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GTA: San Andreas banned in AustraliaDela @ Jul 29, 2005 15:03 | 54 comments
"Businesses that sell or hire computer games should remove existing stocks of this game from their shelves immediately," said the director of the ratings board, Des Clark. "Parents are strongly advised to exercise caution in allowing children continued access to the game, particularly if they have might have access to the 'Hot Coffee' modification." Game hacks and mods are not uncommon, but the problem in this case is the mod simply unlocks existing code in the game, it does not actually add the extra content.
Due to the availability of the mod alone, Australia's Office of Film and Literature Classification revoked the games earlier MA15+ rating. You have to question whether such a move is justified considering the sex content is hidden in the game and the developers gave no way to access it. Warning are going out to parents about the Hot Coffee mod just in case their children can access it. However I'm sure children could find sexual content on the Internet much faster than they could find the mod.
GTAS: San Andreas was one of the biggest selling games in 2004 and it's packed with violence and other content that is not suitable for kids. Frankly, I find it hard to believe that the developers of this ame are getting trouble from ratings boards over content that as hidden in the game when you can so easily shoot a police officer in the face using non-hidden content. Maybe it's time for Hillary Clinton et al to open their eyes and realise they are taking this way too seriously.
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So the story continues now on an international scale. Rockstar Games' Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is being pulled from shelves in Australia as ordered due to the game being stripped of its MA15+ rating. Of course this is linked to the "hot coffee" modification which unlocks sexual content hidden in the game. The mod was not created nor distributed by Rockstar Games or parent company Take-Two Interactive; it was the creation of a third party.
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Comment by: Phoenix21 (Jul 31, 2005 22:12) yer i live in vic as well,not 2 far from were i live there is a sex shop now i see kids walkin past it and lookin in to it, now if they ban a video game cause of some sex scenes that the kids wouldn't even be able to work out how to get it to work anyways, why don't they ban sex shops from the public areas |
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Comment by: whoozhe (Aug 01, 2005 03:22) Well what do expect from a government hell bent on blowing up innocent people, allowing TV networks to advertise violent shows during children viewing time then kick up a stink because some goose shows his willie on Big Brother. The Howard motto: Make war not love. The same can be applied to the US |
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Comment by: jp10jp10 (Aug 01, 2005 08:01) Speaking as a liberal minded individual from the US, I support the attacks on the game. Just as the violence and low mwntality in the game attacks the fabric of social civility in our culture, attacks on the game are justified.
I didn't support the invasion of Iraq, and I don't support the current cell of nasty extremist leadership that our national "51%" has installed in our whitehouse. They suck.
I support an ecclectic moderate middle ground based on guided by individual freedoms, not guided by corporate freedoms.
Respectfully, John P |
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Comment by: gameguy11 (Aug 01, 2005 14:18) its a god dam game let ir be good lord dont you have some prostites to arriest or some sh*t |
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Comment by: james111 (Aug 01, 2005 15:29) i think the problem is with the people that are selling it not the ones buy it because my some bout area 51 witch in toronto you have to be 18 over my son is 15 he looks 12 and he just walked up with the game she asked if he was 17 over he said yes and she let him buy it |
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Comment by: Ryanm1311 (Aug 02, 2005 12:23) Well why dont we compare the GRAPHICS in the game(s), to what we actually watch in the evenings on TV at say 7 in the evening onwards, ok so then why not ban TV all together, cause it shows a more REALISTIC version of the graphic that govs are making a big fuss over! Its actually rather pathetic!! |
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Comment by: Wild9 (Aug 02, 2005 13:57) I find it ludicrous that this game is being pulled.
Are parents now going to remove their children from the filthy propaganda being broadcast on local as well as national television? This kind of material is far more dangerous.
No, let's instead pick up on a computer game - it's much easier to morally digest.. |
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Comment by: Ballpyhon (Aug 02, 2005 19:18) This ban is ludicrous. although i am a U.S. citizen, i think that it is rediculous that they ban the game in australia. I am 30 years old and i love GTA:SA. I allow my 8 year old son play the game with the audio turned off due to the harsh language. In my opinion no Parent should be allowed to buy any game for a child unless they have actually played the game before hand. I have played the game prior to allowing my son to do so. I know what is in the game and i know that it is an adult based game. more and more games are being made for adults to be playing and not children. parents should realize this, so bans like this dont happen. It disappoints me that parents are so uninvolved with thier children that an entire country has to suffer. |
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Comment by: need_for2 (Aug 02, 2005 19:51) k, what the heck are those guys thinking banning the game? are they f'n retarded or what?
