{{Short description|American video game developer}} {{Infobox person | name = Troy Lyndon | birth_name = Troy Alan Lyndon | image = | imagesize = | caption = Lyndon, Sept 2006 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|11|29}} | birth_place = New York, NY | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Entrepreneur, business coach, video game developer | spouse = | networth = | website = [https://troylyndon.com Troy Lyndon website] }} '''Troy A. Lyndon''' (born November 29, 1964, in New York, NY) is an American entrepreneur, game developer, and business coach.<ref>{{cite web | last = | first = | title = Troy Lyndon LinkedIn | publisher = LinkedIn | date = | url = http://www.linkedin.com/in/troylyndon | accessdate = }}</ref>

==Early life== Troy Lyndon is the son of Jacquie Edelen, a retired HR professional and David Lyndon, a former Marine, retired Aegis Program Director and Sea-sparrow Program Director. Adopted by David, Troy was 6 years old.<ref>{{cite web | last = | first = | title = About Troy Lyndon | publisher = Troy Lyndon Inc. | date = | url = https://troylyndon.com/about.php?=about | accessdate = 2020-11-17 }}</ref>

==Career== At age 13, Troy Lyndon followed in his father's engineering footsteps by starting to develop, ''Space Voyager'', ''Great Wave'' and ''Space Quest'', a published video game series for the TRS-80.<ref>{{cite web | last = | first = | title = Space Quest for TRS-80 | publisher = Moby Games | date = | url = https://www.mobygames.com/game/trs-80/space-quest | accessdate = 2020-11-17 }}</ref> Encouraged by his childhood friend, David Jennings,<ref>{{cite web|date=2008-08-06|title=David Jennings Interview|url=http://www.director-online.com/buildArticle.php?id=112|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100102081146/http://director-online.com/buildArticle.php?id=112|archive-date=2010-01-02|publisher=Director Online|accessdate=2009-03-30}}</ref> he later created or worked on games for the TRS-80, Commodore 64, Macintosh, IBM PC, Sega Genesis, SNES, iOS and Android platforms.<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Troy A. Lyndon Video Game Credits|url=https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,31916/|publisher=Moby Games|accessdate=2020-11-17}}</ref>

With co-developers Scott Maxwell and Yves Lempereur, he co-authored the Atari 8-bit computer to Commodore 64 adaptations of Time Runner, Snokie, and Flak.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Flak - Software - Game - Computing History|url=http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/32954/Flak/|access-date=2021-11-30|website=www.computinghistory.org.uk}}</ref>

Lyndon completed the Commodore 64 version of Lost Tomb for Datasoft and created the Commodore 64 version of Mr. Do! from the ground up, both consumer adaptations of coin-op arcade games.<ref>{{Cite web|title=L’importanza del Commodore 64|url=https://multiplayer.it/articoli/195417-limportanza-del-commodore-64.html|access-date=2021-11-09|website=Multiplayer.it|language=it}}</ref>

Lyndon began his career as a simulated sprite driver developer for the Macintosh version of Star League Baseball, which was later acquired by Activision. Even after the Activision acquisition, GameStar programming continued, and Lyndon went on to develop Star Rank Boxing; Barry McGuigan World Championship Boxing,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Barry McGuigan World Championship Boxing Details - LaunchBox Games Database|url=https://gamesdb.launchbox-app.com/games/details/78114|access-date=2021-11-30|website=gamesdb.launchbox-app.com}}</ref> and GBA Championship Basketball: Two-on-Two.<ref>{{Cite web|title=GBA Championship Basketball: Two-on-Two Details - LaunchBox Games Database|url=https://gamesdb.launchbox-app.com/games/details/143671|access-date=2021-11-30|website=gamesdb.launchbox-app.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=1 Games Like Barry McGuigan World Championship Boxing for SEGA Saturn (2020)|url=https://www.gameslikee.com/games-like-barry-mcguigan-world-championship-boxing/sega-saturn/|access-date=2021-11-30|website=GamesLikee|language=en}}</ref> He also worked on the video game adaptation of Howard the Duck.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-05-06|title=Remembering the Howard the Duck Video Game|url=https://www.denofgeek.com/games/remembering-the-howard-the-duck-video-game/|access-date=2021-11-30|website=Den of Geek|language=en-US}}</ref>

Lyndon secured a 15-title contract with Capcom to provide a variety of coin-op games to the Commodore 64 and new IBM PC platforms. Street Fighter, Sarge,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sarge (C64) - 1988 Capcom - GTW64|url=https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/sarge/|access-date=2021-11-30|website=Games That Weren't|language=en-GB}}</ref> Speed Rumbler, Hat Trick,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hat Trick|url=http://www.pixelatedarcade.com/games/hat-trick|access-date=2021-11-30|website=PixelatedArcade|language=en}}</ref> Bionic Commando, Ghosts 'n Goblins, Side Arms, and Tiger Road were among the games released. With Christopher Riggs, Lyndon co-founded Pacific Dataworks International.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Commodore_Magazine_Vol-09-N08_1988_Aug by Zetmoon - Issuu|url=https://issuu.com/zetmoon/docs/commodore_magazine_vol-09-n08_1988_aug|access-date=2021-11-30|website=issuu.com|language=en}}</ref>

