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There were entire games, eg. star control 2, that played sample audio through the PC speaker. It included voice sample in parts (eg. The pkunk swear words).
by AnotherGoodName 3y ago
There were entire games, eg. star control 2, that played sample audio through the PC speaker. It included voice sample in parts (eg. The pkunk swear words).
- Scali 3y agoIt was actually patented by Access Software, under the name of RealSound. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RealSound https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RealSound
- djmips 3y agoWhat a dumb patent. We were already doing this before their patent. We just ignored it and they didn't try to challenge. I remember talking to my EE father at the time and he said the idea of doing PWM for audio was obvious and ludicrous to patent.