Icons (TV series)

Icons was a 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.

Icons
Icons logo
GenreDocumentary
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons5
No. of episodes88
Production
Running time30 minutes
Release
Original networkG4
Original releaseMay 1, 2002 (2002-05-01) –
March 4, 2007 (2007-03-04)

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 2008, under the new name of Game Makers, unrelated to the G4 series of the same name.

Episodes

Season one
# Title Production Code Content U.S. air date Ref.
1"Oddworld"101Oddworld InhabitantsMay 1, 2002[2]
2"Nolan Bushnell"102Nolan BushnellMay 1, 2002[3]
3"Pac-Man"103Pac-ManMay 6, 2002[4]
4"Lara Croft"104Lara CroftMay 19, 2002[5]
5"Activision"105ActivisionJune 9, 2002[6]
6"Miyamoto"106Shigeru MiyamotoJune 16, 2002[7]
7"EverQuest"107EverQuestJuly 7, 2002[8]
8"Bioware"108BioWareJuly 28, 2002[9]
9"Will Wright"109Will WrightAugust 18, 2002[10]
10"Women in Gaming"110women video game company CEOsSeptember 1, 2002[11]
11"Insomniac Games"111Insomniac GamesSeptember 22, 2002[12]
12"Sid Meier"112Sid MeierOctober 6, 2002[13]
13"Scary Games"113horror gamesOctober 27, 2002[14]
14"Richard Garriott"114Richard GarriottNovember 10, 2002[15]
15"Bruce Shelley"115Bruce ShelleyNovember 24, 2002[16]
16"John Madden NFL Football"116Madden NFLDecember 15, 2002[17]
17"Splinter Cell"117Tom Clancy's Splinter CellDecember 18, 2002[18]
18"Lord of the Rings"118The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Vivendi Universal)December 23, 2002[19]

Season two
# Title Production Code Content U.S. air date Ref.
1"Atari"201AtariJanuary 19, 2003[20]
2"Game Music"202video game musiciansFebruary 2, 2003[21]
3"Unreal"203UnrealFebruary 16, 2003[22]
4"Yu Suzuki"204Yu SuzukiMarch 2, 2003[23]
5"Intellivision"205IntellivisionMarch 23, 2003[24]
6"The Legend of Zelda"206The Legend of Zelda seriesMarch 27, 2003[25]
7"Xbox"207XboxApril 10, 2003[26]
8"Arcade"208Video arcadesApril 28, 2003[27]
9"The History of E3"209History of E3May 22, 2003[28]
10"LucasArts"210LucasArtsJune 5, 2003[29]
11"Red Storm"211Red Storm EntertainmentJune 12, 2003[30]
12"Warren Spector"212Warren SpectorJune 19, 2003[31]
13"PC Gaming"213Personal computer gamingJuly 10, 2003[32]
14"The Crash"214Video game crash of 1983July 24, 2003[33]
15"Games in the Military"215Military simulationAugust 7, 2003[34]
16"Naughty Dog"216Naughty DogSeptember 25, 2003[35]
17"Mario"217MarioAugust 21, 2003[36]
18"Onimusha"218Onimusha Halloween '03October 16, 2003[37]
19"Mega Man"219Mega Man seriesNovember 20, 2003[38]
20"Yuji Naka"220Yuji NakaDecember 11, 2003[39]
21"Final Fantasy"221Final FantasyJanuary 15, 2004[40]
22"Dungeons and Dragons"222Dungeons & DragonsJanuary 29, 2004[41]

