Yup, totally pointless thing: Tengen certifies their own games.
Nintendo did it because there's the possibility that there are non-pirate, non-copyright-infringing, totally legit NES games that are still not licensed by Nintendo the console manufacturer, so the seal is to distinguish between licensed and unlicensed developers. (And consequently, of course they have to put the seal on their own games as well.)
But what is a Tengen Seal of Quality good for? In what situation could one say: "This and that game didn't match the standards to receive the Tengen Seal of Quality", while still talking about a game that was actually released?
Maybe I should invent a Den Kat Games Seal of Quality to distinguish between my self-programmed games that I stand behind and my self-programmed games that I reject and where I don't want people to buy them.
