What was your first M-rated game?

[Dodie16]

So, fellow TFFers. Do you remember the first game you played or bought that had a "M" for the rating, or some other kind of symbol that meant it was for mature gamers?

The first M-rated game I played was a Grand Theft Auto game on the PC, though I can't recall exactly which one it would be. It was a fairly long time ago. My brother borrowed it from a friend, and he left it running on the computer one evening and I crept in the computer room and played a bit of it. I remember that I thought it was fun going around and stealing cars, but I didn't want to run the people over. I don't think I did any of the mission stuff that popped up on screen either. I spent most of the time just driving around.

Devil May Cry 3 was the first I ever bought though. I never beat it either. Waaay too hard for me. Haha...

[smurphy]

Yeah, I remember perfectly. I received the original Grand Theft Auto on the PS1 for my ninth birthday. I didnt play any of the story though, just spent hours on end running people over or using the flamethrower to set them on fire, with a giant grin on my face as I watched them burn. This was soon followed by Doom.

The difference between youths playing really gory games like Gears of war or the likes now and people of my age group playing the equivalent 10-15 years ago is that because of the 2D or the horrible graphics, the player was detached from the violence whereas youths now are subject to it in HD. It is sort of horrendous when I am in a games store and I see a preteen kid threatening to throw a tantrum if their mother doesnt buy the latest CoD or whatever. That kind of stuff would have had quite an effect on me 10 years ago.

[SuperSabin]

Hmm... first M rated title i ever played was Perfect Dark, I borrowed it from my brother during my HS years. I have two games that tie for first in the buying category MW2 and NGS2.


EDIT: the first game i played wasn't Perfect Dark, finally remembered what it was... Metal Gear Solid 1

[nix]

Mortal Kombat on the megadrive or snes i think it was, cant remember clearly as i had both systems..

Atleast i think it was Mortal kombat.. hummm

[Jin]

Mortal Kombat on the megadrive or snes i think it was, cant remember clearly as i had both systems..

Atleast i think it was Mortal kombat.. hummm

I doubt it. The ESRB wasn't established until a year after Mortal Kombat hit home consoles.

Mine was N64's golden eye

Rated T for teen.

I may be remembering it wrong, but I believe the first M rated game I played was Conker's Bad Fur day. That is, unless we count Doom. It didn't have a rating at the time, but since it's been re-released so many times, it now has one.

[nix]

Yeah but its one of the main reasons the ESRB was created, you just know they wanted to hit that bad boy with a 18's cert.

Yeah "18's", thats what we used to call the cert back in the day.. Good times..

[Jin]

Yeah but its one of the main reasons the ESRB was created, you just know they wanted to hit that bad boy with a 18's cert.

Yeah "18's", thats what we used to call the cert back in the day.. Good times..

Indeed, I'm fairly certain that you're right about the Mortal Kombat controversy being one of the direct causes of the creation of the ESRB. It's funny to think now how tame it is by comparison.

[ZantetsukeN]

Grand Theft Auto 2 was mine. Obviously, I wasn't allowed to buy it, but I was in the shop at the time, and out of my own pocket money.

See, I was about 9-10, and my parents were OK with it back then because of how unrealistic it looked, and knew that it wouldn't be able to influence me. GTA 2 was hilarious back in the day (especially when you pressed O rapidly, the character would let out a flurry of gas, which of course is funny to any 9-10 year old ). You couldn't take anything seriously because the graphics were so bad. It was darkly humourous. But nowadays, there is no way I would let a 9-10 year old play, for example, GTA IV because of how realistic it is.

[Taco-Calamitous]

The only M rated game I remember playing ever was Conker's Bad Fur Day for the N64, and that was well into college. It was an awesome game, though. Pretty difficult controls at times, but the scenarios were a lot of fun. And of course, everyone remember the great mighty poo, who's going to throw his shit at you, right? (Some of the humor wasn't as funny as the developers seemed to think it was, though...) Anyhoo...

Wuv, Yer Mom

[Angel of Iniquity]

Mine was N64's golden eye, then perfect dark, then resident evil 2(which is my favorite of the series*

[Rocky]

My first M-rated game was Doom II on the computer, I played it on my uncle's computer when I was like 9 or 10 lol. It was fun! I ended up beating it too haha. The first M-rated game I bought (more like had my uncle buy for me) was Perfect Dark. I was offended by all the swear words so I turned the language filtering on, lol. I think I was like, 11-12 when I got it. The first M-rated game I actually bought was like... Castlevania: Curse of Darkness I think. I bought it a week after my 17th b-day.

[Kaiden]

You guys all have a much better memory then me... I remembering playing Doom 2 so if that was M. It was definately my first game, I played with an M rating. As for buying when I was 12 or 13 I got the first Diablo. That game was pretty scary then, when I first fought the butcher I freaked out and didnt play the game for a while. That was also my first time playing a video game online.


Edit: I actually looked it up, the game came out in January of 1997 so my guess I was 12.

[Unknown Entity]

I have a strong feeling it was Shadow Man. I remember mum getting it for me the same time my brother got Final Fantasy VIII, and at the time we didn't have many games between us. So... by elimination, Shadow Man.

As for the first game I bought... umm... San Andreas I think, although that might not count (I had chicken pox, couldn't leave the house, so I gave my mum £10 to pick it up for me so that I had something to do). First mature game I bought would probably be... Dragon Age. I've paid for many mature games since, but that was the first game I bought without an adult present or with ID... I was seventeen.

EDIT: Btw, I apparently M rated is 17+ over there? Over here, M would be 15+... I was talking about 18 games, even though Shadow Man is 15, but was apparently M rated and I was only eight when I played it.

[sayian]

MORTAL KOMBAT. i played that game like 2 weeks ago(still kickin @$$ lol)... man that was way back, idk maybe like around 1990 to 93..i remember it was a big deal about the blood splashing out and that was all over the news and certain parents wanted that game banned... kinda like what we heard recently about GTAuto games. too bad for them, those games are like among the best sellers...lol

[fierytempest]

Mine was Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. Like Dodie, I just liked to steal cars and drive around. I especially enjoyed stealing the vespas and motorcycles and driving at night in the rain while listening to really deep 80's music.

Yeah, man. Yeah.

[Josh_R]

Mortal Kombat Trilogy for the N64.

God I loved that game. It was so good. Nothing like a child maiming and killing shit haha

[Pete]

MK1 for the Genesis. I was seven; it was glorious. My parents never cared about the ESRB, as they figured my bro and I were smart enough to discern games from reality.