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These games represented a small trickle of pre-V.R.C. games for the [[Sega Genesis]]. Most games were suitable for all audiences and most of these more mature games had limited commercial success because the blood or partial nudity was treated as a gimmick. Yet, two [[Sega Genesis]] games in 1992 created a national debate over the content of video and compelled Sega to develop the Video Game Ratings Council. | These games represented a small trickle of pre-V.R.C. games for the [[Sega Genesis]]. Most games were suitable for all audiences and most of these more mature games had limited commercial success because the blood or partial nudity was treated as a gimmick. Yet, two [[Sega Genesis]] games in 1992 created a national debate over the content of video and compelled Sega to develop the Video Game Ratings Council. | ||
== | ==Mortal Kombat== | ||
Previous attempts had been made at making an arcade fighting game that had realistic graphic violence and gore. Yet, [[Mortal Kombat]] was the first arcade game to combine realistic digitally created characters with the graphic violence and gore without making the objective mistakes that video & computer game reviewers would point out. The game had a wide range of fighting moves and combination of fighting moves that the player could learn. The arcade game had great graphics and animation and sound. Thus the controversial content could not be seen as a simple gimmick to cover up a mediocre game. | Previous attempts had been made at making an arcade fighting game that had realistic graphic violence and gore. Yet, [[Mortal Kombat]] was the first arcade game to combine realistic digitally created characters with the graphic violence and gore without making the objective mistakes that video & computer game reviewers would point out. The game had a wide range of fighting moves and combination of fighting moves that the player could learn. The arcade game had great graphics and animation and sound. Thus the controversial content could not be seen as a simple gimmick to cover up a mediocre game. | ||
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'''Mortal Kombat''' was not the only game to prompt Sega to create the Video Game Rating. | '''Mortal Kombat''' was not the only game to prompt Sega to create the Video Game Rating. | ||
== | ==Lethal Enforcers== | ||
In [[1993]] [[Konami]] released the popular arcade game [[Lethal Enforcers]] for the [[Sega Genesis]] and [[Sega CD]]. In the first person game you shot at digitally created images of criminals. The game worked with an optional, blue toy gun that you could buy and shot at the game's criminals with, as opposed to simply using the regular controller. [[Lethal Enforcers]] was part of a series of first person shooting games that came out for the [[Sega Genesis]] and [[Sega CD]] in the early 1990's. | In [[1993]] [[Konami]] released the popular arcade game [[Lethal Enforcers]] for the [[Sega Genesis]] and [[Sega CD]]. In the first person game you shot at digitally created images of criminals. The game worked with an optional, blue toy gun that you could buy and shot at the game's criminals with, as opposed to simply using the regular controller. [[Lethal Enforcers]] was part of a series of first person shooting games that came out for the [[Sega Genesis]] and [[Sega CD]] in the early 1990's. | ||
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[[Digital Pictures]] entered into the first person, shooting genre with zombies [[Corpse Killer]] in 1994 and space aliens in [[Ground Zero Texas]]. Sega even got into the genre with enemy aircraft in [[Tom Cat Alley]]. These full motion video [[Sega CD]] games had cheesy actors, low budget special effects and the Sega CD video capabilities where no where near film quality. Often the full motion video was not full screen and it looked grainy and pixelated due to the hardware limitations of the [[Sega CD]]. Yet, the graphics were realistic enough to ensure that the games automatically got a MA-13 or a MA-17 rating. | [[Digital Pictures]] entered into the first person, shooting genre with zombies [[Corpse Killer]] in 1994 and space aliens in [[Ground Zero Texas]]. Sega even got into the genre with enemy aircraft in [[Tom Cat Alley]]. These full motion video [[Sega CD]] games had cheesy actors, low budget special effects and the Sega CD video capabilities where no where near film quality. Often the full motion video was not full screen and it looked grainy and pixelated due to the hardware limitations of the [[Sega CD]]. Yet, the graphics were realistic enough to ensure that the games automatically got a MA-13 or a MA-17 rating. | ||
== | ==Night Trap== | ||
Games such as '''Lethal Enforcers''' restricted game play to shooting digitally created criminals, zombies and aliens. Yet, in 1992 [[Digital Pictures]] would release a second type of full-motion video game based on voyeurism. | Games such as '''Lethal Enforcers''' restricted game play to shooting digitally created criminals, zombies and aliens. Yet, in 1992 [[Digital Pictures]] would release a second type of full-motion video game based on voyeurism. | ||
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The only reason that anyone remembers Night Trap is because it was the game most often cited by media watchdog interest groups and members of the [[U.S. Congress]] that the video game industry was allowing games with graphic sex and violence in them. | The only reason that anyone remembers Night Trap is because it was the game most often cited by media watchdog interest groups and members of the [[U.S. Congress]] that the video game industry was allowing games with graphic sex and violence in them. | ||
== | ==ESRB== | ||
Sega phased out the Video Game Ratings Council in 1994 when the entire American video game industry agreed to follow the independent [[Entertainment Software Rating Board]]. The old Sega ratings can still be found on video games and advertisements that appeared from 1993 - 1994. | Sega phased out the Video Game Ratings Council in 1994 when the entire American video game industry agreed to follow the independent [[Entertainment Software Rating Board]]. The old Sega ratings can still be found on video games and advertisements that appeared from 1993 - 1994. | ||
