The Dreamcast launched in Japan in 1998 and in North America and Europe in 1999 as Sega's last home console, and its boot-up jingle became inseparable from that short-lived system. After production ended in 2001, the console gained a devoted cult following, and clips of its startup sequence began circulating in retrospectives, speedrun intros and social media edits. Today it works as instant shorthand for late-1990s Sega nostalgia, instantly recognisable even to viewers who never owned the machine.