Unstable98.exe

by hilkojj

co-authored: @timo-strating

Overall★★★★★★★★★★4.35

Fun★★★★★★★★★★4.60

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★4.47

Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.43

Humor★★★★★★★★★★4.82

Mood★★★★★★★★★★4.43

Discover who's unstable; your computer 🖥️, or you 🤜..

In this small puzzle game, your goal is to play `Minesweeper.exe`, but you'll face some frustrating challenges along the road.

Apply force with care 🤜, and maybe a long forgotten hero 📎 will help you.

➡️ Play in your browser! ⬅️

(Chrome recommended).

ℹ️ About:

#### This game was made with HTML+CSS+JS by:

- 👤 Hilko Janssen - (Twitter, GitHub, Website)
- 👤 Timo Strating - (Twitter, GitHub, Website)

#### Some art and sounds made by others (we opt-out of these categories):

- Windows 98 icons from win98icons.alexmeub.com
- Windows 98 CSS library from jdan.github.io/98.css/
- Broken glass texture from textures.com
- Smash sound by InspectorJ (adapted) from freesound.org
- Monitor image (adapted) from freesvg.org

#### Special thanks to:
- Timo, who let me take pictures of his hands.
- The people who made the 4 websites listed in Interweb Explorer. (The in-game URLs might differ from the real URL.)

All feedback is welcome!

Let us know how the game ended for you, if you need help, or have suggestions.

Comments36

zPikA5 Oct 2021, 03:09

Super fun and really polished, I loved it!

dark red5 Oct 2021, 11:02

What a surprising game !!!!

GuinyTime5 Oct 2021, 11:04

Oh my God, this game is so much fun and when I click the button I can really share it on Twitter or Facebook! I love the idea

Troy8105 Oct 2021, 11:45

I loved it

LDJam user 237588author5 Oct 2021, 17:48

Thanks for the comments, nice to see you all enjoyed it :D

#### Question for all the next commenters:

Did you finish the game (did you manage to successfully start Minesweeper.exe)?

Hunk6 Oct 2021, 12:17

very original ! i can't finish :/ but Good job !

I love this idea of "breaking the 4th wall", nice design and nice mood ! (the twitter link it's a very good idea :D)
Very great concept !

Alex Chertilin6 Oct 2021, 14:41

Thank you so much for the load of nostalgia!

Shea Kelly6 Oct 2021, 14:41

I like the hidden stuff and I like the old 2000s art style

Juanlu6 Oct 2021, 14:48

Very fun game! I liked the mechanics and yes, I could start Minesweeper. Quite enjoyable minigame.

lucasvb6 Oct 2021, 14:51

This was brilliant! Super creative, well-executed and funny. Great job!

shinyUmbreon6 Oct 2021, 15:11

I loved this game! I ROFLed when I opened xhamster xDD. Really funny and creative. I just wish it was a tiny bit longer though

pcmaster6 Oct 2021, 15:56

LOOOOOOOOOOL! That xhamster, doooodes :D I'm laughing since I've installed that virus for the first time :)

On my 4th try I thought I had it figured out. But a second or two were missing before 'success'...
I really haven't figured out how to use our long forgotten hero ;( It's just hovering on the windows...

Hilarious, brings back memories, thank you for making this! So polished also!

pcmaster6 Oct 2021, 16:11

I've figured it out! Played Minesweeper, fucking well done guys :)

LDJam user 237588author6 Oct 2021, 16:16

@pcmaster great to hear you enjoyed it even though you didn't manage to find the solution! :D

#### A small hint for you and other people:
Try smashing the PC with and without having a window clipped by our long forgotten hero..

Edit: ok, lol you figured it out while I was typing this..

OllieOA7 Oct 2021, 04:24

My favourite part was being called unstable for bashing up a brand new second hand computer that may or may not have needed RAM downloaded to run minesweeper 10/10

Pascone7 Oct 2021, 04:27

This is super well done!

1tater_no_tots7 Oct 2021, 04:34

Loved every part of this game. I tried this out because I saw Clippy in the thumbnail and it did not disappoint. Great polished game.

Klosterliv7 Oct 2021, 04:48

Hey, I was promised minesweeper but everywhere is mines. Listen to my fist!
Got reminded of jurassic park security system for whatever reason, good vibes

Préda7 Oct 2021, 12:32

Oof

That being said, I think its actually very well done. It's really fun to find everything and it actually feels like old windows

beats8 Oct 2021, 01:54

This is awesome 90s nostalgia, loved all the jokes, I did have to read the comments to figure out the solution but this was a cool little experience.

NPr0nn8 Oct 2021, 04:56

I love it, I had such nostalgia of old browser games, also the idea of unstable computer is great and fit a lot with the theme, I would have added some music but overall amazing entry

guimoliveira9 Oct 2021, 16:47

It took me a while... But I did it. Great game! :slight_smile:

joonamo10 Oct 2021, 18:53

I couldn't figure out how to download more RAM without viruses, so I installed the RAM from a special place...

Does this count as winning still? :nerd:

LDJam user 237588author11 Oct 2021, 05:22

@joonamo lol, I guess that still counts. Didn't expect someone to do it like this XD

jacqueslelezard11 Oct 2021, 22:16

@joonamo haha clever, I should do the same ^^

Nikiroz11 Oct 2021, 22:19

This is a fun game!

DDRKirbyISQ11 Oct 2021, 22:20

wow at the above ^, hahaha

iasonasgts11 Oct 2021, 22:57

Its the smartest humor i have ever seen in a game jam hahaha great job ! . Also the graphics where sick . Great job took me a while to figure it out :P

DanSalad102111 Oct 2021, 23:52

What a fun little experience! Consider me impressed

adamk33n3r12 Oct 2021, 01:46

That was amazing. Simple but really funny and a cool little puzzle to boot!

JPatchZ13 Oct 2021, 09:23

It's HILARIOUS! Also, xhamster is a bit different from what I'm used to LOL. You guys did a great job on this idea, it's genious. I'm glad I get to know this game.

m1nus18 Oct 2021, 20:00

damn this was such a fun game to play, i even instinctively moved my monitor to the side because the one in the game is freaking me out hahahaha 5/5!

Lee Reilly26 Oct 2021, 00:46

:wave: Hi there! Just wanted to let you know that this is featured on the GitHub Blog's LD49 roundup: A peek inside some of the top games from Ludum Dare 49. Thanks for building this _and_ for sharing the source code! :smiley:

![1.gif](https://github.blog/2021-10-25-a-peek-inside-some-of-the-top-games-from-ludum-dare-49)

Ethan Amis2 Apr 2022, 12:59

This was a great game! I loved it.

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