Editing All your base are belong to us (section)

==History==
{{External media|float=right|video1=[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icVy7Ve6y6A YouTube video of the opening sequence, featuring the line]|video2=[https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/11940 Newgrounds post where the music video was posted]|title=External videos}}
''[[Zero Wing]]'' was released in Japanese arcades by developer [[Toaplan]] on 1 July 1989,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Zero Wing (Registration Number PA000045123) |url=https://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230209011156/https://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First |archive-date=2023-02-09 |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=United States Copyright Office}}</ref> and in North America in April 1990.<ref>{{cite book|last=Akagi|first=Masumi|url=https://archive.org/stream/ArcadeGameList1971-2005#page/n51/mode/1up|title=東亜プラン (Toa Plan); ナムコ（中村製作所）Namco; ゼ; Williams Electronics; Z|work=アーケードTVゲームリスト 国内•海外編 (1971-2005)|edition=1st|publisher=[[:ja:アミューズメント通信社|Amusement News Agency]]|date=13 October 2006|pages=50, 52, 84, 140, 172|isbn=978-4990251215|language=ja}}</ref> The European release of the game on the [[Sega Genesis|Sega Mega Drive]], also known as the Sega Genesis, which contained the script of the meme's origin, occurred in July 1991.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last1=Rand |first1=Paul |last2=Boone |first2=Tim |date=1991-07-15 |title=Review: Zero Wing - Megadrive by Toaplan |url=https://archive.org/details/cvg-magazine-117/page/n59/mode/2up |magazine=[[Computer and Video Games]] |location=United Kingdom |publisher=[[EMAP]] |issue=117 (August 1991) |pages=60–62 |access-date=2023-02-10}}</ref>

''Zero Wing'' is one of the most widely known examples of poor linguistic translation in video games.<ref name="Eyman2">{{Cite book |last1=Eyman |first1=Douglas |title=Games & Play in Chinese & Sinophone Cultures |last2=Eyman |first2=Douglas |last3=Sun |first3=Hongmei |date=2024 |publisher=[[University of Washington Press]] |isbn=9780295752402 |editor-last=Guo |editor-first=Li |location=Seattle, WA |chapter=Translation and Chinese Culture in Video Games |editor-last2=Eyman |editor-first2=Douglas |editor-last3=Sun |editor-first3=Hongmei}}</ref>{{Rp|pages=249-250}} Translations were handled internally by the design team, not with a professional translator.<ref name="Eyman2" />{{Rp|page=250}} According to game designer [[Tatsuya Uemura|Tatsuya Uemara]], the English skills of the team member who prepared the translations were "really terrible".<ref name="Eyman2" />{{Rp|page=250}}

The first references of the meme could be seen in 1999 and the early 2000s when an animated GIF of the scene appeared on [[Internet forum|forums]] and sites like Zany Video Game Quotes,<ref>{{Cite web |last=TVsIan |date=2001-01-01 |title=Aybabtu: The History |url=http://hubert.retrogames.com/article.php?sid=1 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010602111141/http://hubert.retrogames.com/article.php?sid=1 |archive-date=2001-06-02 |website=Hubert}}</ref> OverClocked,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2000-06-05 |title=OverClocked - #116 - The ZeroWing Dub Project |url=http://www.overclocked.org/OCzerowing.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000816001019/http://www.overclocked.org/OCzerowing.htm |archive-date=2000-08-16 |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=OverClocked}}</ref> and TribalWar forums.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bad_CRC |date=2000-12-16 |title=OT: All your base are belong to us |url=https://www.tribalwar.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=24539 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220412130932/https://www.tribalwar.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=24539 |archive-date=2022-04-12 |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=TribalWar Forums}}</ref> In November 2000, [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]] computer programmer and part-time [[disc jockey]] Jeffrey Ray Roberts (1977–2011), of the [[gabber]] band The Laziest Men on Mars, made a techno dance track, "Invasion of the Gabber Robots," which remixed some of the ''Zero Wing'' video game music with a voice-over of the phrase, "All your base are belong to us".<ref name="time">{{cite magazine |last=Taylor|first=Chris |date=25 February 2001 |title=All Your Base Are Belong To Us |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,100525,00.html |url-status=dead |magazine=Time |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070621020832/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0%2C9171%2C100525%2C00.html |archive-date=21 June 2007 |access-date=29 June 2007}}</ref> (The original music for ''Zero Wing'' was written by [[Tatsuya Uemura]] and arranged by [[Noriyuki Iwadare]].) On 16 February 2001, user Bad_CRC posted an animated [[music video]] accompanying the song onto the [[Adobe Flash|Flash]] game and animation sharing site [[Newgrounds]].<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Machkovech |first=Sam |date=2021-02-16 |title=An anniversary for great justice: Remembering 'All Your Base' 20 years later |url=https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2021/02/get-ready-to-feel-old-the-all-your-base-music-video-turns-20-today/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221218184648/https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2021/02/get-ready-to-feel-old-the-all-your-base-music-video-turns-20-today/ |archive-date=2022-12-18 |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=[[Ars Technica]] |language=en-us}}</ref> The video was shared rapidly, soon becoming an [[Internet meme]] and receiving widespread media attention.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Walker |first=Ian |date=16 February 2021 |title=The 'All Your Base Are Belong To Us' Video Is Now 20 Years Old |url=https://kotaku.com/the-all-your-base-are-belong-to-us-video-is-now-20-ye-1846281979 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224093634/https://kotaku.com/the-all-your-base-are-belong-to-us-video-is-now-20-ye-1846281979 |archive-date=24 February 2021 |access-date=25 February 2021 |website=[[Kotaku]] |language=en-us}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite magazine |last=Benner |first=Jeffrey |date=23 February 2001 |title=When Gamer Humor Attacks |url=https://www.wired.com/2001/02/when-gamer-humor-attacks/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|WIRED]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221219232934/https://www.wired.com/2001/02/when-gamer-humor-attacks/ |archive-date=2022-12-19 |access-date=2023-02-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kornblum |first=Janet |date=2002-02-08 |title=Odd phrase touches all the Web bases |url=https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/news/2001-03-07-ebrief.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201230030/https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/news/2001-03-07-ebrief.htm |archive-date=2023-02-01 |access-date=2023-02-11 |website=[[USA Today]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Carroll |first=Jon |date=2001-02-20 |title=All Your Base Are Belong to Us |url=https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/carroll/article/all-your-base-are-belong-to-us-3327364.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202202752/https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/carroll/article/All-Your-Base-Are-Belong-to-Us-3327364.php |archive-date=2023-02-02 |access-date=2023-02-11 |website=[[SFGATE]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":9">{{Cite news |last=Johnston |first=Rich |date=2001-02-27 |title=All your base ... |language=en-GB |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2001/feb/28/internetnews.g2 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-02-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208085128/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2001/feb/28/internetnews.g2 |archive-date=2023-02-08 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> The meme's popularity was seen throughout the early 2000s when it was broadcast unauthorized onto the [[News ticker|ticker]] of a [[Raleigh, North Carolina]], TV channel,<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=Poulsen |first=Kevin |date=2004-03-05 |title=Wags hijack TV channel's on-screen ticker |url=https://www.theregister.com/2004/03/05/wags_hijack_tv_channels_onscreen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221228232951/https://www.theregister.com/2004/03/05/wags_hijack_tv_channels_onscreen/ |archive-date=2022-12-28 |access-date=2023-02-11 |website=[[The Register]] |language=en}}</ref> used as a placeholder message by [[YouTube]] while under maintenance,<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Sandoval |first=Greg |date=2006-06-02 |title=YouTube: Our humor, not our hack |url=https://www.cnet.com/culture/youtube-our-humor-not-our-hack/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811020228/https://www.cnet.com/culture/youtube-our-humor-not-our-hack/ |archive-date=2022-08-11 |access-date=2023-02-11 |website=[[CNET]] |language=en}}</ref> and reproduced onto T-shirts.<ref name=":9" /><ref name="time"/>

