nd's #9 (aka Night of the Living Sudoku)
Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 6:55 am
Hi everyone,
One of the many things I enjoy about Easter is the memory of this classic killer by Nate Dorward. I spent Easter '06 trying to solve this beauty and have been hopelessly hooked on (difficult) killers ever since.
It hasn't been posted here before and so really wanted to share it with you now. If you enjoy/hate this horror ( ) and tell us about it, maybe we can encourage him to come out of puzzle retirement and make another new one for us.
Note - Nate has a walk-through with some alternative endings on his blog here. If someone finds a better way through, please publish!!
I tried to make a background image based on the classic 1968 movie - but...you'll just have to imagine the tombstone...
nd's #9 (aka Night of the Living Sudoku) SS(v3)score 2.45 (NOTE: no t&e)
PS code:
3x3::k:281653786660:6660:6660:6151:61515378:53786413:6660:7183:7183:615138592307:6413:7183:7183:6151:615138594126:6413:6413:7183:7202:720254134126:6413:6413:5930:5930:7202:5413:5413:4126:4126:6705:5938:5938:5930:7202:8502:5413:7736:6705:6705:6705:5938:5930:5930:8502:8502:7736:7736:7736:7736:5938:5938:6215:8502:8502:8502:8502:6215:6215:6215:6215:6215:
Thanks to nd for letting us have it published here.
Ed
One of the many things I enjoy about Easter is the memory of this classic killer by Nate Dorward. I spent Easter '06 trying to solve this beauty and have been hopelessly hooked on (difficult) killers ever since.
It hasn't been posted here before and so really wanted to share it with you now. If you enjoy/hate this horror ( ) and tell us about it, maybe we can encourage him to come out of puzzle retirement and make another new one for us.
Note - Nate has a walk-through with some alternative endings on his blog here. If someone finds a better way through, please publish!!
I tried to make a background image based on the classic 1968 movie - but...you'll just have to imagine the tombstone...
nd's #9 (aka Night of the Living Sudoku) SS(v3)score 2.45 (NOTE: no t&e)
PS code:
3x3::k:281653786660:6660:6660:6151:61515378:53786413:6660:7183:7183:615138592307:6413:7183:7183:6151:615138594126:6413:6413:7183:7202:720254134126:6413:6413:5930:5930:7202:5413:5413:4126:4126:6705:5938:5938:5930:7202:8502:5413:7736:6705:6705:6705:5938:5930:5930:8502:8502:7736:7736:7736:7736:5938:5938:6215:8502:8502:8502:8502:6215:6215:6215:6215:6215:
Thanks to nd for letting us have it published here.
Ed