Season three
# Title Production Code Content U.S. air date Ref.
1"Music Games"301Music gamesFebruary 12, 2004[42]
2"Dreamcast"302DreamcastMarch 11, 2004[43]
3"ESRB"303ESRBMarch 25, 2004[44]
4"Peter Molyneux"304Peter MolyneuxApril 8, 2004[45]
5"Tetris"305TetrisApril 22, 2004[46]
6"Electronic Arts"306Electronic ArtsMay 6, 2004[47]
7"Game Boy"307Game BoyJune 10, 2004[48]
8"Donkey Kong"308Donkey KongJune 24, 2004[49]
9"Nobuo Uematsu"309Nobuo UematsuJuly 8, 2004[50]
10"The DOOM Franchise"310DoomJuly 22, 2004[51]
11"Dead or Alive"311Dead or AliveAugust 5, 2004[52]
12"SNK"312SNKAugust 19, 2004[53]
13"Mortal Kombat"313Mortal KombatSeptember 2, 2004[54]
14"Prince of Persia"314Prince of PersiaSeptember 30, 2004[55]
15"Mark Cuban"315Mark CubanOctober 14, 2004[56]
16"Metal Gear Solid"316Metal Gear seriesOctober 28, 2004[57]
17"Half-Life"317Half-LifeNovember 16, 2004[58]
18"Bungie"318BungieDecember 9, 2004[59]
19"Apple II"319Apple IIJanuary 6, 2005[60]
20"Fighting Games"320fighting gamesJanuary 20, 2005[61]

Season four
# Title Production Code Content U.S. air date Ref.
1"Gran Turismo"5001Gran TurismoFebruary 3, 2005[62]
2"Splinter Cell"5002Splinter CellMarch 3, 2005[63]
3"Frank Miller"5003Frank MillerMarch 31, 2005[64]
4"5004"5004Tim SchaferApril 28, 2005[65]
5"Star Wars Games"5005Star Wars video gamesMay 12, 2005[66]
6"Ralph Baer"5006Ralph BaerJune 9, 2005[67]
7"PlayStation"5007PlayStationSeptember 8, 2005[68]
8"George A. Romero"5008George A. RomeroOctober 31, 2005[69]
9"Xbox 360"5009Xbox 360December 4, 2005[70]
10"NES"5010Nintendo Entertainment SystemDecember 1, 2005[71]
11"King Kong"5011King KongDecember 12, 2005[72]

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

Specially released episodes

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

  • Episode 112, "Sid Meier,"was put in the game of the year edition of Civilization IV.
  • Episode 116, "John Madden NFL Football," was featured as part of the Madden 2005: Collector's Edition for PlayStation 2.
  • Episode 117, "Splinter Cell," was featured on the Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory collectors disc for the PlayStation 2.
  • Episode 219, "Mega Man," was featured on the Nintendo GameCube and Xbox versions of Mega Man Anniversary Collection (Though some of the content featured in the original episode that was unrelated to Mega Man or Capcom was removed).
  • Episode 310, "The DOOM Franchise," was featured on the Doom 3 Collector's Edition for Xbox
  • Episode 311, "Dead or Alive", was included as an unlockable movie in Dead or Alive Ultimate.

