Time to submit... rating entries?

[Ando]

Yo. I figured that since the entire world doesn't use the ESRB as their game ratings system, it might be good to add in other countries' ratings systems? I can't send in Japanese game ratings if there's no CERO listings. :O

[Tynstar]

If you know all the CERO Ratings and the Rating Content Descriptor post them here and we can add them. I think

[TraderJake]

Yes, yes we can. If you need a Rating System Added let us know, preferably with the ratings associated with the system.

[Funk_Buddy]

The challenge will be Japan has changed them so there'll be a bunch.

Here's from a wiki entry:

On March 1st, 2006, CERO made a new, revised version of the ratings system. The symbols the CERO uses are stylized depictions of letters, meant to convey at a glance a game's suitability:

A (All ages) (Equivalent to the ESRB's EARLY CHILDHOOD, EVERYONE, and EVERYONE 10+ and PEGI's 3+ and 7+)
B (Ages 12 and up) (Equivalent to the ESRB's TEEN and PEGI's 12+)
C (Ages 15 and up) (Equivalent to the PEGI's 16+)
D (Ages 17 and up) (Equivalent to the ESRB's MATURE)
Z (Ages 18 and up only) (Equivalent to the ESRB's ADULTS ONLY and PEGI's 18+)

All would be CERO A, CERO B etc.

Black band for A
Green band for B
Blue band for C
Orange or yellowish color band for D
Red band for Z
No color on the label itself. That's just black and white.

Old style:

CERO Free
CERO 12
CERO 15
CERO 18

JPN Saturn has the following colors also:

CERO green label
CERO light blue
CERO yellow
CERO yellow w/18
CERO red 18

I'll mod this as more info is found.

[Ando]

Beat me to it. But yeah, that's it. A-Z is basically E-AO. The old ratings should be self-descriptive.

[Izret101]

So i have super evil insomnia due to my 3rd shift schedual.
I fired up the 56k and hunted down the last of the rating systems that we will need on Wiki(which wasn't hard at all.)

ESRB - 1994 - today
http://en.wikipedia.org/w...ent_Software_Rating_Board

VRC - 1993 - 1994
http://en.wikipedia.org/w.../Videogame_Rating_Council
Covered Sega Genesis, CD, Game Gear. US only? Were Can, Mex, etc covered aswell?

PEGI - 2003 - today
http://en.wikipedia.org/w...European_Game_Information
Covers either 25 or 29 countries Euro countries. Wiki has both numbers and a list of countries.
It is more likely that the list of 29 is accurate.

CERO - 2002 - today
http://en.wikipedia.org/w...ment_Ratings_Organization
Covers Japan

RSAC - 1994 - 1995(?...)
http://en.wikipedia.org/w...Software_Advisory_Council
Rated PC games only phased out by ESRB

3DO Rating System ? - 1994
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3DO_Rating_System
Rated games for the 3DO in US and Can.

VET/SFB ?-?
http://en.wikipedia.org/w...Valtion_elokuvatarkastamo
Any of our Finnish buddies help us out with this one? It is used in conjunction with PEGI apparently.

USK 2003 - today
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USK
German Rating system. It is unclear if before 2003 it may have been used on all games.
Apparently PEGI is a secondary system in Germany?

BBFC - ?-?
http://en.wikipedia.org/w...rd_of_Film_Classification
Another British rating system

ELSPA - 1989 - 2002
http://en.wikipedia.org/w...re_Publishers_Association
Replaced by PEGI in Britian. Was used for games that were exempt from rating by BBFC

OFLC (NZ) - 1993 - Today(?)
http://en.wikipedia.org/w...ication_%28New_Zealand%29
Rates certain games in New Zealand

OFLC (Aussie)- ? - Today
http://en.wikipedia.org/w...ification_%28Australia%29
Australian rating system. Has a pre and post 2005 rating system.

IFCO - ?- today
http://en.wikipedia.org/w...or%27s_Office#Video_games
Irish rating system rarely used. Though it is in conjunction with PEGI apparently.


Europe is such a PITA...

[Tan]

VRC - 1993 - 1994
http://en.wikipedia.org/w.../Videogame_Rating_Council
Covered Sega Genesis, CD, Game Gear. US only? Were Can, Mex, etc covered aswell?

I can confirm Canada's use of VRC, not sure about Mexico though.