ICOM Simulations
Games
Table:
Title
Release Date
Credited As
Published By
Platform

Déjà Vu: A Nightmare Comes True
19850719850710July 10, 1985 (NA)[11]

ICOM Simulations
Mindscape
Macintosh, Commodore 64

Uninvited
19860319860301March 1, 1986 (NA)[12]

ICOM Simulations
Mindscape
Macintosh

Shadowgate
19870719870730July 30, 1987 (NA)[13]

ICOM Simulations
Mindscape
Macintosh

Déjà Vu II: Lost in Las Vegas
1988
ICOM Simulations
Mindscape
Macintosh

Addams Family, The
1991
ICOM Simulations
NEC Technologies
TurboGrafx-CD

Yo' Bro
1991
ICOM Simulations
NEC Technologies
TurboGrafx-16

Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective
1991
ICOM Simulations
ICOM Simulations
PC

Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective Vol. II
1992
ICOM Simulations
ICOM Simulations
PC

Road Runner's Death Valley Rally
1992
ICOM Simulations
Sunsoft
SNES

Ghost Manor
1992
ICOM Simulations
Turbo Technologies Inc.
TurboGrafx-16

Shape Shifter
19921019921001October 1, 1992 (NA)[14]

ICOM Simulations
Turbo Technologies Inc.
TurboGrafx-CD

Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective Vol. III
1993
ICOM Simulations
ICOM Simulations
PC

Beyond Shadowgate
1993
ICOM Simulations
Turbo Technologies Inc.
TurboGrafx-CD

Camp California
1993
ICOM Simulations
Turbo Technologies Inc.
TurboGrafx-CD

Daffy Duck: The Marvin Missions
1993
ICOM Simulations
Sunsoft
SNES

Dracula Unleashed
19931019931024October 24, 1993 (NA)[15]
ICOM Simulations
Viacom New Media
PC

Bugs Bunny Rabbit Rampage
1994
Viacom New Media
Sunsoft
SNES

Nickelodeon GUTS
1994
Viacom New Media
Viacom New Media
SNES

MTV: Club Dead
1994
Viacom New Media
Viacom New Media
Macintosh, PC

Rocko's Modern Life: Spunky's Dangerous Day
1994
Viacom New Media
Viacom New Media
SNES

