Exactly, it was one of the(i think best) innovative,intellectual,philosophical(list goes on...) game ever made by Sid in game industry, i was at university at that time,. but its is a respectable devotion to fix bugs left after many years maybe more of an outcome of idealistic mind. As said,
"If I determine the enemy's disposition of forces while I have no perceptible form, I can concentrate my forces while the enemy is fragmented. The pinnacle of military deployment approaches the formless: if it is formless, then even the deepest spy cannot discern it nor the wise make plans against it. "
The Hunter-Seeker Algorithm datalinks.