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[Nukedisk]

Probably Quake or maybe Grand Theft Auto. I'm Swedish and remember seeing both the BBFC and ELSPA rating system before PEGI was introduced.

 

[mansoor1980]

 

[Phase]

What is this in english? I tried quickly going through atlus games on wiki to no avail.

edit: found it by the code lol. SMT 2.

 

[Reaseru]

Resident Evil.

 

[Cobbet]

I'm old. Commando Libya on the C-64.

 

[FeralEcho]

GTA 3 maybe,I played MK2 earlier but it was the NES version or sth...so not violent at all,I don't remember MK2 NES even being 18 but GTA 3,man,seeing the squirts of blood as the pedestrians run around like headless chicken for a few secs after you gun them down with a headshot was disturbing and awesome at the same time for a 10 year old (Played it in 2003)

 

[Arsic]

Mortal Kombat 1 at the age of 6.

 

[Salty Popsicle]

Halo Combat Evolved. I was about 9 years old at the time.

 

[SmokedMeat]

Probably Sex Games on Commodore 64, which would’ve been an AO rating.

 

[Nitty_Grimes]

Probably Sex Games on Commodore 64, which would’ve been an AO rating.

The little bell ringing at the end to signal that you'd lost your mess still lives in my head.

 

[PanzerCute]

Doom. I was like 6 or 7 year old.

 

[Monokrom]

Samantha Fox Strip Poker on C64. Good times.

 

[Sub_Level]

Duke Nukem 3D in 1996

I was 4. My dad showed me how to tip the strippers.

 

[_Ex_]

One of my dad's friends let me play this in 1987, same year it released.

 

[MikeM]

Doom and Duke Nukem (both 2d and 3d). I remember playing lots of commander keen as well.

 

[Sojiro]

Mortal Kombat 1, though I think that was before ESRB. I'm counting it though.

Exactly the same answer for me. Although I did get a chance to play the arcade cabinet a few times before the console releases, well, when the asshole older kids would let a middle schooler on the game lol.

 

[Shwing]

A few over the many years gaming.
I always remember hearing about the Atari VCS game Custer's Revenge back in the day (never 'played' it though).
Another notable title was Night Trap on the Mega CD (Sega CD). I did buy this one, but only because it had multiple FMV sequences on a single disc, which was new at the time (grainy
as fek though).

 

[Stitch]

We didn't have age ratings when I started playing One of the earliest brutal games that I remember playing as a kid is Commando Libya

 

[Yerd]

Probably Doom, I don't remember when I first played it. Could be Mortal Kombat in the arcades. I don't remember which I played first.

Leisure Suit Larry 6 I remember playing, but I'm pretty sure the others were before that.

 

[Yerd]

We didn't have age ratings and when I started playing One of the earliest brutal games that I remember playing as a kid is Commando Libya

THE LIBYANS!!!!!


Never heard of this game, that's crazy, the beheading as name entry. Jesus, a firing wall too. Never had a commodore. I had an old IBM monochrome pc with cubic tic tac toe, spiderman text game(with some visuals!), and hitchikers guide to the galaxy game.

I remember an uncle in the family had a computer that ran a couple games with a tape deck. I don't remember what that machine was. The couple games he had were like a racing game and some kind of space shooter thing, I think. Same house had some Penthouse magazines in a basket, hidden. That was the game I eventually played........

 

[Shin-Ra]

 

[SmokedMeat]

The little bell ringing at the end to signal that you'd lost your mess still lives in my head.

It was a pretty vigorous workout on my Atari 260” controller. I could never beat the final section.

 

[Xion_Stellar]

Resident Evil 1 back in 1996

 

[TheDreadBaron]

One of the first games I remember playing was wolfenstein. My dad would let me play on his work laptop if I got up early (he didn't know much about computers but the IT guy must have installed it and showed all the boys how to boot it up)

The game I first remember thinking I had stumbled into something too mature was a demo for the blizzard sidescroller blackthorne. The death animations were gruesome and it was just so dark and oppressive in tone.

 

[JohnnyFootball]

Kingpin is the first game I remember that had full blown from profanity

 

[Editaur]

DOOM

 

[FF:Enhanced_Reality]

Alien Trilogy... I was 6.....