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Déjà Vu is a point-and-click adventure game set in the world of 1940s hard-boiled detective novels and movies . It was released in 1985 for Macintosh - the first in the MacVenture series - and later ported to several other systems , including the Amiga . Subsequent releases featured graphical features such as color .
Mindscape was a French ( previously American ) video game developer and publisher based in Boulogne-Billancourt . The company was founded by Roger Buoy in October 1983 in the Northbrook , Illinois , originally as part of SFN Companies until a management buyout was completed in 1987 . Mindscape went public in 1988 and was subsequently acquired in 1990 by The Software Toolworks , eyeing Mindscape 's Nintendo license . When Toolworks was acquired by Pearson plc in 1994 , Mindscape became the primary identity for the development group . Mindscape was then sold to The Learning Company in 1998 , and bought out by Jean-Pierre Nordman in 2001 . Following the poor performance of its products , Mindscape exited the video game industry in August 2011. Notable titles released by Mindscape include Déjà Vu , Balance of Power , Sub Mission : A Matter of Life and Death , and Lego Island .
The Macintosh ( mainly Mac since 1998 ) is a family of personal computers designed , manufactured , and sold by Apple Inc. since January 1984 . The original Macintosh is the first successful mass-market personal computer to have featured a graphical user interface , built-in screen , and mouse . Apple sold the Macintosh alongside its popular Apple II family of computers for almost ten years until the latter was discontinued in 1993 . Early Macintosh models were expensive , hindering competitiveness in a market dominated by the much cheaper Commodore 64 for consumers , as well as the IBM Personal Computer and its accompanying clone market for businesses . Although they were less expensive than the Xerox Alto and other computers with graphical user interfaces that predated the Mac . Macintosh systems were successful in education and desktop publishing , making Apple the second-largest PC manufacturer for the next decade . In the early 1990s , Apple introduced the Macintosh LC II and Color Classic which were price-competitive with Wintel machines at the time . However , the introduction of Windows 3.1 and Intel 's Pentium processor which beat the Motorola 68040 in most benchmarks , gradually took market share from Apple , and by the end of 1994 Apple was relegated to third place as Compaq became the top PC manufacturer . Even after the transition to the superior PowerPC-based Power Macintosh line in the mid-1990s , the falling prices of commodity PC components , poor inventory management with the Macintosh Performa , and the release of Windows 95 contributed to some decline of the Macintosh user base . Upon his return , Steve Jobs led Apple to consolidate the complex line of nearly twenty Macintosh models in mid-1997 ( including models made for specific regions ) down to four in mid-1999 : the Power Macintosh G3 , iMac , 14.1 PowerBook G3 , and 12 iBook . All four products were critically and commercially successful due to their high performance , competitive prices and aesthetic designs , and helped return Apple to profitability . Around this time , Apple phased out the Macintosh name in favor of Mac , a nickname that had been in common use since the development of the first model .
The Commodore 64 , also known as the C64 or the CBM 64 , is an 8-bit home computer introduced in January 1982 by Commodore International ( first shown at the Consumer Electronics Show , in Las Vegas , January 7-10 , 1982 ) . It has been listed in the Guinness World Records as the highest-selling single computer model of all time , with independent estimates placing the number sold between 10 and 17 million units . Volume production started in early 1982 , marketing in August for US $ 595 ( equivalent to $ 1,576 in 2019 ) . Preceded by the Commodore VIC-20 and Commodore PET , the C64 took its name from its 64 kilobytes ( 65,536 bytes ) of RAM . With support for multicolor sprites and a custom chip for waveform generation , the C64 could create superior visuals and audio compared to systems without such custom hardware . The C64 dominated the low-end computer market for most of the 1980s . For a substantial period ( 1983-1986 ) , the C64 had between 30% and 40% share of the US market and two million units sold per year , outselling IBM PC compatibles , Apple computers , and the Atari 8-bit family of computers . Sam Tramiel , a later Atari president and the son of Commodore 's founder , said in a 1989 interview , When I was at Commodore we were building 400,000 C64s a month for a couple of years . In the UK market , the C64 faced competition from the BBC Micro and the ZX Spectrum , but the C64 was still one of the two most popular computers in the UK . Part of the Commodore 64 's success was its sale in regular retail stores instead of only electronics or computer hobbyist specialty stores . Commodore produced many of its parts in-house to control costs , including custom integrated circuit chips from MOS Technology . It has been compared to the Ford Model T automobile for its role in bringing a new technology to middle-class households via creative and affordable mass-production .
Uninvited is a horror-themed point-and-click adventure game developed originally for the Macintosh by ICOM Simulations released in 1986 by Mindscape . The game uses the MacVenture engine that was introduced in ICOM 's prior game , Deja Vu : a Nightmare Comes True .
Shadowgate is a black-and-white 1987 point-and-click adventure video game originally for the Apple Macintosh in the MacVenture series . The game is named for its setting , Castle Shadowgate , residence of the evil Warlock Lord . The player , as the last of a great line of hero-kings is charged with the task of saving the world by defeating the Warlock Lord , who is attempting to summon up the demon Behemoth out of Hell . Later that year , a color version of the game was released for the Atari ST , and in 1989 for the Nintendo Entertainment System .
Deja Vu II : Lost in Las Vegas is a point-and-click adventure game , the sequel to Deja Vu : a Nightmare Comes True , set in the world of 1940s hard-boiled detective novels and movies . It was the last game made in the MacVenture series . An NES version was advertised in an issue of Nintendo Power , but the game was cancelled mid-development , possibly due to the game being released after the NES 's lifespan . However , the game was released for the Game Boy Color as part of Deja Vu I & II : The Casebooks of Ace Harding . Like its prequel , censorships had to be made , like replacing the game over screen depicting the Grim Reaper with a gun with a gravestone .
