Recreational Software Advisory Council

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Recreational Software Advisory Council

SOFTWARE LABELS

		Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4
	VIOLENCE Harmless conflict; some damage to objects	Creatures injured or killed; damage to objects; fighting	Humans injured or killed; with small amount of blood	Humans injured or killed; blood and gore	Wanton and gratuitous violence; torture; rape
	NUDITY/SEX No nudity or revealing attire / Romance, no sex	Revealing attire / Passionate kissing	Partial nudity / Clothed sexual touching	Non-sexual frontal nudity / Non-explicit sexual activity	Provocative frontal nudity / Explicit sexual activity; sex crimes
	LANGUAGE Inoffensive slang; no profanity	Mild expletives	Expletives; non-sexual anatomical references	Strong, vulgar language; obscene gestures	Crude or explicit sexual references

INTERNET RATINGS

	Violence Rating Descriptor	Nudity Rating Descriptor	Sex Rating Descriptor	Language Rating Descriptor
Level 0	Harmless conflict, some damage to objects	No nudity or revealing attire	Romance, no sex	Inoffensive slang; no profanity
Level 1:	Creatures injured or killed; damage to objects; fighting	Revealing attire	Passionate kissing	Mild expletives
Level 2:	Humans injured or with small amount of blood	Partial nudity	Clothed sexual touching	Expletives; non-sexual anatomical references
Level 3:	Humans injured or killed	Non-sexual frontal nudity	Non-explicit sexual activity	Strong, vulgar language; obscene gestures; Racial Epithets
Level 4:	Wanton and gratuitous violence; torture; rape	Provocative frontal nudity	Explicit sexual activity; sex crimes	Crude or explicit sexual references; Extreme Hate Speech

REFERENCES

Archived RSAC website (April 14, 1997) - Software and internet content rating charts and the introduction.

3d Realms Tech Support - Pictures of the RSAC content symbols, as these pictures were unavailable at the RSAC site listed above.