The video accumulated over 2,000 views in less than 24 hours, as well as receiving notable praise in the comments section (seen below). Then on March 2nd, 2023, Bitwave uploaded the reworked intro for Zero Wing that included the Sega Genesis version with the "All Your Base Are Belong To Us" scene to its YouTube channel, showing off a slightly redesigned CATs and the classic catchphrase. The iconic scene from Zero Wing, reimagined, will be included in a free patch coming soon. Shmupers! CATs is coming to Zero Wing but hasn’t set us up the bomb yet. However, on February 16th, following widespread coverage about the meme missing from the new remaster, Bitwave Games confirmed in a tweet on its official Twitter account that the scene with CATs would be added in a patch soon, stating: However, the Bitwave port was actually based on the 1989 arcade version of Zero Wing and not the Sega Genesis port, which included the humorous translation that spawned the meme. On February 14th, 2023, Bitwave Games rereleased the classic Zero Wing on Steam and other platforms, which initially drew criticism from some for not initially including the "All Your Base Are Belong To Us" scene. The line also gained an article on the TV Tropes site. Several well-known video games such as World of Warcraft and Guild wars reference the line. It is generally assumed that a person using this phrase (or any other meme) has nothing of real value to express. Oh Internet describes it as: everyday tasks are made more humorous by adding the suffix "…for great justice" to a directive, invitation, or announcement. It is mainly used as a motto to encourage someone in carrying an action right to the end. In addition to the macros and videos, the meme also spawned a catchphrase of its own: For Great Justice. On June 12, 2014, Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors, released a blog posting stating that they "will not initiate patent lawsuits." The post was entitled: "All our Patent Are Belong to You". "All Your Base" also appeared on a Chicago Fox news station, uploaded to YouTube in 2006, where Greg Lindsay from compared repeating the phrase to people saying "WAZZZUP" in Budweiser commercials. On June 1st, 2006, Engineers at YouTube replaced the site with a message reading "ALL YOUR VIDEO ARE BELONG TO US" as they prepared to roll out new site features. In February 2004, North Carolina State University students hacked into the local news live broadcasting system that reports on weather-related closures and replaced it with the phrase "All your base are belong to us". That year, mention of "All Your Base" appeared on various news sites, such as the San Francisco Chronicle, The Guardian, and USA Today. On February 23rd, 2001 Wired wrote an article on the phrase. This thread also led to the song Invasion of the Gabber Robots, by The Laziest Men On Mars. The thread has since been lost on account of hacking. ![]() According to, the first photoshop thread began in November 2000, obtaining over 2000 images. At this time, the trend also hit SomethingAwful. In late 2000, there was a large thread on the TribalWar forums. In February 2001, Bad_CRC released a music video for a gabber remix of the song, which was also uploaded to Newgrounds on February 16th, 2001 (shown below). On December 16th, 2000, Tribal War Forums member Bad_CRC submitted a thread titled "All your base are belong to us," featuring a quote from the opening sequence. The video is among the first response videos to the phrase. In June 2000, posted their Zero Wing Dub Project, featuring a dubbed version of the introduction with Wayne Newton's voice. According to a timeline published on the site, the GIF was posted on the site Zany Video Game Quotes in "late 1998/early 1999."ĬATS: You have no chance to survive make your time. ![]() Additionally, the website Zany Video Game Quotes has been credited with popularizing the GIF. The first GIF of the opening sequence is rumored to have originated on the Rage Games website in early 1998. The quote is from the introduction sequence of the game in which the main antagonist, the leader of CATS appears to announce "all your base are belong to us" during an exchange with the ship's captain. The phrase and game footage used in the meme come from the 1992 port of the 1989 side-scrolling arcade shooter Zero Wing, released on the SEGA Mega Drive.
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