Talk:Entombed (Atari 2600)

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BBC article and research paper[edit]

Baraniuk, Chris (23 September 2019). "The mysterious origins of an uncrackable video game". www.bbc.com.
Copplestone, Tara; Aycock, John (5 November 2018). "Entombed: An archaeological examination of an Atari 2600 game". doi:10.22152/programming-journal.org/2019/3/4. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

Chris857 (talk) 14:18, 23 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Maze problem potentially solved[edit]

Leon Mächler and David Naccache have published an article (available on arXiv here) that claims to solve/explain Entombed's lookup table. In short, the lookup table (essentially a cellular automata) is derived by imposing rules to preserve three invariant properties about the maze.

The article seems fine enough, although I think it would be nice to get some other opinions before making an edit. Solved? Kodning (talk) 06:18, 29 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]