The ESRB Turns 20 (Infographic)
Posted by Steve Murray
Did you know that the Entertainment Software Ratings Board issued its first video game ratings twenty years ago Tuesday? On September 16th, 1994, the ESRB’s first set of ratings included such games as Doom (for Sega 32X), Pitfall (for SNES) and Sonic Triple Trouble (for Sega Game Gear).
Over the last twenty years, the ESRB has rated tens of thousands of games, tweaked the ratings system a couple of times (they replaced Kids to Adults with Everyone and later added an E10+ category), changed the look of the ratings a couple of times and recently introduced content warnings for “interactive elements” of games.
For a look back at the history of the ESRB, they’ve released a handy infographic looking at 20 years of the ESRB and game ratings.
Information source: Gamespot
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Steve is the founder and editor of The Lowdown Blog and et geekera. On The Lowdown Blog, he often writes about motorsports, hockey, politics and pop culture. Over on et geekera, Steve writes about geek interests and lifestyle. Steve is on Twitter at @TheSteveMurray.Posted on September 18, 2014, in Games and tagged ESRB, Infographic, Ratings. Bookmark the permalink. Leave a comment.
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