Unstable98.exe by LDJam user 237588

made by LDJam user 237588 for Ludum Dare 49 (JAM)

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).

Peek 2021-10-04 22-51.gif

Screenshot from 2021-10-04 22-01-39.png

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.

Link	https://hilkojj.nl/ldjam-49/
Link	https://github.com/hilkojj/ldjam-49
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/49/unstable98-exe

Ratings

Overall	24^th	4.347⭐	38🧑‍⚖️
Fun	1^th	4.597⭐	38🧑‍⚖️
Innovation	7^th	4.472⭐	38🧑‍⚖️
Theme	45^th	4.431⭐	38🧑‍⚖️
Humor	1^th	4.819⭐	38🧑‍⚖️
Mood	28^th	4.431⭐	38🧑‍⚖️
Given		24🗳️	43🗨️

Feedback

zPikA

05. Oct 2021 · 03:09 UTC

Super fun and really polished, I loved it!

dark red

05. Oct 2021 · 11:02 UTC

What a surprising game !!!!

GuinyTime

05. Oct 2021 · 11:04 UTC

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

Troy810

05. Oct 2021 · 11:45 UTC

I loved it

🎤 LDJam user 237588

05. Oct 2021 · 17:48 UTC

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)?

Hunk

06. Oct 2021 · 12:17 UTC

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 Chertilin

06. Oct 2021 · 14:41 UTC

Thank you so much for the load of nostalgia!

Shea Kelly

06. Oct 2021 · 14:41 UTC

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

Juanlu

06. Oct 2021 · 14:48 UTC

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

lucasvb

06. Oct 2021 · 14:51 UTC

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

shinyUmbreon

06. Oct 2021 · 15:11 UTC

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

pcmaster

06. Oct 2021 · 15:56 UTC

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!

pcmaster

06. Oct 2021 · 16:11 UTC

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

🎤 LDJam user 237588

06. Oct 2021 · 16:16 UTC

@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..

OllieOA

07. Oct 2021 · 04:24 UTC

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

Pascone

07. Oct 2021 · 04:27 UTC

This is super well done!

1tater_no_tots

07. Oct 2021 · 04:34 UTC

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.

Klosterliv

07. Oct 2021 · 04:48 UTC

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

Préda

07. Oct 2021 · 12:32 UTC

Oof ![Screenshot 2021-10-07 153151.png](///raw/995/41/z/47ae8.png)

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

beats

08. Oct 2021 · 01:54 UTC

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.

NPr0nn

08. Oct 2021 · 04:56 UTC

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

guimoliveira

09. Oct 2021 · 16:47 UTC

![end.png](///raw/05c/b2/z/47ee8.png)
It took me a while... But I did it. Great game! :slight_smile:

joonamo

10. Oct 2021 · 18:53 UTC

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

![2021-10-10 21_51_22-Window.png](///raw/ffd/21/z/48013.png)

Does this count as winning still? :nerd:

🎤 LDJam user 237588

11. Oct 2021 · 05:22 UTC

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

jacqueslelezard

11. Oct 2021 · 22:16 UTC

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

Nikiroz

11. Oct 2021 · 22:19 UTC

This is a fun game!

DDRKirbyISQ

11. Oct 2021 · 22:20 UTC

wow at the above ^, hahaha

iasonasgts

11. Oct 2021 · 22:57 UTC

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

DanSalad1021

11. Oct 2021 · 23:52 UTC

What a fun little experience! Consider me impressed

adamk33n3r

12. Oct 2021 · 01:46 UTC

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

JPatchZ

13. Oct 2021 · 09:23 UTC

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.

m1nus

18. Oct 2021 · 20:00 UTC

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 Reilly

26. Oct 2021 · 00:46 UTC

: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](https://github.blog/2021-10-25-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](///raw/59/z/4861e.gif)](https://github.blog/2021-10-25-a-peek-inside-some-of-the-top-games-from-ludum-dare-49)

Ethan Amis

02. Apr 2022 · 12:59 UTC

This was a great game! I loved it.

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