# "All your base are belong to us". Why now? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 22, 2001, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-your-base-are-belong-to-us-why-now/55528 "2001-02-22T23:49:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Great\_Dave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/46a35a/32.png) [@Great\_Dave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Dave)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2001, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-your-base-are-belong-to-us-why-now/55528/21 "2001-03-02T23:26:32Z")
[Here’s an interesting take on the whole thing](http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/02/20/DD166082.DTL). Check out the link. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2001, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-your-base-are-belong-to-us-why-now/55528/22 "2001-03-04T19:23:04Z")
I have a question: Is it possible to see the “All Your Bases” sequence running Zero Wing under MAME? I loaded it up a couple times, and never saw it. When does it take place? It doesn’t seem to be in the “demo” mode before credits are added, like I expected. ---
**Author:** ![rayniday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecc23a/32.png) [@rayniday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayniday)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2001, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-your-base-are-belong-to-us-why-now/55528/23 "2001-03-04T19:33:38Z")
I was walking to humanities class, and saw a computer printout sign that said: _drumroll_ All you base are belonging to us. I burst out laughing. Got many strange looks. Felt like I was in on the biggest inside joke in history. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lagged2Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ac8455/32.png) [@Lagged2Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lagged2Death)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2001, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-your-base-are-belong-to-us-why-now/55528/24 "2001-03-05T01:04:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Revtim \* > \*\*I have a question: Is it possible to see the “All Your Bases” sequence running Zero Wing under MAME? I loaded it up a couple times, and never saw it. When does it take place? It doesn’t seem to be in the “demo” mode before credits are added, like I expected. \*\* According to the FAQ (which was linked to somewhere earlier in this thread) the funny “Engrish” translation was exclusive to the Sega MegaDrive/Genesis version of the game - the real arcade game (the MAME version) had a higher-quality, unamusing introduction. You’d have to get yourself a Genesis emulator and the Genesis Zero Wing ROM to see the funny one. ---
**Author:** ![Avumede](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/avumede/32/7235_2.png) [@Avumede](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avumede)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2001, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-your-base-are-belong-to-us-why-now/55528/25 "2001-03-05T05:38:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by KeithT \* > This [timeline](http://hubert.retrogames.com/history.htm) should pretty much put this thread to rest in GQ. Thanks KeithT! This exactly what I was interested in. ---
**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2001, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-your-base-are-belong-to-us-why-now/55528/26 "2001-03-05T07:14:52Z")
There’s a thread over at [somethingawful.com](http://somethingawful.com) (maybe the 1st, definitely at least 2nd site to jump on the bandwagon) about how AYBABTU is already passé (though it has made some people on [mp3.com](http://mp3.com) a lot of money) and what the current weird catchphrases should be. Since AYBABTU we have already gone through ‘Why you throw chip?’, ‘P-due’, ‘You’re the man now, dog!’, ‘But did you get head?’, and many others. BTW, the phrase is really escaping into the ‘real world’. It’s been seen spray painted across the country, from colleges in the U.S. to bridges in Australia. Somebody calling in to Loveline complained that her boyfriend made her shout ‘All Your Base Are Belong To Us’ during sex. ---
**Author:** ![Dani\_Filth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@Dani\_Filth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dani_Filth)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2001, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-your-base-are-belong-to-us-why-now/55528/27 "2001-03-05T12:12:06Z")
I can’t believe no one posted this site yet. [http://www.planetstarseige.com/allyourbase/index.html](http://www.planetstarseige.com/allyourbase/index.html) This is the ultimate “all your base” site. They have 2 versions of the video, and lots of still photos for viewing, including all the ones in the vids and a bunch more. Oh yeah, they have tshirts and the like as well… In A.D. 2101 War was beginning. Captain: What happen ? Mechanic: Somebody set up us the bomb. Operator: We get signal. Captain: What ! Operator: Main screen turn on. Captain: It’s You !! Cats: How are you gentlemen !! Cats: All your base are belong to us. Cats: You are on the way to destruction. Captain: What you say !! Cats: You have no chance to survive make your time. Cats: HA HA HA HA … Captain: Take off every ‘zig’ !! Captain: You know what you doing. Captain: Move ‘zig’. Captain: For great justice. -Dani ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2001, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-your-base-are-belong-to-us-why-now/55528/28 "2001-03-05T15:04:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Avumede \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by KeithT \* > > This [timeline](http://hubert.retrogames.com/history.htm) should pretty much put this thread to rest in GQ. > > Thanks KeithT! This exactly what I was interested in. \*\* Thank **Cecil**. All your thread are closed to me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-your-base-are-belong-to-us-why-now/55528.md?page=1)