The Addams Family is a platform game based on the 1991 movie of the same name released by Ocean Software in 1993 . The game was released for the Sega Master System , TurboGrafx-16 , Sega Genesis , Super Nintendo Entertainment System , Amiga and Atari ST . Ocean released several other versions of the game for other platforms , featuring different levels and gameplay . One version was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System and Sega Game Gear , with the latter ported by Acclaim Entertainment . A third title was developed for the Game Boy , and a fourth was produced for the Amstrad CPC , Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum home computers . In all versions , players control Gomez Addams as he attempts to rescue other members of the Addams family .
NEC Corporation ( 日本電気株式会社 , Nippon Denki Kabushiki-gaisha ) is a Japanese multinational information technology and electronics company , headquartered in Minato , Tokyo . The company was known as the Nippon Electric Company , Limited , before rebranding in 1983 as NEC . It provides IT and network solutions to business enterprises , communications services providers and to government agencies , and has also been the biggest PC vendor in Japan since the 1980s with the PC-8000 series . NEC was the world 's fourth largest PC manufacturer by 1990 . Its semiconductors business unit was the world 's largest semiconductor company from 1985 to 1992 , the second largest in 1995 , one of the top three in 2000 , and one of the top 10 in 2006 . NEC has spun off its semiconductor business to Renesas Electronics and Elpida Memory . NEC was # 463 on the 2017 Fortune 500 list . NEC is a member of the Sumitomo Group .
The TurboGrafx-16 , known in Japan and France as the PC Engine , is a cartridge-based home video game console manufactured and marketed by NEC Home Electronics , and designed by Hudson Soft . It was released in Japan on October 30 , 1987 and in the United States on August 29 , 1989 . The Japanese model was imported and distributed in France in 1989 and United Kingdom and Spain received a version based on the American model known as simply TurboGrafx . It was the first console released in the 16-bit era , although it used a modified 8-bit CPU . In Japan , the system was launched as a competitor to the Famicom but the delayed United States release meant that it ended up competing with the Sega Genesis and later on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System . The TurboGrafx-16 has an 8-bit CPU , a 16-bit video color encoder , and a 16-bit video display controller . The GPUs are capable of displaying 482 colors simultaneously , out of 512 . With dimensions of just 14 cm × 14 cm × 3.8 cm ( 5.5 in × 5.5 in × 1.5 in ) , the Japanese PC Engine is the smallest major home game console ever made . Games were released on HuCard cartridges or later the CD-ROM optical format with the TurboGrafx-CD add-on . The TurboGrafx-16 failed to break into the North American market and sold poorly , which has been blamed on the delayed release and inferior marketing . Despite the 16 in its name and the marketing of the console as a 16-bit platform , it used an 8-bit CPU , a marketing tactic that was criticized by some as deceptive . Developer Doug Snook of ICOM Simulations said the team struggled with the relative low performance of the CPU .
Sherlock Holmes : Consulting Detective is a full motion video game based on a tabletop game-gamebook hybrid which had the same name . It was originally developed by ICOM Simulations for the FM Towns computer and later ported to DOS , Apple Macintosh , Commodore CDTV , TurboGrafx-CD , Sega CD and Tandy Video Information System with all versions being distributed on CD-ROM . The game was re-released as a DVD for use with a standard DVD player and television in 1999 . A high resolution and re-mastered version of the game for iPad , Microsoft Windows , and OS X was released on September 18 , 2012 .
A personal computer ( PC ) is a multi-purpose computer whose size , capabilities , and price make it feasible for individual use . Personal computers are intended to be operated directly by an end user , rather than by a computer expert or technician . Unlike large costly minicomputers and mainframes , time-sharing by many people at the same time is not used with personal computers . Institutional or corporate computer owners in the 1960s had to write their own programs to do any useful work with the machines . While personal computer users may develop their own applications , usually these systems run commercial software , free-of-charge software ( freeware ) , which is most often proprietary , or free and open-source software , which is provided in ready-to-run , or binary , form . Software for personal computers is typically developed and distributed independently from the hardware or operating system manufacturers . Many personal computer users no longer need to write their own programs to make any use of a personal computer , although end-user programming is still feasible . This contrasts with mobile systems , where software is often only available through a manufacturer-supported channel , and end-user program development may be discouraged by lack of support by the manufacturer . Since the early 1990s , Microsoft operating systems and Intel hardware dominated much of the personal computer market , first with MS-DOS and then with Microsoft Windows . Alternatives to Microsoft 's Windows operating systems occupy a minority share of the industry . These include Apple 's macOS and free and open-source Unix-like operating systems . The advent of personal computers and the concurrent Digital Revolution have significantly affected the lives of people in all countries .
Sherlock Holmes : Consulting Detective Vol . II is the title of a full motion video computer game released for the Mega-CD , TurboGrafx-CD , and DOS . The game is a sequel to Sherlock Holmes : Consulting Detective and was released in 1992 .
Road Runner 's Death Valley Rally ( known in Japan as Looney Tunes : Road Runner vs. Wile E. Coyote and in Europe as Looney Tunes : Road Runner ) [ citation needed ] is a 1992 video game developed by ICOM Simulations and published by Sunsoft for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System . It is based on the Looney Tunes characters Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner .
