Pac-Man first appeared in arcades in 1980 and quickly became one of the most recognisable video games ever made, built around guiding a yellow character through a maze while eating dots and avoiding ghosts. Its electronic sound effects, especially the chomping loop and opening jingle, were limited by early hardware but became defining parts of its identity. As retro gaming grew online, those sounds were reused in videos, remixes and memes as a shorthand for arcade culture, eating quickly, or any playful chase sequence.