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[โ€“] SarahValentine@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

And like many classic bits of nerd silliness, it's also low-key impressive at the technical level.

The controller doesn't have a speaker in it. They managed to get this clear, recognizable sound from haptic feedback motors!

[โ€“] jlow@slrpnk.net 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

They did what now? ๐Ÿคฏ

[โ€“] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Haptics motors make sound, you can control the pitch by how fast you make the haptics vibrate. Map the vibrate speed to audio frequencies and you can play sounds

Like how they can make an F1 engine play happy birthday https://youtu.be/Tr4zb-HHZs4

Or floppy drives play music
https://youtu.be/yHJOz_y9rZE