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Bust-a-Move/Puzzle Bobble is NP-Complete

arXiv:1506.08409

Abstract

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.

9 pages, 9 figures. Corrected mistakes in gadgets

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