ICOM Simulations
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| ICOM Simulations | |
|---|---|
| Type | Private (defunct) |
| Founded | |
| Headquarters | Wheeling, Illinois |
| Key people | Tod Zipnick Darin Adler |
| Industry | Software |
| 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) Deja Vu II: Lost in Las Vegas (1988) OnCue Shadowgate (1987) TMON Uninvited (1986) |
| 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. 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 1986-1987: Macintosh community. Retrieved on December 28, 2007.
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