Ted Estes is a veteran pinball software engineer and designer with over 20+ years of experience at Williams Electronics (early 1990s onward) and subsequent tenure at Jersey Jack Pinball. At Williams, he progressed from software programmer to software manager/department head, overseeing the software team and notable titles including Twilight Zone, Red and Ted Roadshow, and Addams Family. He transitioned to Jersey Jack Pinball as a senior software developer, contributing to all major JJP releases since Wizard of Oz and handling design work on updates for games like Guns N' Roses and Dialed In.
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Williams rejected Sheets' resume because Ted Estes thought his academic background and government job experience made him unsuitable for deadline-driven development
JJP has multiple games in active development pipeline for 2022 with unprecedented number of projects
Ted Estes has worked at JJP for approximately 9 years as of January 2022 and previously worked at Williams Electronics over 20 years ago
Twilight Zone home ROM was created by Ted Estes and is unauthorized
Dialed In voice production/direction contact; received Moskos' audition tape; responsible for casting Boom Chicago comedy voices
Williams programmer who coordinated with Eric on Cactus Canyon webpage development
Pinball programmer from WPC era; discussed with Eric Meunier about bit-counting limitations in older systems
Programmer who worked with Pat Lawlor at Williams, now at Jersey Jack Pinball for nearly a year, collaborating on Pat's new original theme game
WPC-era pinball programmer who mentored Cameron Silver; remains a close friend and daily contact
Code designer for Dialed In, credited with exceptional rule set creation
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Ted Estes has been working at Jersey Jack Pinball for almost a year
Ted Estes is a long-time collaborator of Pat Lawlor's from Williams
Ted Estes wrote the 'Ask Uncle Willy' question and answer column on rec.games.pinball between 1995 and 1999
Ted Estes was instrumental in setting up Spooky Cool Labs with Joe Kaminkow, Larry DeMar, and Brian Eddy
Ted Estes will help complete the software for The Wizard of Oz pinball at Jersey Jack
Ted Estes created the code for Demolition Man
Ted Estes was Manager of Pinball Software Development at Williams Electronic Games
Ted Estes worked with Pat Lawlor, Larry DeMar, and Dwight Sullivan on Roadshow and Twilight Zone
Ted Estes purchased a Black Knight pinball machine for $300 in 1988
Larry DeMar was a contract engineer (not employee) at Williams during Twilight Zone development
Eugene Jarvis programmed Firepower, not Larry DeMar
Ted Estes became software manager at Williams within about 18 months of joining
Bally maintained superior archival documentation compared to Williams, with file cabinets containing 8-inch floppies and printed code
Williams used Motorola Exerciser development stations with assemblers for early System 3 code development
Ted Estes created free-play ROMs for Bally games that ended up in aftermarket CPU boards like All-Tech
Display animation represents a major portion of modern (1990s) pinball game development effort
Ted Estes initially underestimated the complexity of pinball game programming before joining Williams
Ted Estes modified System 6 game ROMs to divide scores by 10 around 1990 while working at AT&T
Developer of home ROM modification for Twilight Zone; unauthorized custom ROM with pause feature
Software designer for Twilight Zone
Head of software department at Williams Electronics; primary mentor to Grupp on Demolition Man; taught software style and methodology; later worked at Cisco with Grupp and Jersey Jack Pinball
Pinball game designer on Dialed In team, previously worked on Twilight Zone, Demolition Man, and Roadshow at Williams
Williams decision-maker who rejected Sheets' employment application, believing his academic background and government job experience made him unsuitable for deadline-driven development environment
JJP crew member credited as collaborator on Willy Wonka game design
Renowned software programmer and development manager; former Williams Electronic Games Manager of Pinball Software Development; joined Jersey Jack Pinball as Senior Software Developer in February 2013
Software designer for Toy Story 4
Long-time collaborator with Pat Lawlor at Williams; now at JJP working on software/rules; will work with Lawlor on new game
Software developer at JJP; ~9 years tenure; worked at Williams Electronics 20+ years ago; worked on all JJP games since Wizard of Oz
Software designer for Jersey Jack; designed new pinball moment for Guns N' Roses update
Contacted by Lyman Sheets regarding release of updated Attack from Mars code after Williams went out of business
Head of Williams software department; taught Bill software development; worked with Bill at Cisco Systems; later at Jersey Jack; worked on Demolition Man with Bill
Jersey Jack Pinball contact; coordinated voice casting for Dialed In; put Moskos in touch with JP Towin
Senior software developer at Jersey Jack Pinball; interviewed about game development process from playfield layout to finished game
Executive at Williams interviewed by Greg during job application process in 1995-96.
Referenced for photo of Adams Family that caught on fire due to power magnet locking while powered on
Senior Software Developer at Jersey Jack Pinball; recounts development history and design process for Smaug and Hobbit pinball
Pinball designer who attended Rick Chevy's pre-Expo parties; introduced to Kerry by Rick as part of mentorship.
Williams engineering figure; invited Greg to factory tour; later hired Greg at Williams; facilitated Pat Lawler introduction
Williams executive who worked with Larry DeMar; approved Duncan's backglass poster proposal
Williams developer; worked closely with Larry DeMar on Twilight Zone
Williams employee; recruited Uban to company; previously worked part-time under Uban at Purdue University ECN department
Former AT&T engineer who joined Williams in early 1990s as software programmer, became software manager, worked on Twilight Zone, Red and Ted Roadshow, Addams Family
Head of Williams software department; oversaw Silver's onboarding and managed designer team during layoffs
Rules designer who handled primary rules programming for Demolition Man