Manic Minefields is really 12 different minesweeper games in oneprogram, each with its own unique set of graphics, sounds, specialrules, game plots and hiscore tables. In the unregistered version youget to play 2 of the 10 games, and that's more than you get in theregistered version of any other minesweeper game on the market. Youmight have played a game called 'MineSweeper' (MicroSoft), 'Landmines'(Atari Corp), or anything else with the word 'sweeper' or 'mine' in it.Then you probably know how to play, since the rules of those games andManic Minefields are very similar. If not, don't worry, the game isquite easy to learn and the rules are explained within the program.