References
  1. "G4's ICONS Relaunches June 3 With New Focus: The Emperors of Cool". G4. PR Newswire. May 9, 2006.
  2. "Oddworld; L. Lanning". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on February 19, 2005.
  3. "Nolan Bushnell". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on February 25, 2015.
  4. "Pac-Man". G4TV.cpm. Archived from the original on February 25, 2015.
  5. "Lara Croft". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on February 25, 2015.
  6. "Activision". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on January 3, 2006.
  7. "Miyamoto". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on December 29, 2005.
  8. "EverQuest". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on February 25, 2015.
  9. "Bioware". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on October 20, 2006.
  10. "Will Wright". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on December 1, 2005.
  11. "Women in Gaming". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on October 20, 2006.
  12. "Insomniac Games". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on December 3, 2014.
  13. "Sid Meier". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on October 20, 2006.
  14. "Scary Games". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on April 6, 2005.
  15. "Richard Garriott". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on April 6, 2005.
  16. "Bruce Shelley". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on October 20, 2006.
  17. "John Madden NFL Football". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on October 13, 2005.
  18. "Splinter Cell". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on November 18, 2005.
  19. "Lord of the Rings". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on October 20, 2006.
  20. "Atari". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on December 2, 2005.
  21. "Game Music". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on February 25, 2015.
  22. "Unreal". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on December 7, 2005.
  23. "Yu Suzuki". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on November 18, 2005.
  24. "Intellivision". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on October 20, 2006.
  25. "The Legend of Zelda". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on April 7, 2005.
  26. "Xbox". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on April 6, 2005.
  27. "Arcade". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on November 30, 2005.
  28. "The History of E3". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on December 5, 2004.
  29. "LucasArts". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on October 20, 2006.
  30. "Red Storm". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on April 6, 2005.
  31. "Warren Spector". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on April 6, 2005.
  32. "PC Gaming". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on April 6, 2005.
  33. "The Crash". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on August 31, 2005.
  34. "Games in the Military". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on April 6, 2005.
  35. "Naughty Dog". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on August 29, 2005.
  36. "Mario". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on August 31, 2005.
  37. "Onimusha Halloween". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on December 2, 2005.
  38. "Mega Man". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on April 6, 2005.
  39. "Yuji Naka". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on April 6, 2005.
  40. "Final Fantasy". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on April 6, 2005.
  41. "Dungeons and Dragons". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on April 6, 2005.
  42. "Music Games". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on April 6, 2005.
  43. "Sega Dreamcast". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on July 30, 2007.
  44. "ESRB". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on April 6, 2005.
  45. "Peter Molyneux". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on April 6, 2005.
  46. "Tetros". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on March 11, 2005.
  47. "Electronic Arts". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on March 6, 2005.
  48. "Game Boy". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on March 6, 2005.
  49. "Donkey Kong". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on March 6, 2005.
  50. "Nobuo Uematsu". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on March 6, 2005.
  51. "The Doom Franchise". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on March 6, 2005.
  52. "Dead or Alive". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on March 6, 2005.
  53. "SNK". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on December 24, 2005.
  54. "Mortal Kombat". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on March 6, 2005.
  55. "Prince of Persia". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on March 6, 2005.
  56. "Mark Cuban". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on March 7, 2005.
  57. "Metal Gear Solid". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on March 6, 2005.
  58. "Half-Life". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on March 6, 2005.
  59. "Bungie". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on March 6, 2005.
  60. "Apple II". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on March 6, 2005.
  61. "Fighting Games". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on March 6, 2005.
  62. "Gran Turismo". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on March 7, 2005.
  63. "Splinter Cell". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on March 6, 2005.
  64. "Frank Miller". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on December 24, 2005.
  65. "Tim Schafer". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on November 8, 2005.
  66. "Star Wars Games". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on January 3, 2006.
  67. "Ralph Baer". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on December 21, 2005.
  68. "PlayStation". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on January 3, 2006.
  69. "George A. Romero". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on February 25, 2015.
  70. "Xbox 360". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on January 3, 2006.
  71. "NES". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on January 16, 2006.
  72. "King Kong". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on January 3, 2006.
  73. Icons Episode Guide. G4. Retrieved December 4, 2008.
  74. "JJ Abrams". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on June 18, 2006.
  75. "Suicide Girls". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on December 1, 2008.
  76. "Suicide Girls Uncut". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on July 3, 2006.
  77. "Marc Ecko". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on June 18, 2006.
  78. "Michelle Rodriquez". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on July 10, 2006.
  79. "Kevin Smith". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on October 20, 2006.
  80. "Jamie Kennedy". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on October 16, 2006.
  81. "Shepard Fairey". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on October 20, 2006.
  82. "Seth Green". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on October 20, 2006.
  83. "Lollapalooza". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on October 20, 2006.
  84. "The Onion". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on October 20, 2006.
  85. "British Music Invasion". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on October 16, 2006.
  86. "Chuck 'The Ice Man' Liddell". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on February 25, 2015.
  87. "Sacha Baron Cohen". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on July 30, 2007.
  88. "Tom 'Tsquared' Taylor". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on March 21, 2007.
  89. "Tony 'Mad Dog' Alva". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on July 30, 2007.
  90. "Frank Miller". G4TV.com. Archived from the original on June 2, 2007.
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