10 Banned PS2 Games Too Controversial For Their Time

While BMX XXX was eventually able to launch in Australia with a heavily censored version, one game that proved to be too raunchy for the country’s classification board was Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude.

Set in a semi-open world, players take on the role of college student Larry Lovage, nephew of previous protagonist Larry Laffer, as he attempts to get on a dating show. However, to get on the show he must prove he’s eligible enough by earning tokens of affection from girls he’s successfully seduced. To receive these tokens, you’ll spend a lot of your time completing a series of repetitive minigames.

While the series was never exactly what you’d call family friendly to begin with, the seventh game in the series replaced the surprisingly tasteful humour of its predecessors with more explicit jokes that were more inline with American Pie than a Carry On film. With the developers sending flavoured condoms and pornography along with review copies of the game, it’s no surprise this game came under fire.

Though releasing uncensored in Europe (and eventually in the US), even the edited version of Magna Cum Laude was refused classification in Australia.