Countdown URLs


Official Countdown site
http://www.channel4.com/countdown

Genetic Algorithm solution of the Countdown numbers game
A Java implementation of the numbers game from Countdown, which poses the problems for you and then solves them when you fail. Neat. You're not likely to beat it, unless it's a very complex solution involving lots of brackets.

Countdown Game
http://www.primroselodge.com/Playtime/Games/countdown.htm

Countdown Programming Solutions
http://www.gtoal.com/wordgames/countdown.htm
Links to source code for a variety of Countdown implementations.


The UK Game Show Page: Countdown
http://www.qwertyuiop.co.uk/gs/atoz/programmes/c/countdown/index.htm

Snopes & The Countdown Legend
http://www.snopes2.com/radiotv/tv/countdwn.htm

Last Tuesday on Prime-Time TV in England, this was the combination of letters that the system automatically brought up, right at the start of the game -- on National Television. 

Two numbers games where players use their arithmetical skills in order to get to a target number using only the six numbers they've got and the four basic number operations. The numbers are chosen from a board which contains the numbers from 1 to 10 twice over, and one each of 25, 50, 75 and 100. Contestants can ask for any combination of small and large numbers, but they are drawn at random from within each group. An electronic computer called CECIL selects a target number from 101 to 999 inclusive at random. After thirty seconds, the solutions are checked. Ten points if you can get the number spot on, seven points if you're within five, and five points if you're within ten. Only the contestant that is closest to the target gets the points, though.

The Countdown Page
http://www.thecountdownpage.com/