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+# minesweeper
+
+###Features include:
+
+ - Difficulty options
+
+				rows	cols	mines
+		Easy	 9		 9		 12
+		Medium	 16		 16		 40
+		Hard	 16		 30		 75
+		Custom	 x		 x		 x
+
+ - Flagging with right click
+
+ - Change the size of the game
+
+ - Timer that goes up to 999 seconds
+
+ - High Scores based on time to complete game for the three difficulties
+
+ - Count of how many mines left to flag as found
+
+ - Other standard minesweeper features
+
+###Known Issues:
+
+ - crashes with a large amount of squares ( > 3000)
+ 
+ - Takes a while to create a large amount of squares. eg: 10 seconds for 2800 squares