In 1989 a Sega Megadrive computer game called Zero Wing was released in Europe with absolutely hilarious Japanese to English mistranslations. Some of the fractured English terms were soon picked up on by gamers, hackers and even U.S. Armed Forces. The screen goes blank for a second. Somebody set up us the bomb. We get signal.
Main screen turn on.
You have no chance to survive make your time. As the text flashs across the screen you realize something is wrong. But even though the language is screwey, the meaning is clear. All Your Base Are Belong to Us began reaching the consciousness of the Net through viral e-mail threads and game forums. The thread began sometime in 1998, and started really spidering in July 2000.