2010 · Cooking simulation · Educational

ECrew Development Program

Nintendo exclusive

eCrew Development Program is a Nintendo DS game that was created to train McDonald's Japan employees. It was never officially released to the public, and is protected behind a password. It was considered lost media until the ROM was posted on the Internet Archive.

Released: 2010
Platforms: Nintendo DS
Genres: Cooking simulation Educational Puzzle Quiz Simulation Strategy
Developers: —
Publishers: —
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: First person Bird view / Isometric Side view
Themes: Business Educational
Languages: English, Japanese

About

eCrew Development Program (eCDP, Japanese: クルトレ eCDP), known unofficially as the McDonald's Training Game, is an educational video game created by McDonald's. Released for the Nintendo DS in 2010 internally within the Japanese division of McDonald's, it was only ever distributed to the company's own restaurants domestically, and never meant to be released to the public.

›Story

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.

The game teaches the player how to cook and serve various McDonald's menu items and perform other restaurant tasks, and was used to train new restaurant employees. It has several game modes, including simulations of food preparation and customer interaction. It also has quizzes, player profiles for employees and managers, and performance statistics.

Keywords

mcdonald's

Media

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Gameplay

eCrew teaches the player how to cook and serve various McDonald's menu items and perform other restaurant tasks, and was used to train new restaurant employees. It has several game modes, including simulations of food preparation and customer interaction. It also has quizzes, player profiles for employees and managers, and performance statistics.

Development

It was released in 2010 and was also distributed in tandem with a separate game titled eSMART 2.0 which aimed to train existing employees rather than new ones. A special variant of the Nintendo DSi with the McDonalds logo on it was also given to certain Japanese locations along with eCrew.