AO rating usage

[TurboGenesis]

There has been alot of talk of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and the AO rating. I am starting a new topic to find out:

What other Video Games have received this rating(AO)?

Of these games, Which are on console?


On a side note, What games have received the EC rating?

Maybe we need to look beyond Take 2 and GTA and see if the ESRB can be a little more consistant with their ratings.

[goatdan]

The only console games were the 3DO games like The Coven and Endlessly and stuff. Most of those weren't exactly "games" though, and more like sampler videos.

[TurboGenesis]

The Vivid 3DO games came out before the ESRB I beleive. I have Super Models Go Wild and this game does have a "Adults Only" rating but it is not that issued by the ESRB. The icon looks like a stop sign with an "AO" written on it.

The point I'm looking at is the ESRB doesn't do a very good job of rating from the get go. Again any console games with the AO rating OR the EC rating?

Im sure had the ESRB been around back in the days of the NES their might be some EC rated games but I willing to bet that they would have been rated K-A (E).

Shouldn't The Guy Game or Playboy Mansion be rated AO? Why are these games Rated M then?

[scooterb23]

I *think* when Night Trap was rereleased, it had an AO rating. I'm not 100% sure though.

And I think these game makers go for M ratings rather than AO for the same reason movie companies would rather get a PG-13 rating rather than an R...because there are a lot of places that will not show R rated movies, so you lose out on a large portion of your potential audience. So they may want to make the AO game, but so they can be sold in a larger number of stores...they hold back a bit, and get the safer M rating.

At least that's my view of it.

[Gamereviewgod]

I *think* when Night Trap was rereleased, it had an AO rating. I'm not 100% sure though.

No, just an M, and that was after the initial release and Liberman and Kohl made it an issue.

[davepesc]

Here's all of them, courtesy of the ESRB Web site:

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Rockstar Games PC,Playstation 2,Xbox Adults Only (18+) Blood and Gore,Intense Violence,Nudity, Strong Language,Strong Sexual Content,Use of Drugs

Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude Uncut and Uncensored Vivendi Universal Games PC Adults Only (18+) Mature Humor,Nudity,Strong Language,Strong Sexual Content,Use of Alcohol

Singles Eidos Interactive PC Adults Only (18+) Nudity,Strong Sexual Content

Peak Entertainment Casinos Peak Entertainment NV Online,PC Adults Only (18+) Gambling

Critical Point Peach Princess PC Adults Only (18+) Strong Sexual Content,Violence

Tokimeki Checkin! Peach Princess PC Adults Only (18+) Strong Sexual Content

Water Closet: The Forbidden Chamber Peach Princess PC Adults Only (18+) Strong Sexual Content

Snow Drop Peach Princess PC Adults Only (18+) Strong Sexual Content

X-Change Peach Princess PC Adults Only (18+) Strong Sexual Content

All Nude Nikki MacDaddy Entertainment MAC,PC Adults Only (18+) Strong Sexual Content

Body Language NUTECH DIGITAL DVD Adults Only (18+) Strong Sexual Content

Riana Rouge Black Dragon MAC,PC Adults Only (18+) Realistic Blood & Gore,Strong Sexual Content

WET - The Sexy Empire CDV Software GMBH PC Adults Only (18+) Strong Sexual Content

All Nude Glamour MacDaddy Entertainment MAC,PC Adults Only (18+) Strong Sexual Content

All Nude Cyber MacDaddy Entertainment MAC,PC Adults Only (18+) Strong Sexual Content

Cyber Photographer MacDaddy Entertainment MAC,PC Adults Only (18+) Strong Sexual Content

The Joy Of Sex Philips Media CDI Adults Only (18+) Strong Sexual Content

Playboy Screensaver :The Women Of Playboy Sony Imagesoft (Publishing) MAC Adults Only (18+) Mature Sexual Themes

Crystal Fantasy MacDaddy Entertainment MAC,PC Adults Only (18+) Strong Sexual Content

[davepesc]

Oh, and 227 games have received the EC rating (annoyingly long link follows)

http://www.esrb.com/search_results.asp?rat_1=Early+Childhood+%283%2B%2 9&count1=6&desID0=32&desID1=8&desID2=24&desID3=28&desID4=37&desID5=4&desID6=44&desID7=31&desID8=23&desID9=38&desID10=27&desID11=22&desID12=39&desID13=10&desID14=25&desID15=30&desID16=52&desID17=56&desID18=55&desID19=43&desID20=46&desID21=50&desID22=51&desID23=53&desID24=54&desID25=34&desID26=41&desID27=42&desID28=48&desID29=13&desID30=40&desID31=49&desID32=15&desID33=11&desID34=26&desID35=14&desID36=12&desID37=33&desID38=35&desID39=21&desID40=36&desID41=20&desID42=29&count2=43&platID0=12&platID1=17&platID2=18&platID3=19&platID4=20&platID5=32&platID6=42&platID7=5&platID8=34&platID9=33&platID10=22&platID11=39&platID12=3&platID13=6&platID14=43&platID15=41&platID16=36&platID17=24&platID18=11&platID19=30&platID20=25&platID21=37&platID22=46&platID23=26&platID24=13&platID25=14&platID26=31&platID27=7&platID28=8&platID29=15&platID30=10&platID31=4&platID32=40&platID33=16&platID34=45&platID35=35&platID36=44&count3=37&pub=&key=&type=game&validatePowerSearch=1&x=41&y=4

[E Nice]

Shouldn't The Guy Game or Playboy Mansion be rated AO? Why are these games Rated M then?[/quote]

Probably because there's no full frontal. TGG is a bunch of flashing and a few rear shots. Hef and the girls keep their underwear on in Playboy Mansion.