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Main Authors: Tirmazi, Hayder, Tirmazi, Ali, Tran, Tien Phuoc
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Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.15469
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author Tirmazi, Hayder
Tirmazi, Ali
Tran, Tien Phuoc
author_facet Tirmazi, Hayder
Tirmazi, Ali
Tran, Tien Phuoc
contents We analyze the computational complexity of several popular video games released for the Nintendo Game Boy video game console. We analyze the complexity of generalized versions of four popular Game Boy games: Donkey Kong, Wario Land, Harvest Moon GB, and Mole Mania. We provide original proofs showing that these games are \textbf{NP}-hard. Our proofs rely on Karp reductions from four of Karp's original 21 \textbf{NP}-complete problems: \textsc{Sat}, \textsc{3-Cnf-Sat}, \textsc{Hamiltonian Cycle}, and \textsc{Knapsack}. We also discuss proofs easily derived from known results demonstrating the \textbf{NP}-hardness of Lock `n' Chase and The Lion King.
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spellingShingle Computational Complexity of Game Boy Games
Tirmazi, Hayder
Tirmazi, Ali
Tran, Tien Phuoc
Computational Complexity
We analyze the computational complexity of several popular video games released for the Nintendo Game Boy video game console. We analyze the complexity of generalized versions of four popular Game Boy games: Donkey Kong, Wario Land, Harvest Moon GB, and Mole Mania. We provide original proofs showing that these games are \textbf{NP}-hard. Our proofs rely on Karp reductions from four of Karp's original 21 \textbf{NP}-complete problems: \textsc{Sat}, \textsc{3-Cnf-Sat}, \textsc{Hamiltonian Cycle}, and \textsc{Knapsack}. We also discuss proofs easily derived from known results demonstrating the \textbf{NP}-hardness of Lock `n' Chase and The Lion King.
title Computational Complexity of Game Boy Games
topic Computational Complexity
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.15469