Rabid Entertainment, Inc.

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ICOM Simulations, Inc. (from 1980 to 1996)

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ICOM Simulations, Inc. was founded in the early 1980s by Tod Zipnick. The studio was best known for creating the MacVenture series of adventure games including Shadowgate, but also created applications for the Macintosh, such as OnCue and TMON.

ICOM was acquired by Viacom New Media in 1993, had its name changed to Rabid Entertainment, Inc. by 1996, but eventually the division was released from Viacom in the spring of 1997, and was dismantled in 1998. Before disappearing, Rabid Entertainment had been working on the top-down PSX shooter Violent Seed between 1996 and 1997. It was a prototype beta, never completely finished and remained unreleased, until four different alpha revs, the design documents and T-shirts were sold on eBay in a single lot for a hefty $1,600 in June 2007. No one bid on the auction.

The rights to ICOM's game portfolio was then held by the company Infinite Ventures, but it appears to be out of business since the end of 2007.

Credited on 26 Games from 1985 to 2017

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8-bit Adventure Anthology: Volume I (2017 on Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One...)
Déjà Vu II: Lost in Las Vegas - MacVenture Series (2015 on Windows, Macintosh)
Déjà Vu: A Nightmare Comes True - MacVenture Series (2015 on Macintosh, Windows)
Shadowgate: MacVenture Series (2015 on Windows, Macintosh)
Uninvited: MacVenture Series (2015 on Macintosh, Windows)
Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective 1 - The Case of the Mummy's Curse (2012 on Windows, iPad, Macintosh)
Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective 2 - The Case of the Tin Soldier (2012 on Macintosh, Windows, iPad)
Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective 3 - The Case of the Mystified Murderess (2012 on iPad, Windows, Macintosh)
Daffy Duck: The Marvin Missions (1993 on SNES)
Beyond Shadowgate (1993 on TurboGrafx CD)
Camp California (1993 on TurboGrafx CD)
Dracula Unleashed (1993 on DOS, SEGA CD, Macintosh...)
Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective - Volume III (1993 on DOS)
Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective Collection (1993 on DOS)
Road Runner's Death Valley Rally (1992 on SNES)
Shape Shifter (1992 on TurboGrafx CD)
Déjà Vu I & II: The Casebooks of Ace Harding (1992 on DOS, Windows 3.x, Game Boy Color...)
Ghost Manor (1992 on TurboGrafx-16)
Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective - Volume II (1992 on DOS, SEGA CD, TurboGrafx CD...)
Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective (1991 on DOS, SEGA CD, TurboGrafx CD...)

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History +

1998: The company is dismantled.
1997: The division is released from Viacom New Media.
1996: By 1996, ICOM has its name changed to Rabid Entertainment, Inc.
1993: ICOM is acquired by Viacom New Media and becomes a division of the company.

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Companies

8 games with Valve Corporation
7 games with Reverb Triple XP
7 games with Zojoi, LLC
5 games with Turbo Technologies, Inc.
5 games with Mindscape SA
4 games with Infinite Ventures, Inc.
4 games with Kotobuki Solution Co., Ltd.
3 games with Seika Corporation
3 games with Viacom New Media
3 games with Kemco/Seika

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