ICOM Simulations
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Company type | Private (defunct) |
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Industry | Software |
Founded | March 4, 1981[2] |
Founder | Tod Zipnick |
Defunct | February 14, 1998[3] |
Fate | Dissolved |
Headquarters | Wheeling, Illinois |
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Revenue | N/A |
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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 1981 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.
History
ICOM Simulations was formed as TMQ Software[6] on March 4, 1981 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 were held by the company Infinite Ventures, but they are now owned by David Marsh who obtained most of the rights in January, 2012.[7] On March 5, 2012, Dave Marsh and Karl Roelofs, both former developers at ICOM Simulations, formed a new game development company called Zojoi, LLC, and have begun releasing upgraded versions of previous ICOM Simulations titles, starting with Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective for iOS Tablets.[8]
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References
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- ^ Corporation File Detail Report: TMQ Software, Inc. (File No. 52314178), Springfield, Illinois: Illinois Secretary of State (published 01), 1991, Incorporation Date (Domestic), retrieved 2012-10-09
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Writer's Digest Books (30) [1983]. Brad M. McGehee (ed.). 1984 Programmer's Market. Writer's Digest Books. p. 184. ASIN 0898791243. ISBN 9780898791242. Retrieved October 5, 2012.
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- ^ Adler, Darin. "Monologue". pp. 1986–1987: Macintosh community. Retrieved December 28, 2007.
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(help) - ^ Lucard, Alex (March 29, 2012). "Interview with David Marsh About His Sherlock Holmes, Consulting Detective Kickstarter Project". Diehard GameFan. Retrieved October 3, 2012.
- ^ "Zojoi FaceBook Page". June 4, 2012. Retrieved October 3, 2012.
- ^ Trademark Principal Register Déjà Vu (Registration No. 1,858,715), Alexandria, Virginia: United States Patent and Trademark Office (published 26), 1994, First Use, U.S. Trademark 74,456,226, retrieved 2012-10-09
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External links
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