Game Law of 1997

The Game Law of 1997 was a rating law which was passed on June 8, 1997, in order to create a seven-tier national rating system for games in the Republic of Guy, which are used in every new game released after September 1, 1997 in the RG. The rating system also saw a new font, which is used in video game ratings disclaimers, which are required on every game rated any rating except 0, released after January 1, 2005 (the PC is the only platform which is exempt from this). This rating system is still used in RG for rating games, and is since the adaption of PEGI, used in tandem with that system.

Icons
The icons in their current form were released on August 5, 1997, and are required to be at the bottom right corner. Their area on the game cover can be from 6.4516 to 12.25 cm ².

B icon
The B icon is used for banned games and unrated games (similar to the RP icon in ESRB). The letter B means "banned", despite appearing on unrated games waiting for an appropriate rating. This icon was announced on January 1, 1998 and began use on September 1 that year, having the same style as the other rating icons. Currently, this icon now appears mostly on unrated games, because there are now rare chances to ban a game in RG.

Disclaimers
Since every new game released after September 1, 2005 in RG, video games released on all video game consoles (except the PC) are required to have a warning before the game begins (similar to TV channels, where a rating disclaimer appears before some TV programs). The disclaimer's text always looks the same, except the number and the background of the disclaimer. The format of the disclaimer goes like this:

"The following game is not suitable for players under the age of ?. Read more info on ratings.rg/game",

where ? is the number of the rating (6, 10, 12, 14, 16 or 18). The background of the disclaimer matches to the background of the shape where the number is placed. This disclaimer doesn't appear on games rated 0 (no restrictions), and a player can pass directly to the game by pressing any button (except for the 18 rating, where the player must enter a parental controls PIN, in the other cases, the player can press any button to continue).