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A 1989 horizontal shoot 'em up arcade game that was also ported a year later to the PC Engine CD-ROM (known outside of Japan as the TurboGrafx-CD) only in Japan and the SEGA Mega Drive (SEGA Genesis in America) only in Japan and Europe.
It didn't catch much attention, due to being viewed by many to be just another unoriginal horizontal space shoot 'em up while lacking advertisements. It stayed obscure until late 2000 when the opening of the European version of its SEGA Mega Drive port was discovered as a mistranslation and was used by Kansas City computer programmer and part-time DJ, Jeffrey Ray Roberts, then aged 23, from the Gabber band "The Laziest Men on Mars" created a techno dance track titled "Invasion of the Gabber Robots", which remixed some of the Zero Wing video game music by Tatsuya Uemura, Toshiaki Tomisawa, and Masahiro Yuge, with electronic versions of the quotes from its intro. Most notably "All your base are belong to us", said by an antagonist named CATS, which is similar to "owned", a slang word that originated among 1990s hackers, where it referred to "rooting" or gaining administrative control over another person's PC. This became an Internet meme for a long period of time and is still being used today, even against the arcade and PC Engine CD-ROM versions, although they lack the infamous opening and don't show CATS nor Engrish.
Most people thought Toaplan was responsible for the mistranslated opening of the European Mega Drive version of Zero Wing, but it was actually SEGA of Europe's.
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F-Zero is a racing game series made by Nintendo, similar to Mario Kart. Unlike Mario Kart, the games take place in a futuristic setting, have more high-speed roller-coaster action, and don't feature any items for use on the raceway.
Games released in the F-Zero series:
F-Zero (Super Nintendo Entertainment System): The first game in the series. Introduced some pretty impressive semi-3D graphics with gameplay similar to that of Super Mario Kart, but no items.
F-Zero X (Nintendo 64): The second game, this time in full 3D. Featured 30 different racers, 24 courses, and some FAST racing action.
F-Zero Maximum Velocity (Game Boy Advance): The first portable F-Zero game. Featured entirely new drivers and courses in a setting that suggested it took place some time after F-Zero X.
F-Zero GX (Nintendo Gamecube): Similar to F-Zero X, but with better graphics, a story mode, the ability to build your own racing machines and new drivers. Compatable with the arcade game F-Zero AX (see below).
F-Zero AX (Arcade): The Arcade version of F-Zero GX (see above). Players who had Memory Cards containing F-Zero GX data would be able to unlock extras for their F-Zero GX game, such as new pilots and parts.
F-Zero GP Legend (Game Boy Advance): Similar to F-Zero Maximum Velocity, but it was based off of the F-Zero anime of the same name. Players could choose to play as heroes or villains in various missions.
Dude! That guy drives so fast he should be in an F-Zero game!
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1) The number one ingredient for a catastrophic event in which the universe enfolds and collapses on itself and life as we know it ceases to exist.
2) A mathematical equation such as a/0 whereas a is some number and 0 is the divisor. Look it up on Wikipedia or something. Pretty confusing shit.
3) A reason for an error in programming
Hey, I divided by zero! ...Oh shi-
a/0
Run-time error: '11': Division by zero
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The act of doing exactly ZERO tasks simultaneously.
Thanks Joe, let me call you back, I am busy zero tasking.
Megaman Zero is a video game series where you play as the legendary hero Zero. Dealing with themes such as war, genocide, and hatred, this series is darkers compared to other Megaman series. Pretty deep and great story, you will likely cry at the end of the fourth game if you play the other games as well.
"I never cared about justice, and I don't recall ever calling myself a hero... I have always only fought for the people I believe in. I won't hesitate... If an enemy appears in front of me, I will destroy it!"
- Zero, Megaman Zero 4
Album by Nine Inch Nails
(07')
Easily one of the greatest political albums. Check out the ARG websites.
"Damn! I need to stop listening to Year Zero and start drinking the water."
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A "get tough" policy of making no exceptions in regards to a particular (usually criminal or undesirable) matter, born as a response to a general sense of uneaven application of rules and punishments.
To react to a proscribed activity or substance with absolute prejudice... Without regard to mitigating circumstances or conditions.
I don't care if you've got glaucoma, we have a zero tolerance policy to drugs, including marijuana.
We will react to sexism and racism with zero tolerance.
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