Pac-Man is the classic arcade maze game in which the player eats dots while avoiding ghosts, and its death sound has become one of the most recognisable retro game effects in popular culture. Fans and soundboard creators later flipped that short jingle backwards to create a novelty variant, turning a familiar game-over cue into a glitchy, backwards sting. Shared as a tiny clip on soundboards and in short-form videos, it survives because the original sound is instantly known, while the reversal makes it feel fresh, funny and slightly unsettling.