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The '''Office of Film and Literature Classification''' ('''OFLC''') is the government agency in [[New Zealand]] that is responsible for [[censorship|classification]] of all [[films]], [[videos]], [[publications]], and some [[video games]] in the country. It is similar to  the Australian agency of the same name, however it is a completely separate entity and often ratings in Australia are different than in New Zealand.
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The '''Office of Film and Literature Classification''' ('''OFLC''') is the government agency in [[New Zealand]] that is responsible for the classification of all films, videos, publications, and some video games in the country. It once shared a name with the [[OFLC|Australian agency]], which is now known as the Australian Classifacation Board (ACB)


== Grand Theft Auto game ratings ==
== Grand Theft Auto game ratings ==
Every game in the Grand Theft Auto series apart from GTA Advance has been rated R18 by the OFLC in New Zealand. It is worth pointing out that a rating for GTA Advance is not found in their database, so its actual rating is unknown.
Almost every game in the Grand Theft Auto series apart from GTA Advance and GTA Chinatown Wars has been rated R18 by the OFLC in New Zealand; a rating for GTA Advance is not found in their database, so its actual rating is unknown.  Both the first and second versions of GTA San Andreas were granted the R18 rating.


The following games are rated '''R18'''
* [[Grand Theft Auto 1]] - '''R18'''
 
* [[Grand Theft Auto: London 1969]] - '''R18'''
* [[Grand Theft Auto 1]]
* [[Grand Theft Auto 2]] - '''R18'''
* [[Grand Theft Auto: London 1969]]
* [[Grand Theft Auto III]] - '''R18'''
* [[Grand Theft Auto 2]]
* [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]] - '''R18'''
* [[Grand Theft Auto III]]
* [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]] - '''R18'''
* [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]]
* [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]] - '''R18'''
* [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]
* [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]] - '''R18'''
* [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]]
* [[Grand Theft Auto IV]] - '''R18'''
* [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]]
** [[The Lost and Damned]] - '''R18'''
** [[The Ballad of Gay Tony]] - '''R18'''
* [[Episodes From Liberty City]] - '''R18'''
* [[Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars]] - '''R16'''


The following games' ratings are unknown
The following games' ratings are unknown
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*[[BBFC]], the [[United Kingdom|British]] media rating system
*[[BBFC]], the [[United Kingdom|British]] media rating system
*[[ESRB]], the [[United States]] and [[Canada|Canadian]] computer and video game rating system
*[[ESRB]], the [[United States]] and [[Canada|Canadian]] computer and video game rating system
*[[PEGI]], the [[Europe|European]] computer and video game rating system
*[[PEGI]], the [[Europe]]an computer and video game rating system
*[[ELSPA]], the former [[United Kingdom|British]] computer and video game rating system, replaced by the PEGI ratings.
*[[ELSPA]], the former [[United Kingdom|British]] computer and video game rating system, replaced by the PEGI ratings.
*[[USK]], the [[Germany|German]] computer and video game rating system
*[[USK]], the [[Germany|German]] computer and video game rating system
*[[OFLC]], the [[Australia|Australian]] media rating system
*[[OFLC|ACB]], the [[Australia]]n media rating system
*[[CERO]], the [[Japan|Japanese]] computer and video game rating system
*[[CERO]], the [[Japan]]ese computer and video game rating system


== External Links ==
== External links ==
*[http://www.censorship.govt.nz/ OFLC Government Website]
*[http://www.censorship.govt.nz/ OFLC Government Website]
 
[[Category:Rating Systems]]
[[Category: Rating systems]]

Latest revision as of 10:00, 2 January 2011

The Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC) is the government agency in New Zealand that is responsible for the classification of all films, videos, publications, and some video games in the country. It once shared a name with the Australian agency, which is now known as the Australian Classifacation Board (ACB)

Grand Theft Auto game ratings

Almost every game in the Grand Theft Auto series apart from GTA Advance and GTA Chinatown Wars has been rated R18 by the OFLC in New Zealand; a rating for GTA Advance is not found in their database, so its actual rating is unknown. Both the first and second versions of GTA San Andreas were granted the R18 rating.

The following games' ratings are unknown

See also

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