The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) is a North American non-profit organization that assigns age and content ratings for video games and mobile applications created in 1994.
Rating system[]
| Rating | Icons | Years active | Intended age group | Series examples | ||||
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| 1994-1996 | 1996-1998 | 1998-1999 | 1999-2013 | 2013-present | ||||
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1994-2018 | 3-5 | Sega Pico games | |
| Kids to Adults (K-A) | 
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N/A | 1994-1998 | All Ages | Many Master System and Mega Drive games Sonic the Hedgehog Super Monkey Ball | ||
| Everyone (E) | N/A | 
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| Everyone 10+ (E10+) | N/A | 
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2005-present | 10+ | |||
| Teen (T) | 
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1994-present | 13+ | Virtua Fighter Space Channel 5 Shenmue Phantasy Star Online Persona |
| Mature 17+ (M) | 
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1994-present | 17+ | The House of the Dead Yakuza MadWorld Bayonetta Vanquish |
| Adults Only 18+ (AO) | 
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1994-present | 18+ | N/A | ||
| Rating Pending (RP) | 
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1994-present | N/A | |
| Rating Pending - Likely Mature 17+ (RP) | N/A | 
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2021-present | N/A (17+) | ||||
Trivia[]
- Adults Only 18+ (not counting Rating Pending) is only rating that doesn't have any Sega game.
- Shadow the Hedgehog was originally going to be rated Teen, with the game containing red blood, violent scenes, and more instances of cursing, but later it was changed to Everyone 10+ rating.
External links[]
- Official site
- Entertainment Software Rating Board at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia