Talk:List of banned video games

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[edit] Guy game

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)

My recollection is that the original release contained underage nudity, and thus was deemed illegal.24.143.155.146 03:03, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] GTA San Andreas

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)

[edit] Germany

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

Is it really true that games get banned in Germany because they contain "portraits of Adolf Hitler"? I don't think so, is there any source for this?88.73.194.71 22:44, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Yes, it's true. The display of symbols of anti-constitutional groups is a punishable offense. You find the original law text linked from the Strafgesetzbuch page.—Graf Bobby 20:06, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Duke Nukem 3D

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

[edit] Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll

Does anyone have any information on a game called "Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll"? I think thats the title but not too sure. I remember seein a programme on Channel 4 (England) a few years ago about games that were banned. Cant look for it on the internet cause im in work and people can see my screen if i type the name into google (imagine the stuff that'll come up)!!! James 153.96.50.65 13:31, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

[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)

[edit] Tekken Aus

Dark Ressurection isn't banned here. Removing from list. 59.101.71.42 08:47, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rule of Rose Aus Ban?

Was it banned or just withdrawn? All the reports I've read say it was never submitted for classification - if it was withdrawn for classification by the publishers on the assumption that it would be banned then it doesn't belong on this list. 58.110.135.47 23:09, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Removed tags and controversy

Three changes that probably require some comment:

  • Removed the cleanup tag. It has been there since August 2006, the list has improved a lot in the meantime, and while it still needs a few references and could of course be improved, it does not seem to need a cleanup any more.
  • Removed the globalize tag. I don't know why it was put there at all. Banning of video games is by definition country specific, some countries do it more, some do it less.
  • Removed the controversy section. This is supposed to be a list of banned video games, the pros and cons of banning have no place here.

Graf Bobby 20:00, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

GTAIII and GTA Vice City was also banned in Brazil.201.19.122.231 19:10, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] South Korea

So are the games that were baned still baned or is it just that they will never ban again? 141.151.61.230 (talk) 21:22, 10 December 2007 (UTC)