His models rebuilt a dead mobile game's fight screen near pixel-perfect

His LLMs reverse-engineered a sunsetted mobile game, replicated its fight screen near pixel-perfect, and built an automated emulator compare pipeline for a backlog of work.

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How it works

His LLMs reverse engineer the sunsetted mobile game
Replicate its fight screen near pixel-perfect
Build an automated emulator comparison pipeline for a backlog of screens

Why it’s worth knowing

Near pixel-perfect, proven by automated comparison, is archivist-grade.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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