Feb 17, 2021 20:00:00

What is the meme 'All Your Base' that was very popular in the early days of the Internet?

Images and phrases that are popular on the

Internet are called ' Internet memes .' Among such internet memes, technology-related news media Ars Technica explains the meme called ' All Your Base, ' which was very popular in the relatively early 2001.

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'All Your Base' is an abbreviation for ' All your base are belong to us ' used in the opening demo of the Mega Drive version of ' Zero Wing ' sold in Europe. The line 'All your base are belong to us' is an English translation of ' Your base is all we received ', but the 'base' that should be plural is still in the singular, or 'belong'. Ars Technica points out that the English is quite singular, with the verb 'are' and the be verb 'are' being used at the same time. In addition to the Zero Wing opening demo, Katakoto's English such as 'How are you gentlemen !! (How are you !!)' and 'Somebody set up us the bomb (Someone set up us the bomb)' Was used, and the mismatch with the serious scene caught the hearts of Internet users.

Zero Wing was created as an arcade game in 1989, and was ported to home video game consoles in the early 1990s. For this reason, the capacity was small and the specifications required for operation were also low. Many Internet users played Zero Wing and used 'All Your Base' because such games could be easily played even in the late 1990s environment where the line speed was slow and the machine specifications were low. Many collage images have been created.

When collage images were made, the name of 'All Your Base' was not so high, and it was only enjoyed by some Internet users. However, the content posting site on February 16, 2001

Newgrounds.Com Flash movie using the 'All Your Base' in the post when it is, 'All Your Base' is at once the rage, the most famous Internet is now It has become one of the memes. You can see the Flash movie actually posted on Newgrounds.com below.

All Your Base Are Belong To Us (Original)-YouTube


At the beginning of the movie, you'll see part of the Zero Wing opening demo with dubbed machine audio.

After that, along with a nice techno pop, the Hollywood signboard was rewritten as 'ALL YOUR BASE' ...

You'll see many collage images, including a young Bill Gates wearing a board with the words 'ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US' around his neck.

Ars Technica said, 'A lot of Flash movies and Flash games have been posted on content sharing sites like Newgrounds.com. Internet users have been able to easily share links to anime and games. Many internet memes like 'All Your Base' have been born, 'he said, talking about the relationship between internet memes and the community.