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SCIENCEJun 23 · 21:00 UTCMIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWVeronika Moroz ’28

Super Mario is mathier than you think

Research by the MIT Hardness Group, led by Erik Demaine, reveals that solving Super Mario's level challenges is computationally as complex as breaking financial encryption or solving the traveling-salesman problem. The study, conducted as part of a class project, used fan-made tools to analyze the game's difficulty.

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