Rabid Entertainment

Rabid Entertainment
Type	Former subsidiary of Viacom New Media
Founded	March 4, 1981 (TMQ Software) 1981 (ICOM Simulations) 1996 (Rabid Entertainment) Closed in 1998
Headquarters	Wheeling, Illinois, USA
Key people	Tod Zipnick, founder
Industry	Video games
Products	Video games
Number of people	45
Website	N/A

Rabid Entertainment was a former subsidiary of Viacom New Media.

TMQ Software

TMQ Software was founded on March 4, 1981 by Tod Zipnick.

ICOM Simulations

Shortly after founding in 1981, TMQ Software was renamed to ICOM Simulations.

Acquisition by Viacom New Media

Viacom New Media acquired ICOM Simulations in 1993. After its acquisition, video games developed by ICOM Simulations were simply credited as Viacom New Media.

Rabid Entertainment

In 1996, ICOM Simulations was renamed to Rabid Entertainment.

Closure

Because Viacom New Media was leaving the video game industry, Rabid Entertainment was closed in 1998.

Video games by ICOM Simulations (1981 - 1993)

Title	System	Released	Notes
Déjà Vu	AmigaOS, Apple IIGS, Atari ST, DOS, Mac OS, NES, PC-9801	1985
Uninvited	AmigaOS, Apple IIGS, Atari ST, C64, DOS, Mac OS, NES, Pocket PC	1986
Shadowgate	AmigaOS, Apple IIGS, Atari ST, C64, DOS, Mac OS, NES, Pocket PC	1987
Déjà Vu II: Lost in Las Vegas	AmigaOS, Apple IIGS, Atari ST, DOS, Mac OS, PC-9801	1989
Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective	CDTV, DOS, DVD, FM Towns, Mac OS, Sega CD, TurboGrafx-16, VIS	1991
Déjà Vu I & II: The Casebooks of Ace Harding	DOS, GBC, Windows 3.1, Windows Mobile	1992	Includes Déjà Vu I and Déjà Vu II.
Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective - Volume II	DOS, Mac OS, Sega CD, TurboGrafx-16, VIS	1992
Beyond Shadowgate	Turbo Duo	1993
Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective - Volume III	DOS	1993
Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective Collection	DOS	1993	Includes Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective - Volume I, Volume II, and Volume III