
History as Amit understands it: (please email corrections and new facts to amitp@cs.stanford.edu)
The "all your base are belong to us" phenomenon was underground for some time (back in December, it was mostly on gamer message boards), and then went mainstream around February 17, 2001, when Flash video by Jeffrey Ray Roberts, including the screen shots of the game set to music, started spreading. It showed up on Fark, Memepool, Metafilter, and other such sites. It spread like wildfire, and then started to decline. A week later, Wired News picked up on it, and it enjoyed a second, larger burst of popularity. However this too is fading. A third burst is expected, since Time Magazine picked it up on March 5.
Here are some links that you may find amusing:
- All your Base Are Belong to Us - Official Video Homepage.
- Google search for all your ____ are belong to us where ____ is not "base".
- The all your base picture archive, with over 600 images and animations related to "all your base are belong to us".