International Superstar Soccer Deluxe became a staple of 1990s football gaming, especially in Brazil, where localised versions and long-running multiplayer sessions made its sounds familiar to a whole generation of players. The short meio tempo cue marked the interval between halves, a small but repeated part of every match. As retro gaming grew online, players began ripping and sharing these brief game sounds on soundboards, using them as shorthand for nostalgia, old consoles and classic football games rather than for any single famous moment.