Icons (TV series)

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GenreDocumentary
Narrated byJake Steele
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons5
No. of episodes88
Production
Executive producersJacqueline Bender
Susie Lewis
Peter Green
Jim Downs
Wade Beckett
ProducersTom Myers
Charmaine Murillo
Running time20-22 minutes
Original release
Network G4
ReleaseMay 1, 2002 (2002-05-01) –
March 4, 2007 (2007-03-04)

Icons is an American documentary TV show that aired on G4 from May 1, 2002, to March 4, 2007. It originally focused on significant people, companies, products, history, and milestones in the world of video games.

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On May 10, 2006, it was announced that Icons was relaunching on June 3 with an episode focusing on J. J. Abrams. [1] The relaunch was an attempt to feature a broader scope on things and people that "men 18–34 care about, admire and emulate." Recent episodes about George A. Romero, Frank Miller and the history of the King Kong franchise had aired prior to the announcement. The final season focused on pop culture subjects such as Marc Ecko, The Onion , and Family Guy . The classic video game themed episodes continued to air on the network sporadically until 2009, under the new name of Game Makers, unrelated to the G4 series of the same name.

Episodes

Season 1

#TitleProduction CodeContentU.S. air dateRef.
1"Oddworld"101 Oddworld Inhabitants May 1, 2002 [2]
2"Nolan Bushnell"102 Nolan Bushnell May 1, 2002 [3]
3"Pac-Man"103 Pac-Man May 6, 2002 [4]
4"Lara Croft"104 Lara Croft May 19, 2002 [5]
5"Activision"105 Activision June 9, 2002 [6]
6"Miyamoto"106 Shigeru Miyamoto June 16, 2002 [7]
7"EverQuest"107 EverQuest July 7, 2002 [8]
8"Bioware"108 BioWare July 28, 2002 [9]
9"Will Wright"109 Will Wright August 18, 2002 [10]
10"Women in Gaming"110 women video game company CEOs September 1, 2002 [11]
11"Insomniac Games"111 Insomniac Games September 22, 2002 [12]
12"Sid Meier"112 Sid Meier October 6, 2002 [13]
13"Scary Games"113 horror games October 27, 2002 [14]
14"Richard Garriott"114 Richard Garriott November 10, 2002 [15]
15"Bruce Shelley"115 Bruce Shelley November 24, 2002 [16]
16"John Madden NFL Football"116 Madden NFL December 15, 2002 [17]
17"Splinter Cell"117 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell December 18, 2002 [18]
18"Lord of the Rings"118 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Vivendi Universal)December 23, 2002 [19]

Season 2

#TitleProduction CodeContentU.S. air dateRef.
1"Atari"201 Atari January 19, 2003 [20]
2"Game Music"202 video game musicians February 2, 2003 [21]
3"Unreal"203 Unreal February 16, 2003 [22]
4"Yu Suzuki"204 Yu Suzuki March 2, 2003 [23]
5"Intellivision"205 Intellivision March 23, 2003 [24]
6"The Legend of Zelda"206 The Legend of Zelda seriesMarch 27, 2003 [25]
7"Xbox"207 Xbox April 10, 2003 [26]
8"Arcade"208 Video arcades April 28, 2003 [27]
9"The History of E3"209 History of E3 May 22, 2003 [28]
10"LucasArts"210 LucasArts June 5, 2003 [29]
11"Red Storm"211 Red Storm Entertainment June 12, 2003 [30]
12"Warren Spector"212 Warren Spector June 19, 2003 [31]
13"PC Gaming"213 Personal computer gaming July 10, 2003 [32]
14"The Crash"214 Video game crash of 1983 July 24, 2003 [33]
15"Games in the Military"215 Military simulation August 7, 2003 [34]
16"Naughty Dog"216 Naughty Dog September 25, 2003 [35]
17"Mario"217 Mario August 21, 2003 [36]
18"Onimusha"218 Onimusha Halloween '03October 16, 2003 [37]
19"Mega Man"219 Mega Man seriesNovember 20, 2003 [38]
20"Yuji Naka"220 Yuji Naka December 11, 2003 [39]
21"Final Fantasy"221 Final Fantasy January 15, 2004 [40]
22"Dungeons and Dragons"222 Dungeons & Dragons January 29, 2004 [41]

