neglectoru Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 Atarimania seems to believe that there was a "Rubik's Cube Solver" for the Atari 8-bit. I've recently become a bit fascinated by these. Does anyone have this, or any information about this, or other Rubik's cube solvers for the Atari 8-bit? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ripdubski Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 I'd be interested too. /eyesunsolvedcubeondesk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neglectoru Posted June 14, 2017 Author Share Posted June 14, 2017 Heh, indeed. When I was a kid, I followed the typical path. I scrambled the cube, managed to get all the colors back on one side, and got stuck. I bought a book, and could use the instructions to solve the cube in about an hour. Fearing another hour long solve, the cube gathered dust. Fast forward 30 years, and I decided I wanted to actually learn how to solve it, in part by understanding what on earth was going on. With a better math background, I learned how to actually solve the cube myself (without instructions), I can now solve the cube in a few minutes (one can indeed teach an old dog new tricks), and it is a lot of fun. I probably could write my own cube solver now, but I'm curious how folks did it on the 8-bits. It would especially be interesting if they used some of the fancy techniques to solve the cube closer to the optimal solution of 20 or less moves, rather than the dozens and dozens a basic solution takes. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devwebcl Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 There is a listing on COMPUTE! ISSUE 29 / OCTOBER 1982 / PAGE 50 http://www.atarimagazines.com/compute/issue29/RUBIKS_CUBE_SOLVED.php (quite long though) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roydea6 Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 (edited) RUBICUBE.bas Found a basic file on a disk.. CUBE.bas Similar but no color sides just capital letters. Edited June 15, 2017 by rdea6 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.