References to Sega/Internet
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The following is a list of references to Sega on the internet.
For references specific to Sonic the Hedgehog, see References to Sonic on the internet.
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| All your base are belong to us | 2001-02-16 | A fan music video for the song Invasion of the Gabber Robots by The Laziest Men on Mars (itself a cover of the game's song "Open Your Eyes") heavily features a poorly-translated line from Zero Wing's introductory cutscene, "All your base are belong to us". This video, compressed and heavily shared in the early days of the web, gave rise to one of the very first modern internet memes. | 
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| Homestar Runner | 200x | Strong Bad's personal website plays the sample "Welcome to your doom!" from Altered Beast upon opening. | 
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| "Strong Bad Email #78" | 2003-06-30 | In "Strong Bad Email #78", parody Mega Drive cartridges are used as drink coasters. Referred to as "Sega tapes", they continue to make appearances as one of the series' recurring gags. | 
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| "Strong Bad Email #180" | 2005-01-07 | In "Strong Bad Email #180", Strong Bad goes over to Homestar's house and hopes to play mature-rated Mega Drive cartridges. |
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| "Teen Girl Squad Issue #8" | 2007-10-01 | In "Teen Girl Squad Issue #8", Tompkins steals a cartridge of Road Rash on the Mega Drive. |
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| "Strong Bad Email #172" | 2007-05-21 | In "Strong Bad Email #172", Mega Drive cartridges make a return, alongside a hidden appearance from a Mega Drive Control Pad. | 
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| Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews | "From Beyond" | 2017-10-04 | While reviewing the 1986 film From Beyond, Brandon comments on Crawford's sophisticated laboratory, saying, "Damn, looks like this place has enough computing power to run a Sega Master System game." Later, when a laboratory computer malfunctions during an experiment, he says, "Turns out this experiment required Blast Processing". Further into the film when Crawford is infected by the inter-dimensional beings and has his expanded perception is shown with a low-color filter, Brandon comments that, "...but as a side effect, he can only see in Sega CD vision." He finishes with, "All right, and I just referenced three Sega consoles in one video, that's a new record."[1] | 
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| "Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla" | 2020-01-18 | While reviewing the 1994 film Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla, Brandon mentions that SpaceGodzilla's design was inspired by Godzilla's Super transformation in the 1993 Super Famicom game Super Godzilla. He follows this by sarcastically claiming, "Sadly, Junilla from Godzilla Generations never made it into a movie."[2] | 
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| "Iron Angels" | 2024-04-05 | While reviewing the 1987 film Angel (also known as Iron Angels), Brandon comments that the movie's soundtrack "sounds like a Sega Genesis after too much Taco Bell."[3] | 
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| Map Men | "Internet Vs Ocean: the essential wires we never think about" | 2023-09-29 | A comical explanation of the principles of the electric telegraph features a Game Gear as an example of something which can be powered by electricity. | 
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| "You'll never guess the most popular internet country code" | 2023-12-06 | A short slide on the country code top-level domain of Guernsey uses an image of a Game Gear to reference the domain's abbreviation of .gg | 
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