# All Your Base Are Belong To Us -- explained **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 19, 2001, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-your-base-are-belong-to-us-explained/50879 "2001-01-19T15:44:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2001, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-your-base-are-belong-to-us-explained/50879/1 "2001-01-19T15:44:55Z")
It’s a line from a video game. The whole thing is hilarious. See it discussed in the thread “Why you need a native English speaker when making video games for the US…” on the FFF: [http://fff.fathom.org/ubb/Forum3/HTML/001578.html](http://fff.fathom.org/ubb/Forum3/HTML/001578.html) Or just go watch the movie here [http://www.overclocked.org/zerowing.mov](http://www.overclocked.org/zerowing.mov) ---
**Author:** ![c\_goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@c\_goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/c_goat)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2001, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-your-base-are-belong-to-us-explained/50879/2 "2001-01-19T15:51:13Z")
Oh good, that does sound like bad video game translation. (The truck have started to move) Maybe you can explain this thread now? [Man, I’m hungry…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=56302) ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2001, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-your-base-are-belong-to-us-explained/50879/3 "2001-01-20T08:35:52Z")
I just realized I should have linked the original thread. Duh. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=56293](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=56293)