Lyndon began working on original games with Michael Knox, a co-developer. They secured a deal with DataEast to create PC versions of ABC's Monday Night Football and Dream Team Basketball.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Retro Gamer - issue 214|url=https://www.yumpu.com/news/en/issue/41918-retro-gamer-issue-214/read?page=51|access-date=2021-11-30|website=yumpu.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=ABC Monday Night Football Download|url=https://gamefabrique.com/games/abc-monday-night-football/|access-date=2021-11-30|website=GameFabrique|language=en}}</ref>

While President of Park Place Productions, one of Lyndon's most notable achievements was as the lead designer/developer of the world's first 3D version of the award-winning video game, John Madden Football.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Franchise: The inside story of how Madden NFL became a video game dynasty|url=http://www.espn.com/espn/eticket/story?page=100805/madden|access-date=2021-12-14|website=espn.com|language=en}}</ref> Since that time, Electronic Arts has continued to publish sequel and derivative versions of John Madden Football video games, which have generated $4 billion over more than 25 years. <ref>{{Cite web|title=Madden: The $4 billion video game franchise|url=https://money.cnn.com/2013/09/05/technology/innovation/madden-25/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140405062424/http://money.cnn.com/2013/09/05/technology/innovation/madden-25|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 5, 2014|access-date=2021-12-14|website=money.cnn.com|language=en}}</ref>

==Controversy== On September 25, 2013, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission announced that they entered into a regulatory, non-criminal civil lawsuit against Lyndon for violating one or more SEC Rules & Regulations.<ref>{{cite web | last = | first = | title = SEC Investigation Press Release | publisher = Securities and Exchange Commission | date = 2013-09-25 | url = https://www.sec.gov/News/PressRelease/Detail/PressRelease/1370539839881#.UycHyfldUtr | accessdate = 2014-03-17 }}</ref>

The parties' entered into a no-admit, no-deny settlement. Thereafter, Lyndon provided the public with a Quickbooks Enterprise accounting file, representing 10 years of Left Behind Games' "audited" financials to support his opposition.<ref>{{cite web | last = | first = | title = Pleadings with References to Evidence in the Record | publisher = Troy Lyndon | date = 2015-06-16 | url = http://www.leftbehindgames.com/sec.html | accessdate = 2015-06-16 }}</ref>

On January 27, 2020, Lyndon filed a lawsuit based upon his Federal Tort Claim in Troy Alan Lyndon v. USA, Securities & Exchange Commission, Luccee Kirka, Carol Shau and Karen Matteson. On September 25, 2020, Chief Judge J. Michael Seabright determined that the government and its employees could not be sued for the numerous claims alleged by Lyndon, due to the doctrine of sovereign immunity. On November 10, 2021, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed Judge Seabright's order, wherein the doctrine of sovereign immunity protects the government and its employees from claims of wrongdoing. The SEC has not and has never denied Lyndon's allegations.<ref>{{cite web | last = | first = | title = Lyndon vs. United States of America (et al) | publisher = pacer.gov | date = 2020-01-27 | url = https://www.pacermonitor.com/public/case/32014226/Lyndon_v_United_States_of_America_et_al | accessdate = 2020-04-24 }}</ref>

==Awards== Lyndon and Knox were recognized when awarded ''Inc.'' magazine "Entrepreneur of the Year" award by Ernst & Young and Merrill Lynch.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://troylyndon.com/about.php?=about|title=Troy Lyndon &#124; Entrepreneur and Business Coach}}</ref>

== References == {{reflist}}

== Sources == {{refbegin}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090420120630/http://people.forbes.com/profile/troy-a-lyndon/48885 Forbes Magazine Profile] * [http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,31916/ Lyndon's rap sheet at MobyGames] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090427044320/http://blogs.ign.com/LeftBehindGames/2006/12/22/40990/ Response to LEFT BEHIND Controversy] * [http://www.allbusiness.com/company-activities-management/company-structures-ownership/5398253-1.html Keynote at Christian Developers Conference] * [http://barthsnotes.wordpress.com/2006/12/14/left-behind-game%E2%80%99s-eastern-european-charity-tie-in/ Supporter of Eastern European Christian Charity] * [http://www.gamedaily.com/articles/features/the-world-is-primed-for-christian-video-games/?biz= Game Daily Interview] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080509092955/http://www.pluggedinonline.com/games/games/a0003799.cfm Focus on the Family review of Eternal Forces] * [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_pwwi/is_200702/ai_n17219017/ Speaking at Redchip Conference] * [https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/5040340.stm BBC on Christian Games] * [https://finance.yahoo.com/news/Left-Behind-Games-and-bw-14898273.html Christian Games & Outreach] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090420123210/http://www.cbn.com/CBNNews/News/040813a.aspx Lyndon on CBN] * [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_pwwi/is_200705/ai_n19196930/ Interactive Advertising] * [http://www.doublefusion.com/press/html/12062006.html Game Advertising with Double Fusion] * [http://feeds2.feedburner.com/FrankPastorePodcastFeed Lyndon Radio Interview by Frank Pastore] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20081016110435/http://www.mancow.com/show?action=radioShowArchive Lyndon on the Mancow Radio Show, May 2, 2008] * [http://gb64.com/oldsite/gameofweek/6/gotw_bmgworldchampboxing.htm Star Rank Boxing] * [http://www.computerfun.com/lastsupper/castcrew.html Last Supper film] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090420165021/http://www.retrogames-db.com/info.asp?Id=2267 Mr. Do!] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20160306105824/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/12597157/ Lyndon on CNBC] {{refend}}

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