In 1991 they released a second computer game called Stormlord for the Sega Genesis.
The game had limited commercial success, but Razor Soft would continue to use mature themes in video games. Bits of what was intended to be red blood would come out when you shot criminals and civilians (some of which were children). In the game you played a cop waging a one-man war against crime. In 1990 they released the 1988 computer game Techno Cop for the Sega Genesis. The first company to take advantage of Sega's moral liberal polices was the company Razor Soft. Where as Nintendo became famous for its strict censorship polices, Sega allowed blood and graphic violence in video games provided that such games had a generic parental advisory label on it. The rating symbols were not always in black and white as portrayed above, they were usually printed in colors matching the color scheme of the box.īefore 1993, Sega was known for a more liberal policy with regards to what type of content it would allow in a video game release on a Sega home console. NYR or, Not Yet Rated: This rating only appeared in advertising and indicated that the game had not yet been rated by the V.R.C. Examples of games with this rating were: Leisure Suit Larry 6: Shape Up or Slip Out!, Lethal Enforcers, Mortal Kombat II, Rise of the Dragon and the Sega CD version of Mortal Kombat. Games could have lots of blood, graphic violence, mature sexual themes, profanity, drug or alcohol usage. The game was suitable for audiences seventeen years of age or older. MA-17 - Mature Audiences: Not appropriate for minors. Examples of games with this rating were Bram Stoker's Dracula, Flashback: The Quest for Identity, Super Street Fighter II, Lunar: The Silver Star, Wing Commander and Beavis and Butt-Head. Game could have some blood in it and more graphic violence than a "GA" game. The game was suitable for audiences thirteen years of age or older. MA-13 - Mature Audiences: Parental Discretion Advised. Examples of games with this rating were: Disney's Aladdin, Ecco the Dolphin, Earthworm Jim, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and most sports and puzzle games. No profanity, no mature sexual themes and no usage of drugs or alcohol.
GA - General Audiences: Appropriate for all audiences. The three different ratings were as follows: The rating had to clearly appear on the front of the box and on all the advertisements for the video game.
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