 Nintendo's Official Seal of Quality in PAL regions. The Nintendo Seal of Quality (currently known as Official Nintendo Seal in NTSC regions) is a gold seal that was first used by Nintendo of America and later adopted by Nintendo of Europe which places it on any game licensed for use on one of its video game consoles, denoting that the game has been properly licensed by Nintendo (and in theory, been checked for quality). It is a golden starburst seal that says inside "Original Nintendo Seal of Quality" or "Official Nintendo Seal". The starburst is circular in PAL regions such as Europe and Australia, while it is in the shape of an ellipse (oval) for NTSC regions. Image File history File links Original Nintendo Seal of Quality (European, small) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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 The original North American, Nintendo quality seal (1985-1988). One of the major reasons for the Video Game Crash of 1983 was customer dissatisfaction with a large portion of the introduced games.[citation needed] They were considered technically poor, tasteless or both; particularly notorious example is Custer's Revenge. Many games were simply commercial tie-ins, such as the much maligned video game version of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.[citation needed] The Atari 2600, the biggest console on the market, had no lockout device, so anyone who could get programming tools could make and market a game for it. Games were rushed to market, resulting in poor titles and low consumer credibility.[citation needed] Image File history File linksMetadata Official_Nintendo_Seal_of_Quality_(Original). ...
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ET for the Atari 2600 is considered by many to be emblematic of the crash along with the Atari 2600 version of Pac-Man. ...
Custers Revenge (also known as Westward Ho) is a pornographic video game made for the Atari 2600 by Mystique, a company that produced a number of adult video game titles for the system. ...
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is a video game developed by Howard Scott Warshaw based on the film of the same name and released by Atari for the Atari 2600 video game system in 1982. ...
The Atari 2600, released in October 1977, is the video game console credited with popularizing the use of microprocessor based hardware and cartridges containing game code, instead of having non-microprocessor dedicated hardware with all games built in. ...
Gamers understandably were wary of game makers when the Nintendo Entertainment System came out in 1985. The 10NES lockout chip solved the problem of controlling access to the console (for the most part), but there was the issue of customer confidence. So Nintendo introduced the Seal Of Quality to show gamers that the games had met quality control standards in terms of basic programming and that the games would be suitable for the entire family and thus free of objectionable content. It was mainly a marketing ploy, but it worked – consumers were reassured, and the NES became a great success.[citation needed] Publishers were encouraged to create high-quality titles in other ways as well. Each publisher was only allowed five releases per year, so effort was put into making those few titles successful.[citation needed] “NES†redirects here. ...
The RAMBO-1, a version of Tengens Rabbit lockout chip 10NES was the authentication code for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) video game console. ...
Originally, for NTSC countries, the seal was a large, black and gold circular starburst. The seal read as follows: This seal is your assurance that NINTENDO has approved and guaranteed the quality of this product. This seal was later altered around 1988; approved and guaranteed was changed to evaluated and approved. In 1989, the seal became gold and white, much like it appears today, with a shortened phrase Official NINTENDO Seal of Quality. The symbol remained unchanged until 2003 when the of Quality segment was removed.
Official Nintendo Seal (NTSC regions)
Nintendo's Official Seal of Quality in NTSC regions The Nintendo Seal of Quality is still used today, with all Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, Nintendo GameCube and Wii games bearing it on their packaging. However, it has recently been changed to read simply Official Nintendo Seal rather than Official Nintendo Seal of Quality. Nintendo Seal of Quality, This work is copyrighted. ...
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The Nintendo GameCube , GCN) is Nintendos fourth home video game console, belonging to the sixth generation era. ...
The Wii (pronounced as the pronoun we, IPA: ) is the fifth home video game console released by Nintendo. ...
When the Official Nintendo Seal of Quality was used, the meaning of the seal was explained as follows: This official seal is your assurance that Nintendo has approved the quality of this product. Always look for this seal when buying games and accessories to ensure complete compatibility with your <insert name of Nintendo system here>.(Which basically only meant that this software works on that chosen hardware, it had nothing to do with the quality of the 'written software').
The current Official Nintendo Seal is explained as follows: The official seal is your assurance that this product is licensed or manufactured by Nintendo. Always look for this seal when buying video game systems, accessories, games, and related products.
Aside from being more general in its description, the Official Nintendo Seal does not vouch for quality like the old Official Nintendo Seal of Quality did. The reason for the change has never been officially given by Nintendo, but it is clear that the Official Nintendo Seal of Quality was very misleading, making customers think they bought an excellent game, no matter what.
See also The Sega Seal of Quality was a icon placed on the packaging of all video games that had Segas official approval to be played on a Sega console system. ...
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