ICOM Simulations

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

ICOM Simulations, Inc. (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.