Actually you just had to “play” it and lots of Nokias had a custom ringtone composer you could actually write ringtones with yourself.

So you’d just reserve an hour of computer time from the library, browse some guides on how to compose Axel F on a 3210, write them down/have it printed and then input them into your phone.

Here’s that composer in action: youtu.be/ymjV1IwReU4