Talk:List of banned computer and video games

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Was the Guy game actually banned in the US? There was a court case brought to get it banned, but I never heard anything abut it being succesful. 12.217.179.74 07:11, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I was told not to spam after I had added the listing for San Andreas.

GTA:SA has not been banned in the U.S., just re-rated. Unlike the Aussie system, AO-rated games can be sold, it's just that many retailers choose not to. Consequently, it really doesn't rate a U.S.-based reference on this list. Lomn 13:49:38, 2005-08-04 (UTC)

For all intents and purposes, AO is a ban in North America, since retailers won't carry such titles. It's just a de facto ban, rather than de jure. --coldacid 15:51, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

That's absurd. Ignoring the number of AO rated software and the much larger list of 'de facto' banned games in other countries that aren't on this banned list, the fact is there are many conduits through which it can be sold besides brick and mortar electronics stores. This is not a ban, and is clearly being included with bias, not because it legitimately belongs there. (Samuel)

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Command & Conquer Generals is NOT banned in Germany. You can still buy the original game "under the table". The stores can't sell the game openly, but they CAN sell them to any person over 18.

Doom 1 & 2 Harvester Quake 1,2,3,4 Postal Postal²

are all NOT banned (same as C&C Generals)! Quake 4 also came to the German market as the original game. So they are two versions of Quake 4 in Germany: The cut one, and the uncut one.

Banned games are:

Wolfenstein 3D (because of the swastikas and other Nazi imagery) All other games with Nazi imagery are banned. The original Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines is also banned, because of the swastikas.

The only games ever banned, because of too much violence, are Mortal Kombat and Manhunt

To clarify what I wrote above: In Germany games are either "indiziert" or "beschlagnahmt" (or, of course, suitable for people aged 0, 6, 12, 16, 18)

When a game is "indiziert", like Postal² or Quake 2, shops can't sell these games openly to customers. Commercials with these games are forbidden, game magazines can't write about them. These games aren't mentioned anywhere, but YOU CAN STILL BUY THEM LEGALLY!

"Indiziert" is the equivalent of the American "AO"

Then there are games, that are "beschlagnahmt". That means that not even adults can buy these games legally in Germany. A store who sells a banned (beschlagnahmt) game, commits a crime! When a game gets banned, like Manhunt recently, the police confiscates these games in all of Germany's stores! If you bought the banned game before it got banned, you can still play it legally, though. You just can't sell them to anyone, or let another person play this game on your PC (friends, etc). Wolfenstein 3D for example is legal, if only YOU play the game at home.

"Indiziert" games are: Postal², Postal, Quake 1-4, Doom 1 & 2, C&C 1 (original with blood and humans), C&C Generals (original)... and so on.

"Beschlagnahmt" games are: Commandos, Wolfenstein 3D, etc... and for violence Manhunt and Mortal Kombat 3. Manhunt and Mortal Kombat 3 are the only games ever banned, because of too much violence!

So, please someone edit this article, because most of the games mentioned aren't "banned" in Germany!

Ah, this article needs a lot of work. JTFryman 21:06, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Duke Nukem 3D was not banned in Brazil! I'm Brazilian and I bought a copy of it when it came out!

[edit] Year additions and references

Would it be possible to add the year of the ban and also some sources supporting it? That would be useful to have. Skinnyweed 14:15, 22 May 2006 (UTC)