Goodbye San Andreas

[Chromer]

Guess what video game fans? GTA: SA has been pulled from shelves and will become te very first ever AO (Adults Only) game in history. Why? Due to the sexual/violent nature of the game, Congress has pushed to get this game to become an adults only gme for some time. Now, Rockstar games has been forced to remove the game from shelves until all of the games can be restickered wit the AO symbol. Here's a link for more details.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/07/20/news_6129500.html

[Mychilli]

same thing happened with GTA 3 for PS2

[Eyoshi]

I'm don't GTA:SA wasn't the first game to be given an AO rating. Wasn't there a game rated AO published many years ago by 3DO?
But after all of the copies of GTA:SA get labeled AO, the game can't really be sold anymore. Retailers might be too afraid to sell them, or if they do, they'll just shelve far away from the cutsomer's eyes.

[Rebirth0]

Wow, I personally think it should stay rated M. It's a good thing I bought the game months ago.

[evilbutterfly]

Now my copy of GTA is rare.

SWEET!

[Chromer]

Oh no butterfly. Bloomberg Today has stated that with the finances of Rockstar with this change, trying to sell your copy of SA on Ebay won't net alot of money. Also, I bought a copy of the original game today at EB Games. A guy I know there was still selling them out back of the store.

[BCLR]

Wow, I personally think it should stay rated M. It's a good thing I bought the game months ago.
I agree with gamepro. I believe it is getting that rating from that "Hot Cofee Mod", I don't think the game should get a AO rating becuase of that, they should have just left it the same as M rated and if you want the "Hot Cofee Mod" just download it somewhere.

[suicidalmuskrat]

http://esrb.com/power_search.asp?type=game

go there and search for AO games.

so it's certainly not the first AO game, and also not the first console AO game...but that takes away from how "cool and hip" the game is, so let's keep that a secret from the media, mmmk?

EDIT: fixed the huge page stretching link.

[Spazzbite]

Now my copy of GTA is rare.

SWEET!

That is the EXACT same thought that I had.

[suicidalmuskrat]

I think it'd be more rare if you hurried and bought one that had an AO rating. Seeing as they'll re-release the game, with the code completely gone, most likely...your version of the game is not rare at all. how many did they sell for the PS2? unless you have the xbox version (I don't even know if the mod works for that one, but that'd be much more rare, seeing as less of them sold)

[tnyhwk900]

Uh, it's not rare at all. I'm sure 5 million+ copies have been sold.

[Chromer]

Its funny because Leisure Suit larry is an M rated game. Plus most of the games on the list aren't even known so that's why I'm saying SA is the first AO game because its well known and has sold millions.

[suicidalmuskrat]

Research dude. They re-realeased an AO version of leisure suit larry, available for purchase onine. I've actually seen it advertised a fair amount. And just because GTA is well known doesn't mean it's the first.

[-Fallen-]

http://www.gtasanandreas.net/news/single.php?id=1469

For the video if anyone doesn't know what the mod does.

[Kaos_X]

Rofl I watched the "hot coffe" vid...I can see why they made it AO but a kid isn't going to figure out how to mod there xbox or ps2 or pc...

[suicidalmuskrat]

I gurantee EVERY 12 year old with this game on the PC could download it and get it to work. Or plug in their Action Replay to their PS2 and enter in some digits. Not real tough stuff. You don't have to mod a damn thing.

[SpookG]

Fry's electronics still sells it. Only lesser wimps and pussies don't sell it. We put a sign out saying it's AO now, and we even put it on sale this weekend.

As for the Hot Coffee mod and the code itself, I feel there is no excuse for it even being there in the game. It seems gaming has come a long way from when I was kid, and I don't mind the violence but I don't understand why it was even coded to be a possible feature to begin with.

Leaving it in is Rockstar's fault and they should deal with whatever **** they recieve for it.

[esupin]

Back before ESRB ratings, Beat 'em and Eat 'em for the Atari 2600 was rated "adult".
As for Custer's Revenge...

[Kaos_X]

Yea I figured it out myself I did it on Xbox tho With Xbox AR and i'm 11 years old...I didnt know what it did it just said on the site...BEST CODE EVERR!!! so I downloaded it transfered it to my Xbox and the guy also said in the description to take your gf on GTA on a date. So I did and I think you guys know what happens next...I was like Holy #$%@...Reatrded to put that in a game my 5 year old cousin was in the room :/

[suicidalmuskrat]

You're 11? First of all, you shouldn't be in the forums, second of all, you shouldn't be playing that game.