Sunsoft ( サンソフト , Sansofuto ) , stylized as SUNSOFT , is a Japanese video game developer and publisher . Sunsoft in itself is not a company , but instead the brand name of Japanese electronic manufacturer Sun Corporation for its video games operations . Its U.S. subsidiary operated under the name Sun Corporation of America , though , as in Japan , games published there showed a logo that read only Sunsoft .
The Super Nintendo Entertainment System ( SNES ) , [ b ] also known as the Super NES [ c ] or Super Nintendo , [ d ] is a 16-bit home video game console developed by Nintendo that was released in 1990 in Japan and South Korea , [ citation needed ] 1991 in North America , 1992 in Europe and Australasia ( Oceania ) , and 1993 in South America . In Japan , the system is called the Super Famicom ( SFC ) . [ e ] In South Korea , it is known as the Super Comboy [ f ] and was distributed by Hyundai Electronics . The system was released in Brazil on August 30 , 1993 , by Playtronic . Although each version is essentially the same , several forms of regional lockout prevent the different cartridges from being compatible with one another . The SNES is Nintendo 's second programmable home console , following the Nintendo Entertainment System ( NES ) . The console introduced advanced graphics and sound capabilities compared with other systems at the time . The system was designed to accommodate the ongoing development of a variety of enhancement chips integrated in game cartridges to be competitive into the next generation . The SNES was a global success , becoming the best-selling console of the 16-bit era after launching relatively late and facing intense competition from Sega 's Genesis console in North America and Europe . Overlapping the NES 's 61.9 million unit sales , the SNES remained popular well into the 32-bit era , with 49.1 million units sold worldwide by the time it was discontinued in 2003 . It continues to be popular among collectors and retro gamers , with new homebrew games and Nintendo 's emulated rereleases , such as on the Virtual Console , the Super NES Classic Edition , and Nintendo Switch Online .
Sherlock Holmes : Consulting Detective Vol . III is the title of a full motion video computer game released for DOS and Mac OS . The game is a sequel to Sherlock Holmes : Consulting Detective Vol . II and was released in 1993 .
Beyond Shadowgate is a TurboGrafx CD sequel to the 1987 Mac and MacVenture game Shadowgate . Unlike its predecessor , Beyond Shadowgate is a classical point-and-click adventure viewed from a platform perspective . A 14 by 19 inch poster by veteran role-playing game artist Jim Holloway , who also created the game 's opening and closing animation sequences , was folded inside the jewel case for the game .
Daffy Duck : The Marvin Missions is an action video game for the Super NES . A different Game Boy game was released with the same title in North America , with the European Game Boy version known as Daffy Duck , and the Japanese Game Boy version is known as Looney Tunes Series : Daffy Duck ( ルーニー・テューンズシリーズ ダフィー・ダック ) . The game involves Duck Dodgers in the 24th and a ½ Century , as told in the classic Looney Tunes stories created by Chuck Jones . When he is hit , Duck Dodgers says some of Daffy Duck 's lines from 1950s cartoons like Mother , Duck Dodgers ! and Ho-hoo ! , voiced by voice actor Greg Burson .
Dracula Unleashed is a 1993 video game created by ICOM Simulations and published by Viacom New Media for the Sega CD , Apple Macintosh and DOS platforms . It was one of the earliest titles to make heavy use of full-motion video as an integral part of the gameplay . Other contemporary titles utilizing full-motion video include Night Trap , Sewer Shark and Sherlock Holmes : Consulting Detective .
The second incarnation of Viacom Inc. ( /ˈvaɪəkɒm/ VY-ə-kom or /ˈviːəkɒm/ VEE-ə-kom ) , was an American multinational mass media conglomerate with interests primarily in film and television , which was formed as a spin-off of the first Viacom on December 31 , 2005 . It was one of two companies which succeeded the first Viacom , alongside CBS Corporation ; both were owned by National Amusements , a theater company controlled by businessman Sumner Redstone . The spin-off was structured so that CBS Corporation would be the legal successor to the first Viacom , with the second Viacom being an entirely separated company . The second Viacom comprised Viacom Media Networks and Paramount Pictures , through which it operated approximately 170 networks and reached approximately 700 million subscribers in approximately 160 countries and growing . CBS Corporation retained the over-the-air broadcasting , television production , pay television subscription service , and publishing assets , which were previously owned by the first Viacom . The second Viacom was the world 's ninth-largest media company in terms of revenue , and headquartered at One Astor Plaza in Midtown Manhattan , New York City . The second merger between Viacom and CBS Corporation , creating the combined company ViacomCBS , was announced on August 13 , 2019 ; the merger was completed on December 4 , 2019 .
Bugs Bunny Rabbit Rampage [ a ] is an action video game developed by Viacom New Media ( a then-sister company to Nickelodeon , who had broadcast Looney Tunes cartoons at the time of the game 's release ) and published by Sunsoft released exclusively for the SNES in 1994 . The player controls Bugs Bunny as he fights traditional Looney Tunes villains in order to confront the main villain of the story , animator Daffy Duck . The game 's title is derived from the 1955 animated short Rabbit Rampage , which follows a similar plot of Bugs at the mercy of an antagonistic animator , revealed to be Elmer Fudd . The characters in the game were voiced by Greg Burson .
Nickelodeon Guts ( stylized as Nickelodeon GUTS ) is an American television action sports competition series hosted by American actor/writer Mike O'Malley and officiated by English actress Moira Mo Quirk . The series originally ran from 1992 to 1995 on Nickelodeon . Each episode features three young athletes competing against each other in four extreme versions of athletic events culminating in a fifth and final round which set the three competitors on a race up an artificial mountain to decide the victor .
Rocko 's Modern Life : Spunky 's Dangerous Day is a Super Nintendo Entertainment System video game released in the United States on April 1 , 1994 and in 1997 in Canada , and is based on Joe Murray 's Rocko 's Modern Life television series on Nickelodeon . It was developed by Viacom New Media .