ICOM Simulations
| Type | Private (defunct) |
|---|---|
| Industry | Software |
| Headquarters | Wheeling, Illinois |
| Key people | Tod Zipnick Jay Zipnick Craig Erickson Waldemar Horwat Mark Waterman Kurt Nelson Darin Adler |
| Products | Hard Hat Mack (1983) Joe Junk Man (1983) Galactic Chase (1983) Rat Patrol (1983) Pig Pen (1983) Deja Vu: a Nightmare Comes True (1985) Uninvited (1986) Shadowgate (1987) Deja Vu II: Lost in Las Vegas (1988) Beyond Shadowgate (1993) OnCue TMON |
| Revenue | N/A |
| Employees | N/A |
| Website | None |
ICOM Simulations was a software company based in Wheeling, Illinois. It is best known for creating the MacVenture series of adventure games including Shadowgate.
Following the foundation in 1983 a number of game titles for the Panasonic JR-200 were produced. Later products for the Apple Macintosh included the debugger TMON and an application launching utility called OnCue.
[edit] History
ICOM Simulations was formed as TMQ Software[1] in the early 1980s by Tod Zipnick. With the MacVenture series, ICOM pioneered the point-and-click adventure interface and later multiplatform CD-ROM development with Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective.
In the early-to-mid 1990s, ICOM Simulations was a major third party developer for the TurboGrafx-16 platform in the US. They produced many games for the console, including the TG-16 exclusive Shadowgate sequel, Beyond Shadowgate. The company was acquired in 1993 by Viacom New Media which closed its operations in 1997. Renamed to Rabid Entertainment, VNM/ICOM was dismantled in 1998.
The rights to ICOM's game portfolio is currently held by the company Infinite Ventures.
[edit] References
- ^ Adler, Darin. "Monologue". pp. 1986–1987: Macintosh community. http://www.bentspoon.com/darin/monologue.html. Retrieved December 28, 2007.
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