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First 3D John Madden Football Games (1990-1992)

Due to the success and development effort of Monday Night Football on the PC, Electronic Arts sought out Lyndon and his partner Knox to develop a football game which became the first 3D Madden Football game ever developed. Lyndon originally opposed the idea of a 3D game by his lead programmer, Jim Simmons, but empowered him to create the display engine if he could meet certain timeline deadlines, while Steve Quinn developed quality graphics at lightning speed. Because this had been Lyndon and Knox's third football game, the game logic was implemented in record time. Lyndon credits Electronic Arts' producer Richard Hilleman for his countless hours spent with Simmons bug-testing and refining the game which was developed on the new Sega Genesis platform in record time; 6 months in-time for the product launch. And Simmons, a high-school buddy of Lyndon's, proved to be a smart pick having never previously developed a game or professional software project before. Lyndon openly has fond memories of his development team which created the most successful sports game franchise in video game history.