Are they going to ban it in the usa and canada? |
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Comment by: wolf23 (Aug 03, 2005 01:48) you now man they r always taken away our shit n you know wat its not our foult thatsom tiht ass perents get pissed off if they dont want their kids to pay the ame then dont buy it 4 them !bitch! for us that watch porn and like stripers its an every day thing (the game) so they sholdn't take it away from them basterds it there right to buy it.
thats wat i think dam hillary clint0n im sure her and her husbn watch porn to so they should stay out of it |
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Comment by: whoozhe (Aug 04, 2005 08:19) Censorship is always going to bring about different opinions. I believe people have the right to choose, view, read, act, think and say what they like. What one does in the privacy of their home is thier buisness as long as their actions do not harm anyone. No one has the right to to impose their beliefs on everyone else. Governments do enough of that already. Granny and all parents have the right to decide if the game is or is not suitable for thier younger family members. Prior to her mouthing off to the world only a few people knew about the hidden sequences. Now the whole world knows. The authors of the game would have quietly removed that part of the game if it's existence was going to affect sales. Oh well the lucky ones who already have the game will make a nice profit auctioning the game on ebay. There is no sense in censorship. |
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Comment by: Phoenix21 (Aug 05, 2005 00:38) i still can't belive it i thort it was only the pc version getting banned but none of em are on the selves any more i wanted ta get the pc version oh well, do ya recon it will come out agin?? |
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Comment by: Razor89 (Aug 08, 2005 19:02) Funny you say that....It's almost like they are inviting you to break the law...If you can't get the game off the shelf, even though you are willing to pay for it, the next best thing is to DL it, correct??
Raz0R!!! |
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Comment by: CJ_GTA (Aug 08, 2005 22:20) Join the petition for an Australian R18+ rating for games |
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Comment by: CJ_GTA (Aug 08, 2005 22:20) Join the petition for an Australian R18+ rating for games at:
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Comment by: runner121 (Aug 12, 2005 15:38) They shouldnt ban this.This is a good game.I usually dont play that much,but this one is good. |
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Comment by: Phoenix21 (Aug 13, 2005 02:51) what can we do lol im just hoping that it might get released agin, If they ban GTA;SA y don't they ban games like the sims there mods that are pritty much the same as the hot coffee mod Amd athlon xp 2.6GHZ overclocked 2 3.0GHz | 512 ddr RAM | Gigabyte TEC K7 Triton Series Mother Board | Sony DRU - 720A 16X DVD -/+Rw | Maxtor 60GB 7200rpm |Nvidia Geforce NX6600 |
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Comment by: runner121 (Aug 13, 2005 06:41) This is one of the best to come along.It's hard to believe they would keep it down for long.This is big money for them |
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Comment by: hotcofee (Nov 18, 2006 23:41) i think that is bull.they spend more time trying to stop video game sex and not enough time stopping real prostitute sex.pretty stupid.if they try to ban it in usa,it wont work becuz the constitution won't allow it. |
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Comment by: hotcofee (Nov 18, 2006 23:46) and another thing,parents who get mad when their kids play this...stfu,you let them buy it.it even says on the box that it has adult content.and hilary clinton needs to stfu too.she's only trying to boost her ratings and one day become president.i can't even imagine a life with her as president. |
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Comment by: ZippyDSM (Nov 19, 2006 17:29) hotcofee
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Comment by: Anonymous User (Jan 01, 2012 10:52) Originally posted by venomX05: hell right mate i was enjoiying the game completed it then cd gets frozen and wanted to play the completed version BUT CANT GET ANOTHER COPY edited by ddp |
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Comment by: Anonymous User (Apr 12, 2012 06:03) its not banned in australia at all i was able to buy it recently at
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Comment by: JOHNSTARR (Apr 12, 2012 10:45) This thread is only 7 years old :)
No time for Leap frog!!!
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Comment by: Anonymous User (Aug 18, 2012 06:45) You know what I find ironic (after now reaching legal age to play it, even though I'd been playing it since it came out anyway) is that the big hullabaloo happened and they pulled it, but at the end of teh day, if you didn't install the mod and mess with the script, the script for the hot coffee minigame never was active, and just remained as inactive dead script on the disk. |
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