All Your Base Are Belong To Us

The video that started it all.

All your base are belong to us. Phrase exclaimed when the opposite team opponent is pwned or defeated. The famous opening for zero wing s english edition. An exclamation of superiority 2. An awkward translation of all of your bases are now under our control the quote originally appeared in the opening dialogue of zero wing a 16 bit shoot em up game released in 1989.

I am not stealing anything or taking any credit for this video. All your base are belong to us is a popular internet meme based on a phrase found in the opening cutscene of the european release of the 1992 mega drive genesis port of the 1989 arcade video game zero wing which is subtitled and poorly translated. All your base are belong to us is a popular engrish catchphrase that grew popular across the internet as early as in 1998. Phrase taken from zero wing a poorly translated japanese to english video game in which the character cats exclaims.

All your base are belong to us reads like a college essay that was rushed the night before it was due. The meme developed from this in the early 2000s as the result of a gif animation depicting the opening text which was initially popularized on the something awful message forums. It starts out well researched and expands on the early days of the history of video games even if it does make frequent mistakes and tries too hard and often to make pop culture references.