Nuketown first appeared as a multiplayer map in Call of Duty: Black Ops, released in 2010, and quickly became one of the series most recognisable locations. Modelled on a 1950s American test town, complete with mannequins and pastel houses, its small size made matches fast and chaotic. The map was remade for later Black Ops games, keeping it in rotation for more than a decade. Its loading music therefore carries strong nostalgia for long-time players, which is why clips of it still circulate in gaming edits, memes and streams today.