
           "Michael J. Hardy Present's:"

                  "M*I*N*E*Xp"
  Copyright June 21st, 2003 All Rights Are Reserved...
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INTRODUCTION:
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Welcome Minesweeper Lovers, This is an Excellent game of
Strategy! MineXp takes your most inner skills and puts
them to a Test. The Object of Mine95 is just like any
other Minesweeper game. You must Mark all the mines that
are in the field. I wrote this game to fulfill every 
Strategy gamers needs. This game is based off of Winmine
by MicroSoft only alot better because this game 
contains Enriched Sound Effects, Excellent Graphics, 
Custom Splash Screen, Graphical Help System, and 
Excellent Game Play! I was inspired by a Real GHOST to 
write and program this game! (Read GHOST.txt) I have
only been programming in Visual Basic for about 13
Months now! So I'm not the Best, however, this game has
commercial abilities and will turn commercial by:
October 31st, 2003 and will be published on the NEW
AppleMac Operating System which is coming October 10th
of 2003. Mine95 has won the "BEST CODE" Award presented
by VisualBasic ITToolBox (VB Knowledge Base). I have
released this game as open-source So that other 
programmers can help in it's development and so Non
Programmers who are interested in programming can see
exactly how this game was made. If you are a Programmer
and would like to help in the creation of Mine95
then please email me directly at scoobyto@fidnet.com, 
call (573)468-4798, or Write to Mike Hardy 636 E.Vine
Street Sullivan Missouri, 63080 USA. I need help with
this project and plan on making a new version soon which
will be alot better. The New version will consist of
Background Music using SoundBlaster or Adlib. I have
wrote and Programmed this game in "ONLY 13 HOURS" WOW!
You say, WHAT A GAME HUH! Well I'm no professional but
I like to think I'm pretty good. When I first started
programming I used Visual Basic 3.0 (16-BIT) Then one
day I decided that that wasn't good enough so I moved
on to VB 4.0 (32-BIT) and I must tell everyone that if
your interested in Game Programming then use VB 4.0 
(32-Bit) because it's designed for Game Capabilities...
I mean comeon I wrote MineXp in only 13-hours so that
should tell you something...
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
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Mike Hardy lives at 636 E. Vine Street in Sullivan
Missouri with his Wife (Kara Hardy) They have NO
Children but plans on having one. They will also soon
have a Pet (Dog). Mike has been programming since he
was 18 years old but he's new to Visual Basic. Mike is
26 years old (At the Time of this writting) Mike will
turn 27 on December 17th, 2003. Mike is a martial arts
expert and is a 3rd degree black belt in aikido. Mike
loves to hunt and camp, But he also loves his family
and his Wife's Family. When Mike isn't developing 
Software he is spending the time with his Parents
(Jim & Sher Hardy), His Wife (Kara Hardy), and Her 
parents (Diane Keeney & Bill Wiegers) Mike also has a
uncle (Paul Eldridge) who he spends time with when 
he's around. His Uncle also Test's some of his games...
Mike is devoted in bringing to you the "BEST" games and
applications that he is able to create. Mike will 
continue to work on the development of "M*I*N*E*95"
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BETA TESTER'S NEEDED:
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I now need some Beta Testers! If you are interested in
Testing some of my commercial Software I write then 
please email me at scoobyto@fidnet.com For being a Beta
Tester you will recieve "FREE" Commercial Products...
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OPEN-SOURCE INFORMATION:
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Open Source means that the game is released with it's
source code so that other programmers may help in the
Software's Creation (To Make it Better). Alot of Games
and Applications that are released as open-source are
under the GNU (General Public License) For details about
the GNU (Read The GNU.txt File) For a further 
explanatory Descripton email me at scoobyto@fidnet.com
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LAST WORDS:
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I hope you all will enjoy MineXp and Hope that all of
you will enjoy the FREE Open-Source Code. If you email
me for any reason I will Reply within 48-hours:) I know
that alot of people don't have time to email me their
suggestions or comments but please I'm fueled by my ego
SO PLEASE EMAIL ME YOUR COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, OR
SUGGESTIONS... If you need Techncial Support you may
contact my Technical Support Staff at:

xvaders@fidmail.com 

Visit the MineXp WebSite at:

http://www.geocities.com/minexp2003 
