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ICOM Simulations, Inc.
Company typePrivate (defunct)
IndustrySoftware
FoundedMarch 4, 1981 (1981-03-04)[1]
FounderTod Zipnick
DefunctFebruary 14, 1998 (1998-02-14)[2]
FateDissolved
HeadquartersWheeling, Illinois
Key people
  • Tod Zipnick (President)[3]
  • Rick Maningas (Vice President)[4]
  • Dennis Defensor (President)[5]
  • Darin Adler (Primary Developer)[6]
ProductsMacVenture
Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective
Beavis and Butt-Head in Virtual Stupidity
Number of employees
  • 25[3] (1989)
  • 45 (1991)
WebsiteN/A

ICOM Simulations, Inc.[3] (later known as Rabid Entertainment) 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.

  1. ^ Corporation File Detail Report: TMQ Software, Inc. Springfield, Illinois: Illinois Secretary of State. 1 August 1991. Incorporation Date (Domestic). File No. 52314178. Retrieved 2012-10-09.
  2. ^ Trademark Principal Register Rabid Entertainment. Alexandria, Virginia: United States Patent and Trademark Office. 29 March 1998. Date Abandoned. U.S. Trademark 75,172,722. Retrieved 2012-10-10.
  3. ^ a b c "Office Computer Games Can Be Waste of Time or Good Training". Chicago Tribune. Scripps Howard News Service. July 16, 1989. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2012.
  4. ^ Writer's Digest Books (30 January 2006) [1983]. Brad M. McGehee (ed.). 1984 Programmer's Market. Writer's Digest Books. p. 184. ISBN 9780898791242. Retrieved October 5, 2012.
  5. ^ "Behind The Screens at ICOM Simulations". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 23. Sendai Publishing. June 1991. p. 92-94.
  6. ^ Adler, Darin (February 2, 2002). "Darin Adler (resume)". bentspoon.com. Retrieved October 3, 2012.

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