The sound comes from the original Sony PlayStation, released in Japan in 1994 and worldwide in 1995. It played every time the console booted, accompanying the Sony Computer Entertainment logo before the memory card screen. As retro gaming grew on YouTube and Twitch in the 2010s, the jingle became shorthand for nineties nostalgia, appearing in compilation intros, fake boot memes and remix videos. Like the GTA V notification, it endures because an entire generation instantly recognizes those first few seconds.