The meme was addressed by Toaplan representatives Tatsuya Uemura (programmer and music composer of ''Zero Wing'' and Toaplan founding member) and Masahiro Yuge (fellow Toaplan composer and founder) in interviews during the 2010s. Uemura stated that the poor English translation in the Mega Drive version was handled by a member of Toaplan in charge of export and overseas business.<ref name="STGv4b">{{cite magazine |last1=Kiyoshi |first1=Tane |author2=hally (VORC) |last3=Yūsaku |first3=Yamamoto |date=3 February 2012 |title=東亜プラン特集 - 元・東亜プラン 開発者インタビュー: 弓削雅稔 |url=https://archive.org/details/Shooting_Gameside_Vol.4/page/n41/mode/2up |magazine=Shooting Gameside |language=Japanese |publisher=Micro Magazine |volume=4 |pages=41–48 |isbn=978-4896373844 |access-date=2023-02-11}}</ref><ref name="OZwgTU">{{cite podcast |url=https://pixelatedaudio.com/out-zone/ |title=Out Zone with guest Tatsuya Uemura – PA76 |date=March 2017 |access-date=23 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023230947/https://pixelatedaudio.com/out-zone/ |archive-date=23 October 2019 |url-status=live |website=Pixelated Audio |last=Mosley |first=Brian |last2=Brunner |first2=James}}</ref>

The 15th and 20th anniversaries of the posting of the remix on Newgrounds were recognized by numerous culture sites.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Stephen |first=Bijan |date=17 February 2021 |title=All Your Base Are Belong To Us has turned 20 |url=https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/17/22287208/all-your-base-are-belong-to-us-20th-anniversary-internet-culture |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410231946/https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/17/22287208/all-your-base-are-belong-to-us-20th-anniversary-internet-culture |archive-date=10 April 2021 |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=[[The Verge]]}}</ref><ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hathaway |first=Jay |date=2016-02-16 |title=We Get Signal: 'All Your Base Are Belong to Us' Is 15 Years Old |url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2016/02/all-your-base-are-belong-to-us-turns-15.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221220002852/https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2016/02/all-your-base-are-belong-to-us-turns-15.html |archive-date=2022-12-20 |access-date=2023-02-11 |website=Intelligencer |publisher=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |language=en-us}}</ref> The meme has been highlighted for its uniqueness in that, unlike other memes of the time, it lacked sexual innuendos or vulgarity.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=Parish |first=Jeremy |date=2016-03-01 |title=For Great Justice: A Partial Origin Story of Gaming's Original Internet Meme |url=https://www.vg247.com/for-great-justice-a-partial-origin-story-of-gamings-original-internet-meme |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221226054449/https://www.vg247.com/for-great-justice-a-partial-origin-story-of-gamings-original-internet-meme |archive-date=2022-12-26 |access-date=2023-02-11 |website=[[VG247]] |language=en}}</ref>