 

[Codes 208]

Castlevania 64

I still remember the damn chainsaw man and his dogs that chase you through the garden

Edit: HOW WAS THIS GAME ALLOWED TO BE T

 

[SF Kosmo]

I was playing games long before ESRB ratings, but the first that would be M today... Maybe Leisure Suit Larry... Also Mortal Kombat 1 (arcade) and Wolfenstein 3-D

 

[Kuranghi]

Carmageddon on PC or Resident Evil 1, also on PC. I'm not sure which was first because while RE came out first, I didn't necessarily play them at launch, both were pirated versions from a neighbour.

RE was far too scary and I don't think I beat it until a few years later, but I played Carmageddon for hours on end.

 

[amigastar]

We didn't have age ratings when I started playing One of the earliest brutal games that I remember playing as a kid is Commando Libya

Jesus, we've come a long way, right?
And that was only 37 or something years ago.

 

[TerribleAtThisGame]

Me too

 

[NiiloPielinen]

Wolfenstein 3D or Larry 1

 

[peronmls]

I think either Mortal Kombat or Killer Instinct for the SNES or Conker for N64. I really don’t remember my first M game.

 

[cireza]

Mortal Kombat and shortly after Doom.

 

[Kenneth Haight]

Another one for Wolfenstein

makes me feel very old

 

[KellyNole]

Varteras said:
Whose In My Mouth. It's where you get a bunch of friends together, turn off the lights, and then... oh. You meant video games. This is awkward...

Probably Doom or Mortal Kombat but I'm not sure what games would have been M rated back then

I didn’t know you went to Florida State.

Well if they went to Florid State, then it might have been me ?

 

[Kilau]

Well if they went to Florid State, then it might have been me ?

It was ALWAYS you.

 

[crackajack]

First "violent" game was Wolfenstein 3D. Followed by DOOM. But nothing was like Mortal Kombat, especially then. I mean, the ESRB was constructed not long after as a result, lol.

Mortal Kombat for me as well.
But USK or PEGI instead of ESRB. I still don't know what is official here or if nothing is really official. Since Austria is listed for using PEGI but official government websites also link to USK since we are often lazy and follow and copy our german brothers' laws and actions in some cases. So I have no idea what is important for sellers. I guess the idea is parents are advised to know both logos and sellers can actually also sell either, since we kinda use PEGI, but get german localised products with the same german texts and logos as them.
The original MK was removed from the german index for banned titles only 2020. The whole rating system got a bit more chill and reasonable lately.

 

[phant0m]

Played or bought?

Played probably Doom
Bought Perfect Dark.

 

[MetalFreak]

Paradise Cafe on the ZX Spectrum

 

[Shake Your Rump]

Mortal Kombat.

Wouldn’t that literally be the first rated M game? I played it and Night Trap at release.

 

[tkscz]

I can't remember that far but it might be MK2.

Same for me

 

[JaksGhost]

Mortal Kombat and that's only after someone brought the Genesis version to our community center. They couldn't buy it for the center because it was M rated but the SNES version was T so they had that one on deck.

 

[DeaconOfTheDank]

My brother and I had just gotten the Dreamcast for Christmas when our family's "computer guy" gifted Blue Stinger to us. Shat my pants after encountering my first mutated zombie and handed the controller to my brother to play the rest of the game:

Recently read an old interview with the developers that explains a lot of the thought process behind the game. Super interesting and takes about 5-10 minute to read: https://shmuplations.com/bluestinger/

 

[OverHeat]

MORTAL KOMBAT!!!!!

 

[Fredrik]

I remember I came across a strip poker game for PC in the mid 80's (dad's stash of floppy disk). Kids today would not understand.

Lol yeah some 80s Commodore games are my first as well. Not sure they hade an age rating though?

 

[reinking]

Lol yeah some 80s Commodore games are my first as well. Not sure they hade an age rating though?

I know the ESRB was not around back then but it was considered a mature game by my parents when they found out.

 

[Fredrik]

I know the ESRB was not around back then but it was considered a mature game by my parents when they found out.

Heh yeah my parents never found out, fortunately, would’ve likely thrown the computer in the trash

I had my first experience in how to pleasure a woman as a 10yo playing a ”game” called Girls Only Want To Have Fun, where you moved a hand slowly and then faster between her legs with the joystick

There was the Barbarian game too… 1on1 fighting game with a headchop move. I used to draw games and had made a drawing in school from the game showing that specific move. Wasn’t popular… Had to talk about my apparently sick and violent mind with teachers etc

Ah those were the days

 

[Pimpollo818]

I remember having nightmares/daymares after playing Vice City. I was around 11 or so and I distinctly remember the headshot effect in Vice City, it would spew a fountain of blood vertically. I remember walking around and seeing people without their heads and blood spewing out in that cartoony fountain way.