The Codec is the radio system Solid Snake uses to talk with his support team in Konami's Metal Gear Solid series, first popularised by the 1998 PlayStation game. Its opening and closing tones became as recognisable as the alert sound itself, and players still quote the green Codec screen in streams and edits. The close beep spread through forums, ringtones and soundboards alongside other game alerts like enemy spotted voice lines, and it remains a shorthand for ending a secret transmission cleanly.