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ICOM Simulations, Inc. (incorporated on May 22, 1985) was a software company founded by Tod Zipnick, based in Wheeling and later Buffalo Grove, Illinois. Among its most popular products were the pioneering MacVenture series of point-and-click adventure games and Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective.

Research Methods: Actual mentions, online resources

As ICOM Simulations

Amiga

  • Déjà Vu: A Nightmare Comes True!! (US Publisher: Mindscape)
Programming: Pacesetter Laboratories
  • Déjà Vu II: Lost in Las Vegas (US Publisher: Mindscape)
Programming: Pacesetter Laboratories
  • Shadowgate (US Publisher: Mindscape)
Programming: Pacesetter Laboratories
  • Uninvited (US Publisher: Mindscape)
Programming: Pacesetter Laboratories

Apple IIGS

  • Déjà Vu: A Nightmare Comes True!! (US Publisher: Mindscape)
  • Déjà Vu II: Lost in Las Vegas (US Publisher: Mindscape)
  • Shadowgate (US Publisher: Mindscape)
  • Uninvited (US Publisher: Mindscape)

Atari ST

  • Déjà Vu: A Nightmare Comes True!! (US Publisher: Mindscape)
  • Déjà Vu II: Lost in Las Vegas (US Publisher: Mindscape)
  • Shadowgate (US Publisher: Mindscape)
  • Uninvited (US Publisher: Mindscape)

CDTV

  • Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective (US Publisher: ICOM Simulations)

Commodore 64

  • Déjà Vu: A Nightmare Comes True!! (US Publisher: Mindscape)
Developer: Metribotics
  • Uninvited (US Publisher: Mindscape)

DOS

  • Déjà Vu: A Nightmare Comes True!! (US Publisher: Mindscape)
  • Déjà Vu II: Lost in Las Vegas (US Publisher: Mindscape)
  • Earth Invitational (unreleased) (ICOM Simulations) [1]
  • Shadowgate (US Publisher: Mindscape)
  • Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective (US Publisher: ICOM Simulations)
  • Uninvited (US Publisher: Mindscape)

FM Towns

  • Sherlock Holmes no Tantei Kouza (JP Publisher: Fujitsu)

Macintosh

  • Déjà Vu: A Nightmare Comes True!! (US Publisher: Mindscape)
  • Déjà Vu II: Lost in Las Vegas (US Publisher: Mindscape)
  • Earth Invitational (unreleased) (ICOM Simulations) [2]
  • Shadowgate (US Publisher: Mindscape)
  • Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective (US Publisher: ICOM Simulations)
  • Uninvited (US Publisher: Mindscape)

Mega CD/Sega CD

  • Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective (US Publisher: Sega)

PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16

  • Ghost Manor (US Publisher: TTI)
Sound: Music Comp
  • Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective / Sherlock Holmes no Tantei Kouza (US Publisher: NEC; JP Publisher: Victor)
  • Yo, Bro (US Publisher: NEC)

PC Engine CD/TurboGrafx-CD

  • The Addams Family (US Publisher: NEC)
  • Beyond Shadowgate (US Publisher: TTI)
Music: Byte-Size Sound
  • Camp California (US Publisher: TTI)
  • Shape Shifter / Shapeshifter: Makai Eiyuuden (US Publisher: TTI; JP Publisher: Victor)
Sound: Music Comp

Super Famicom/Super NES

  • Daffy Duck: The Marvin Missions (US/EU Publisher: Sunsoft)
Sound: Nu Romantic Productions
  • Road Runner's Death Valley Rally / Looney Tunes: Road Runner vs. Wile E. Coyote / Looney Tunes: Road Runner (US/JP/EU Publisher: Sunsoft)
Music: New Romantic Productions

Windows

  • Déjà Vu I & II: The Casebooks of Ace Harding (US Publisher: ICOM Simulations)
Sprite and Sound Programming: Ant Software
  • Shadowgate (US Publisher: ICOM Simulations; EU Publisher: Viacom New Media)
Sprite and Sound Programming: Ant Software
  • Uninvited (US Publisher: ICOM Simulations; EU Publisher: Viacom New Media)
Sprite and Sound Programming: Ant Software

As Viacom New Media

DOS

  • Are You Afraid of the Dark? The Tale of Orpheo's Curse (US/EU Publisher: Viacom New Media; BR Publisher: Tec Toy)
  • MTV's Club Dead (US/EU Publisher: Viacom New Media)

Macintosh

  • Are You Afraid of the Dark? The Tale of Orpheo's Curse (US Publisher: Viacom New Media)
  • MTV's Beavis and Butt-Head in Wiener Takes All (US Publisher: Viacom New Media)
  • MTV's Club Dead (US/EU Publisher: Viacom New Media)

Mega Drive/Genesis

  • Phantom 2040 (US/EU/BR Publisher: Viacom New Media)

PlayStation

  • SlamScape (US Publisher: Viacom New Media; EU Publisher: Virgin Interactive Entertainment)

Super Famicom/Super NES

  • Bugs Bunny: Rabbit Rampage / Bugs Bunny: Hachamecha Daibouken (US/JP/EU Publisher: Sunsoft)
Music: Nu Romantic Productions
  • Nickelodeon GUTS (US Publisher: Viacom New Media)
  • Phantom 2040 (US/EU Publisher: Viacom New Media)
  • Rocko's Modern Life: Spunky's Dangerous Day (US Publisher: Viacom New Media)
Music: Nu Romantic Productions

Windows

  • Beavis & Butt-head: Calling All Dorks (US Publisher: Viacom New Media)
Programming: Ant Software [3]
  • MTV's Beavis and Butt-Head in Virtual Stupidity (US Publisher: Viacom New Media)
  • MTV's Beavis and Butt-Head in Wiener Takes All (US Publisher: Viacom New Media)
  • The Indian in the Cupboard (US Publisher: Viacom New Media)
  • SlamScape (US/EU Publisher: Viacom New Media)

As Rabid Entertainment

PlayStation

  • Violent Seed (unreleased)