Bust-a-Move/Puzzle Bobble Is NP-complete

We prove that the classic 1994 Taito video game, known as Puzzle Bobble or Bust-a-Move, is NP-complete. Our proof applies to the perfect-information version where the bubble sequence is known in advance, and it uses just three bubble colors.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Langerman, Stefan, Demaine, Erik D
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Springer International Publishing 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/111629
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3803-5703

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