Season 3

#TitleProduction CodeContentU.S. air dateRef.
1"Music Games"301 Music games February 12, 2004 [42]
2"Dreamcast"302 Dreamcast March 11, 2004 [43]
3"ESRB"303 ESRB March 25, 2004 [44]
4"Peter Molyneux"304 Peter Molyneux April 8, 2004 [45]
5"Tetris"305 Tetris April 22, 2004 [46]
6"Electronic Arts"306 Electronic Arts May 6, 2004 [47]
7"Game Boy"307 Game Boy June 10, 2004 [48]
8"Donkey Kong"308 Donkey Kong June 24, 2004 [49]
9"Nobuo Uematsu"309 Nobuo Uematsu July 8, 2004 [50]
10"The DOOM Franchise"310 Doom July 22, 2004 [51]
11"Dead or Alive"311 Dead or Alive August 5, 2004 [52]
12"SNK"312 SNK August 19, 2004 [53]
13"Mortal Kombat"313 Mortal Kombat September 2, 2004 [54]
14"Prince of Persia"314 Prince of Persia September 30, 2004 [55]
15"Mark Cuban"315 Mark Cuban October 14, 2004 [56]
16"Metal Gear Solid"316 Metal Gear seriesOctober 28, 2004 [57]
17"Half-Life"317 Half-Life November 16, 2004 [58]
18"Bungie"318 Bungie December 9, 2004 [59]
19"Apple II"319 Apple II January 6, 2005 [60]
20"Fighting Games"320 fighting games January 20, 2005 [61]

Season 4

#TitleProduction CodeContentU.S. air dateRef.
1"Gran Turismo"5001 Gran Turismo February 3, 2005 [62]
2"Splinter Cell"5002Splinter CellMarch 3, 2005 [63]
3"Frank Miller"5003 Frank Miller March 31, 2005 [64]
4"Tim Schafer"5004 Tim Schafer April 28, 2005 [65]
5"Star Wars Games"5005 Star Wars video games May 12, 2005 [66]
6"Ralph Baer"5006 Ralph Baer June 9, 2005 [67]
7"PlayStation"5007 PlayStation September 8, 2005 [68]
8"George A. Romero"5008 George A. Romero October 31, 2005 [69]
9"Xbox 360"5009 Xbox 360 December 4, 2005 [70]
10"NES"5010 Nintendo Entertainment System December 1, 2005 [71]
11"King Kong"5011 King Kong December 12, 2005 [72]

Season 5

#Title [73] Production Code [73] ContentU.S. air dateRef.
1"ICONS: J. J. Abrams"6001 J. J. Abrams June 3, 2006 [74]
2"ICONS: Suicide Girls"6002 SuicideGirls June 10, 2006
July 1, 2006 (uncut version)		 [75] [76]
3"ICONS: Marc Ecko"6003 Marc Ecko June 17, 2006 [77]
4"ICONS: Michelle Rodriguez"6004 Michelle Rodríguez June 24, 2006 [78]
5"ICONS: Kevin Smith"6005 Kevin Smith July 15, 2006 [79]
6"ICONS: Jamie Kennedy"6006 Jamie Kennedy July 22, 2006 [80]
7"ICONS: Shepard Fairey"6007 Shepard Fairey August 12, 2006 [81]
8"ICONS: Seth Green"6008 Seth Green August 19, 2006 [82]
9"ICONS: Lollapalooza"6009 Lollapalooza August 26, 2006 [83]
10"ICONS: The Onion"6010 The Onion September 2, 2006 [84]
11"ICONS: British Music Invasion"6011 British rock (focus on indie bands
Oceansize and Nine Black Alps)		September 24, 2006 [85]
12"ICONS: Chuck 'The Ice Man' Liddell"6012 Chuck Liddell December 17, 2006 [86]
13"ICONS: Sacha Baron Cohen"6013 Sacha Baron Cohen November 3, 2006 [87]
14"ICONS: Tom 'Tsquared' Taylor"6014 Tsquared December 10, 2006 [88]
15"ICONS: Tony 'Mad Dog' Alva"6015 Tony Alva December 24, 2006 [89]
16"ICONS: Frank Miller"6017 Frank Miller March 4, 2007 [90]

Specially released episodes

At least six of these episodes were put onto versions of the games they were about.

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