What would have their ratings been like? Would they be legally backed or advisory? Which ratings would they have for games?
There probably wouldn't be ratings in the sense that we have them now. The stuff would be classified by the FCC and you'd have to have a license to sell stuff that the FCC deemed inappropriate for all ages and violations would cause loss of license.
It says right here in Matthew 16:4 "Jesus doth not need a giant Mecha."
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There would be three principle systems in the US from major states that essentially all games would label themselves with in order to be marketable to the broadest possible audience.
Texas would rate all games with LGBT themes as for adults only and would essentially allow any level of violence while still being marketable to children. Drugs are a no no, except alcohol which is fine for all ages.
New York would heavily penalize gun violence but be pretty chill about adult themes.
California would rate all games as cancer causing.
Few other states would bother to enforce a standard and just be content with the fact that games are all labelled to be marketable in the other states.
The exception of course would be Louisiana which would have a rating system that they require all sellers to label their product with in order to market in the state, but the major game producers wouldn't bother so gamers would have to bootleg their products there.
Will the little voice in the back of my mind screaming "This is a bad idea" please yield the floor. --Mikey
Chivalry be hanged, and so will you.
My hunch is that the feds wouldve overstepped, broadly stated that games were for mostly for kids, declared anything with blood, nudity, booze, or drugs to be for adults-only, and criminalize the sale of such games to minors.
E for Everyone
T for Teens
A for Adults
As for if the judiciary would uphold that, fuck if I know.
Irregardless, for all intensive purposes, I could care less.