This video by YouTuber Zuchini has over 8 million views, remixing one of gaming’s earliest memes: “All your base are belong to us.” The phrase comes from Zero Wing (1989), a Japanese arcade shooter whose 1992 Mega Drive port featured an awkward English translation. By 2000, it had spread across TribalWar and Something Awful forums, sparking thousands of Photoshopped images, Flash animations and remixes like the song ‘Invasion of the Gabber Robots’. News coverage and public stunts followed, from TV broadcasts to university hacks, cementing “All Your Base” as a turning point in meme culture.
Content notification
Our collection comprises over 40,000 moving image works, acquired and catalogued between the 1940s and early 2000s. As a result, some items may reflect outdated, offensive and possibly harmful views and opinions. ACMI is working to identify and redress such usages.
Learn more about our collection and our collection policy here. If you come across harmful content on our website that you would like to report, let us know.
How to watch
Collection
Not in ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
Curatorial section
The Story of the Moving Image → Moving Minds → MM-09. Catch of the Day
Measurements
1.20 mins
Object Types
Moving image file/Digital
Materials
digital screen recording of @zuchini's YouTube channel