows 8, Minesweeper is no longer included by default, although an app version of Microsoft Minesweeper developed by Arkadium is available on Windows Store." - Wikipedia An updated version included in Windows Vista and Windows 7 was developed by Oberon Games. Microsoft Minesweeper has been included in all subsequent Windows releases until Windows 8. First officially released as part of the Microsoft Entertainment Pack 1 in 1990, it was included in the standard install of Windows 3.1 in 1992, replacing Reversi from Windows 3.0.

"Microsoft Minesweeper (formerly Minesweeper) is a minesweeper computer game created by Curt Johnson, originally for OS/2, and ported to Microsoft Windows by Robert Donner, both Microsoft employees at the time.
