A lot of titles that are now considered classics were initially released without that seal of approval because the publishers didn't want to pay Nintendo's lice

A lot of titles that are now considered classics were initially released without that seal of approval because the publishers didn't want to pay Nintendo's licensing fees. Check out the Nintendo v. Tengen case: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tengen_%28company%29#NES_games http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tengen_%28company%29#NES_games And a lot of awful games did have the Seal: http://www.seanbaby.com/nes/w20-01.htm http://www.seanbaby.com/nes/w20-01.htm