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Lyman F. Sheets Jr.

person9 mentionsFirst seen Mar 3, 2022Last seen Nov 8, 2025

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Lyman F. Sheets Jr. is a pinball game designer best known for co-designing the original The Walking Dead pinball game released in 2014 alongside John Borg. He is credited for his contributions to code quality and design excellence in the pinball industry. Sheets has also achieved recognition as a top competitive player, ranking among the highest scorers on Stern Pinball's TRON: Legacy machine.

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    Lyman F. Sheets Jr. has new code ideas for Medieval Madness remake

    Source: Neil McRae (rumor, stated cautiously)The Great British Pinball Podcast Episode 22 - TPF25 Special
  • factualhigh

    Lyman Sheets was offered a job by Data East after meeting Lonnie Ropp on a flight returning from a Las Vegas Williams demonstration tour

    Source: episode narrative based on TopCast interviewSilverball Chronicles Ep 21: Inside the Mind of Lyman Sheats
  • factualhigh

    Sheets attended Northeastern University where he majored in computer science and learned Pascal, Fortran, and other languages

    Source: episode narrative, likely from TopCast interviewSilverball Chronicles Ep 21: Inside the Mind of Lyman Sheats
  • factualhigh

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Sheets won the 1993 PAPA World Championship while living in Virginia and working at MITRE

Source: Playmeter magazine article cited in episodeSilverball Chronicles Ep 21: Inside the Mind of Lyman Sheats
  • factualhigh

    Data East had six weeks to develop Tommy Pinball Wizard from licensing deal to market, and Sheets had to learn 6803 CPU programming in that timeframe

    Source: episode narrativeSilverball Chronicles Ep 21: Inside the Mind of Lyman Sheats
  • factualhigh

    Sheets played Eight Ball Deluxe at college and was immediately impressed by the skill element, which led him to competitive pinball

    Source: Sheets quote from TopCast interviewSilverball Chronicles Ep 21: Inside the Mind of Lyman Sheats