[ToshX]

You're 11? First of all, you shouldn't be in the forums, second of all, you shouldn't be playing that game.
QF ****ing E
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They were retarded for putting it in there in the first place.

[nforcer06164]

I watched G4TV.com this morning and found out that some of hacker just changed the "main.pcm" file (I think that's what he said) to unlock it. Rockstar claims that the hacker himself put in the mod, but he calims all the animations, graphics models, etc. were done by Rockstar. And I saw the censored version on the episode... wow. An AO rating is definitely not a mistake.

Dennis McCauley Interview (http://media.g4tv.com/audio/HOT%20COFEE%20mp3s/Dennis%20McCauley.mp3)

Rockstar in Hot Coffee (http://www.g4tv.com/g4tv/episodes/4285/Rockstar_in_Hot_Coffee.html)

Catch the G4TV.com episode if you can.

[Afrobean]

i'm 11 years old
YES. YES. GOD, YES!

On topic: Think about it this way, guys: at least the government didn't just ban the game or something. They're still allowing the game to be sold, except now, one needs to be one year older to buy it, and it's illegal for a minor to even play it. No big deal anyway, as most underaged people have seen pornography and stuff anyway. Underage people will always gain access to things they shouldn't ( :wink: @ Kaos).

[Tyrin]

Heh heh heh, I feel so sorry for you Americans who try to buy these kinds of games, since there are still hundereds of copys here in Cadada that still havent been recalled, and wont be, since we dont have to follow the same rules, ahhh good times, goood times.

[suicidalmuskrat]

yeah, I'm so pissed that I can't buy a game 2 years after it was released...

@afro: it IS a big deal, because no major retailers will carry a game if it is rated AO. It's pretty much an online-only market-place at that point.

@nforcer: you really think it deserved the AO rating? Because of some extremely poor-animated dry humping? I don't know why they had to censor it...they have clothes on at all times...

[nforcer06164]

Well, no matter what you can and can't see, it obviously still is what it is. remember that these GTA games since 3 always were well into the M rating... all that was left out was the blatant, full-blown, visally-displayed sexual activity. Well, there it is, so, an AO rating it gets.

Actually, thinking about this, I just checked the ESRB site to find descriptors. I bolded ones that were added in each installment.

GTA1 (PS) and GTA2 (DC and PC): Animated Blood, Strong Language

GTA3: Blood, Strong Language, Violence

GTA Vice City: Blood and Gore, Strong Language, Strong Sexual Content, Violence

GTA San Andreas: Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Nudity, Strong Language, Strong Sexual Content, Use of Drugs

Notice how it kept building up? Everything was M up until San Andreas now. I mean, it got three descriptors added or upgraded. None of the GTA installments before that did. It's no wonder how they got an AO now. I mean, that's A LOT of strong descriptors there... and you know the ESRB doesn't randomly throw them in.

As for the censoring, they probably had to do so to keep it a TV14 rating because of the content, I'm sure.

[ToshX]

I remember a few years ago, I walked into a store to buy DOA: Extreme Beach Volleyball(also for the fact that I felt like a Volleyball video game). They wouldn't let me buy it, because I wasn't 18, and it contained nudity. I basically threw out the "WTFUX ITS M NOOB" conversation and she didn't get convinced. Ended up getting Outlaw Volleyball, turns out that has far stronger sexual themes in some parts than I think DOA would -.- They need to give it an AO rating if they are going to sell it to only people 18+

[Chocoborider29]

San Andreas needed AO rating long before the pornographic download came along. Doen't anybody see that? Given a game where you act like a gang leader, or you make a living stealing or screwing, the storyline is completely obnoxious and pretty insensitized. Games in general are okay.....to a point. I mean...why gang member? Does it occur to anyone that maybe they're lowering your expectations of a future job by showing you how to drive fast, shoot a gun, or nail a hooker? I can understand learning how to shoot a gun right, but that game is teaching you crap you don't necessarily need to know.

[esupin]

Custer's Revenge:

http://www.classicgaming.com/rotw/custer.shtml