I used an AI coding agent to solve one of gaming's "millennium problems": what the Mario 64 plaque really says

Explain Like I'm Normal

A developer used Claude as a coding agent to create a 'forward model' that simulates how low-resolution textures were rendered in Super Mario 64. By comparing trillions of generated letter combinations against the original 32x32 pixel plaque, they bypassed AI hallucination to verify the infamous 'L is real 2401' text. This demonstrates how LLM-driven agents can solve niche forensic problems that traditional upscaling cannot.