Space Harrier was released by Sega in arcades in 1985, created under designer Yu Suzuki as a fast pseudo-3D rail shooter. It was notable for its colorful Fantasy Zone setting and its heavy use of digitized speech for the era, including the stage-start call that follows the famous welcome line. As arcade emulation, retro compilations and YouTube gaming culture grew, the short Get Ready sample was isolated as a soundboard clip and reused far beyond the original cabinet as a universal start signal.