Zero Wing Today
The game's fame stems almost entirely from its "Engrish" intro, which includes several iconic phrases: "All your base are belong to us." "You have no chance to survive make your time."
is a side-scrolling shoot-'em-up game released by Toaplan in 1989. While it began as an arcade title, it gained legendary status due to the poor English translation in its 1991 European Sega Mega Drive (Genesis) port. The nonsensical dialogue in the opening cutscene—most famously, " All your base are belong to us "—became one of the earliest and most enduring internet memes. The "All Your Base" Meme Zero Wing
The meme exploded in the early 2000s, popularized by GIF animations and Flash videos on sites like the Something Awful forums. The game's fame stems almost entirely from its
Memes aside, is considered a solid, if standard, shooter for its era: Zero Wing Translation Comparison: Introduction The "All Your Base" Meme The meme exploded