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|title=<center>101 Dalmatians (Spotted Landmarks trailer)</center>
|title=<center>eCrew Development Program</center>
|image=ecdp.jpg
|image=ECDP-title.png
|imagecaption=The game's title screen.
|imagecaption=The game's title screen.
|status=<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|status=<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|datefound=18 Nov 2020
|datefound=18 Nov 2020
|foundby=[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOuddH5GyBXp-_tv_ASdp_A Nick Robinson]
|foundby=[https://youtube.com/channel/UCOuddH5GyBXp-_tv_ASdp_A Nick Robinson]
}}
}}
'''''McDonald's eCrew Development Program''''' is a game used by Japanese McDonald's to train their employees.


McDonald's eCDP Software is a game used by Japanese McDonald's to train their employees.
==History==
In 2010, McDonald's Japan collaborated with Nintendo to create ''eCrew Development Program'', a Nintendo DS game designed to train new employees. The game received some media coverage, but it was only given to McDonald's Japan employees and required an individualized password to play.
 
In December 2018, a thread was started on the AssemblerGames website by user Code1038, who had bought the game cartridge years earlier. Code1038 was stuck on a password entry page and could not progress past that point, as he had no way of figuring out the copy's individualized password.
 
In mid-2020, a Yahoo Japan auction for the game appeared online. Its starting price was 400,000 yen (about $3,855 in US dollars), which was later lowered.<ref> [https://web.archive.org/web/20200530070256/https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/e416813154 Archived Yahoo Japan auction page for the game.] Retrieved 22 Nov '20</ref>


==History==
Subsequently, Code1038 had been in contact with numerous members of international McDonald's staff in an attempt to access his copy of the game. While he was provided with scans of the game manual and other information, he still had no way of accessing the full game due to the nature of the individualized passwords. However, upon inspection of the game's code, Code1038 was able to figure out the password for his copy and uploaded a full playthrough to YouTube on October 30th, 2020. Despite having full access to the game and its password, Code1038 made it clear that he had no intention of dumping the game and distributing it to the public.
In 2010 Mcdonalds japan in collaboration with Nintendo created ''Mcdonalds eCDP Software'' for the Nintendo Ds to Train Mcdonalds Employees however, the game received little media coverage and was also only given to Mcdonald's Japan employees, because of that the game was lost.


On 18th November 2020, the game was found and dumped by Nick Robinson.
On November 18th, 2020, YouTuber Nick Robinson shared a video (below) where he revealed that he was the winner of the Yahoo auction. After playing the game on a livestream, he subsequently dumped the entire game and uploaded it onto the Internet Archive.


==Gallery==
===Images===
<gallery mode=packed heights=175px>
File:Ecdp esmart cases.jpeg|''eCrew Development Program'' and ''eSmart'' game case.
File:Ecdp esmart cases 2.jpeg|''eCrew Development Program'' cartridge and manual.
File:Mcdonalds dsi.jpeg|McDonald's special edition Nintendo DSi.
</gallery>
===Videos===
{{Video|perrow  =4
  |service1    =youtube
  |id1          =yQwhSA2j0R8
  |description1 =Blameitonjorge's video which mentions the McDonald's ''eCrew Development Program'' search (22:01-25:47).
  |service2    =youtube
  |id2          =-e6xOBCAVvA
  |description2 =Nick Robinson's video on the ten-year-long search for the game.
  |service3    =youtube
  |id3          =KJTZsL_UYwA
  |description3 =Full game playthrough.
  |service4    =youtube
  |id4          =d23bAqGtImo
  |description4 =Nick Robinson's iceberg video on ''eCrew Development Program'' (part 1).
}}
{{Video|perrow  =1
  |service1    =youtube
  |id1          =FBenyvvYw0E
  |description1 =Nick Robinson's iceberg video on ''eCrew Development Program'' (part 2).
}}
==External Links==
==External Links==
[https://archive.org/details/mcdonalds-japan-ecdp-rom-training-nintendo-ds-cartridge-dump Internet Archive page of the ROM]
*[https://obscuregamers.com/threads/mcdonalds-ecrew-development-program-ecdp-nintendo-ds.1384/ Obscure Gamers forum thread on McDonald's ''eCrew Development Program''.]
*[https://archive.org/details/mcdonalds-japan-ecdp-rom-training-nintendo-ds-cartridge-dump Internet Archive page of the ROM.]
 
==References==
{{reflist}}


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Latest revision as of 22:00, 12 April 2023

ECDP-title.png

The game's title screen.

Status: Found

Date found: 18 Nov 2020

Found by: Nick Robinson

McDonald's eCrew Development Program is a game used by Japanese McDonald's to train their employees.

History

In 2010, McDonald's Japan collaborated with Nintendo to create eCrew Development Program, a Nintendo DS game designed to train new employees. The game received some media coverage, but it was only given to McDonald's Japan employees and required an individualized password to play.

In December 2018, a thread was started on the AssemblerGames website by user Code1038, who had bought the game cartridge years earlier. Code1038 was stuck on a password entry page and could not progress past that point, as he had no way of figuring out the copy's individualized password.

In mid-2020, a Yahoo Japan auction for the game appeared online. Its starting price was 400,000 yen (about $3,855 in US dollars), which was later lowered.[1]

Subsequently, Code1038 had been in contact with numerous members of international McDonald's staff in an attempt to access his copy of the game. While he was provided with scans of the game manual and other information, he still had no way of accessing the full game due to the nature of the individualized passwords. However, upon inspection of the game's code, Code1038 was able to figure out the password for his copy and uploaded a full playthrough to YouTube on October 30th, 2020. Despite having full access to the game and its password, Code1038 made it clear that he had no intention of dumping the game and distributing it to the public.

On November 18th, 2020, YouTuber Nick Robinson shared a video (below) where he revealed that he was the winner of the Yahoo auction. After playing the game on a livestream, he subsequently dumped the entire game and uploaded it onto the Internet Archive.

Gallery

Images

Videos

Blameitonjorge's video which mentions the McDonald's eCrew Development Program search (22:01-25:47).

Nick Robinson's video on the ten-year-long search for the game.

Full game playthrough.

Nick Robinson's iceberg video on eCrew Development Program (part 1).

Nick Robinson's iceberg video on eCrew Development Program (part 2).

External Links

References