m-crew Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 Thanks for sharing your time and experience at ME with us !!! Not to mention all those cool documents. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 Wow, what a roller-coaster of a job! Those most have been some very interesting times. Thanks for sharing this with us, Daniel. -dZ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniel3302 Posted July 20, 2018 Author Share Posted July 20, 2018 (edited) I have just shipped my supply of Mattel memorabilia away to the National Videogame Museum. I hope you all get to enjoy it there. Included were: 1 T-card Loco-Motion 2 T-card Thunder Castle 3 T-card Royal Dealer 4 T-card Tower of Mystery (2-card set, final ME version) 5 EE-PROM set Tower of Mystery (11/12 proms) 6 Double T-card Y-adapter (may need repair) 7 Powered Double T-card Y-adapter/power supply 8 Blue Whale development cartridge 9 Blue Whale serial communications adapter 10 Loco-Motion Development notes and BSR reviews 11 Tower of Mystery Development notes 12 Mattel Electronics Personnel communications 13 Mr. Sound Usage Document 14 Loco-Motion Game completion Award plaque Edited July 20, 2018 by daniel3302 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 Wow, that's a lot of cool stuff! Not sure when/if I'll ever be in Texas, but if I ever make it out that way I'll check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Lathe26 Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Lathe26 Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 Do you have any photos of the double T-card Y-adapters? Just curious what those looked like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 Do you have any photos of the double T-card Y-adapters? Just curious what those looked like. There's a photo on the first page of this thread. ---------- Did the Tower of Mystery rom dump have anything different? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m-crew Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 Kool, thanks for sharing those with the world. Hopefully one day I get a chance to see them.. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniel3302 Posted July 20, 2018 Author Share Posted July 20, 2018 There's a photo on the first page of this thread. ---------- Did the Tower of Mystery rom dump have anything different? I am pretty certain that the ToM double t-card contained the EEPROMs I burned as the doors were closing and they were hustling us out of the building (well, figuratively, but it was the last week). intvnut dumped the t-cards and told me that it is a unique version compared to existing rom dumps. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Lathe26 Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 There's a photo on the first page of this thread. ... Missed that, thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniel3302 Posted April 27, 2020 Author Share Posted April 27, 2020 Just found a photo of myself from a Daglow Decles vs Minkoff Measures softball game! 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cvga Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 3 minutes ago, daniel3302 said: Just found a photo of myself from a Daglow Decles vs Minkoff Measures softball game! That's awesome. Thanks for sharing! What were you using for home plate? Looks like a partial tree limb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSRSteve Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 1 hour ago, cvga said: That's awesome. Thanks for sharing! What were you using for home plate? Looks like a partial tree limb. I think this was a practice, with Lee Barnes taking pictures of everyone. That looks like Don Daglow himself in the background of Dan's picture, but I am not sure. Here is mine: 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cvga Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 1 hour ago, BSRSteve said: I think this was a practice, with Lee Barnes taking pictures of everyone. That looks like Don Daglow himself in the background of Dan's picture, but I am not sure. Here is mine: Wow! Nice form. I've coached a lot of baseball and can appreciate how you've kept your hands in, have good balance, and rotated your hips Looks like you may have dragged that back foot a little but overall looking good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniel3302 Posted April 28, 2020 Author Share Posted April 28, 2020 That sounds right, Steve. The credit on the back is "Custom Photography Photography Associates: Barnes, Nowell, Ross & Ross" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniel3302 Posted December 17, 2020 Author Share Posted December 17, 2020 On 5/17/2018 at 10:08 AM, daniel3302 said: Here are the official documents I saved from my time at ME. Starting off with my Annual Performance review: Clearly this was after Loco-Motion was complete, and I was busy finishing up Mr. Sound, and the nature of my second game (which was to be Tower of Mystery) had not yet been determined. Later that year, after much lobbying from Keith, Don, and others, and also due to brain drain to other game companies, Mattel finally put together an incentive program. The details were presented to us here: A few weeks later we had to sign release waivers, cause that what corporate lawyers are for. But even with that, there were more rounds of layoffs, morale fell through the floor, and those who were left were looking to leave on their own terms, rather than wait for the next round of RIFs. As a last-ditch effort to keep the core of talent that remained, additional incentives were added to keep the remaining staff. To no avail. The end was coming anyway. Note the irony of the date of this last notice, compared to the date of my next annual review as noted on the first document! Thanks for letting me share an all-too-brief period that brings me much joy in its remembrance. So I just found and added to my gallery the bookend to these documents - my offer letter from Mattel 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniel3302 Posted January 11, 2022 Author Share Posted January 11, 2022 More stuff from the basement, from 10 years after closing. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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