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* ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive'' gives you the option of adjusting the intensity of the game's JigglePhysics.

* The UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis version of ''VideoGame/TimeKillers'' features an option to set the violence level to "[[BloodlessCarnage No Blood]]", "Blood", "Dismember", or "[[OffWithHisHead Decapitate]]".

* The Genesis version of the first ''VideoGame/MortalKombat1'' had a button code that undoes the censorship, giving it an edge over the SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem version. The Sega CD port ''reverses'' this, by having the violence uncensored from the get-go, but entering the same code from the Genesis version that un-censors the gore now censors it.

This is fairly common in {{Arcade Game}}s and {{Pinball}}, so that more family-oriented establishments can carry games that they consider profitable but by default are too inappropriate for the establishment.

* The NeoGeo MVS BIOS setup has an option to turn blood on or off. Turning blood off simply causes any games that honors the BIOS settings to render blood as transparent liquid or other non-red substances.

* ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar'' gives the player the option to remove all the blood and LudicrousGibs. This is a series where the primary weapon is an assault rifle with a chainsaw bayonet. The chainsaw still works but the blood becomes sparks, as opposed to [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/8/11/ rainbows]].

* A mild example: the quotes in ''Pinball/NoGoodGofers'' can be set to "Rude" and "Very Rude". There's nothing profane, but "Very Rude" includes the more abrasive lines.

* ''Pinball/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon'' has this option, but what it censors [[spoiler:(an animation where a peeping tom's head is punched off, leaving his the top of spine visible)]] can only be accessed as an easter egg within its video mode.

* Some [=DVD=]s of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' (particularly those featuring episodes made after the show was revived in 2005) have an audio option where the viewer can choose between listening to the censored TV version of the audio or the uncensored audio, which has bleeped out language uncensored. The censored version mostly has bleeps for words like "fuck" and "shit". Most of the show's dialogue edits, however, are the kind where they record two lines and pick the inoffensive line for TV and the original offensive line for DVD and/or Creator/AdultSwim. Those are not included on the DVD.

* Creator/EddieIzzard [=DVDs=] always have an option for bleeped audio, since his acts are mostly family-friendly except for the copious swearing.

* ''VideoGame/PrimalRage'' on the SegaGenesis allows you to turn gore on and off.
* The SegaGenesis version of ''VideoGame/TimeKillers'' features an option to set the violence level to "[[BloodlessCarnage No Blood]]", "Blood", "Dismember", or "[[OffWithHisHead Decapitate]]".

* ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend'' has a profanity option (if only "because it's funnier" with censorship). In addition to [[SoundEffectBleep bleeping out every swear word]], it also covers Eddie's middle finger with the "Parental Advisory: Explicit content" logo during the next to final boss. The game also asks if you would like to censor blood/gore too (for instance, in the intro, when Ormagoden roars and causes the Kabbage Boy members' heads to pop off, choosing the censored option causes them to simply faint instead). The reason the game's intro asks if you would like the game censored or uncensored is because Tim Schafer and Double Fine received a letter from a dad who loved playing ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}'' with his 9-year-old son, and they were both excited to play ''Brutal Legend'', but were worried that it would have too much inappropriate material for his son.

* The various ports of ''VideoGame/TheHouseOfTheDead'' usually let you change the blood color from red to something else.

* The Genesis version of the first ''VideoGame/MortalKombat'' had a button code that undoes the censorship, giving it an edge over the SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem version. The Sega CD port ''reverses'' this, by having the violence uncensored from the get-go, but entering the same code from the Genesis version that un-censors the gore now censors it.

** Also done with the sequel, ''Pinball/ScaredStiff''. However, the digital version in ''VideoGame/ThePinballArcade'' is locked into "Family Mode".

*** ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare 3'' had an option that let you skip the somewhat-less-infamous Davis Family Vacation level.

* ''VideoGame/PerfectDark'' gives the option to turn all bullet firing guns into paintball shooters. This changes the blood and environmental bullet holes into multicoloured paint. In addition, there is a primitive language censor. All sentences containing a swear are entirely blanked out, instead of merely bleeping the offending word. This causes some rather amusing moments in the cutscenes...
-->Trent: But this is a golden opportunity to show that America has faith in its industries, and will back them!
-->President: (wildly gestures for 15 seconds, without making a single sound)
-->Trent: As you wish, sir.

* Turok2 had an option for blood color. Red, Green or off, where enemies simply sparked when shot.
* The [[LaserBlade lightsaber]] in [[JediKnightIIJediOutcast Jedi Outcast]] tends to leave enemies intact, barring the occasional lost hand. Enabling "g_saberRealisticCombat" via the console with cheats on remedies this.

* ''[[TheSpellcastingSeries Spellcasting 101]]'' by Creator/LegendEntertainment has "Nice" and "Naughty" modes, slightly changing the description texts and required actions. For example, in the segment parodying Literature/{{Goldilocks}} you either need to play chess with 3 nuns or hump 3 concubines.

Adjustable Censorship is when you are given the option of turning mature content (usually violence, swearing, or sexual content) on or off. This usually happens in VideoGames, but other media, such as [=DVD=]s and websites, occasionally have such options. You may have an "On/Off" toggle or a slider that goes from "BloodlessCarnage" to "HighPressureBlood" to "{{Gorn}}". There may also be an option to [[BlackBlood change the color of the blood]] or replace it with something silly like flowers, happy faces, or green slime.

* ''VisualNovel/EverlastingSummer'' gives you the option to enable mature content... except from distributors who have [[{{Main/Bowdlerise}} disabled that content permanently]].

* ''VideoGame/PerfectDark'' gives the option to turn all bullet firing guns into paintball shooters. This changes the blood and environmental bullet holes into multicoloured paint. In addition, there is a primitive language censor. All sentences containing a swear are entirely blanked out, instead of merely bleeping the offending word.

* LeeMack's ''Going Out'' stand-up DVD has an option to switch off the bad language.

* The NeoGeo MVS arcade mainboard BIOS setup has an option to turn blood on or off. Turning blood off simply causes any games that honors the BIOS settings to render blood as transparent liquid or other non-red substances.