Zowie

Red Beard's Pirate Quest is a smart toy-an interactive game that connects to a PC-by Zowie Intertainment, Inc. Proclaimed the "It" toy of 1999 by Newsweek, MOTO played a pivotal role in the definition of this product by working closely with the executive management to understand their marketing and business requirements. This allowed MOTO to define and develop the hardware and software to create a technically functional product at a low cost. By rapidly building a specialized engineering team to tackle a very complex feature set, MOTO was able to architect and build the production design as well as implement a proof of concept prototype. This included creating a mixed signal ASIC, firmware, PC driver, and custom USB and serial drivers. MOTO also managed the transfer of the initial design into production, enabling Zowie to meet the desired cost of goods.