# Icons (TV series)

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.
On May 10, 2006, it was announced that Icons was relaunching on June 3 with an episode focusing on J. J. Abrams. 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

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

### Season 2

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

### Season 3

| # | Title | Production Code | Content | U.S. air date |
| 1 | "Music Games" | 301 | Music games | February 12, 2004 |
| 2 | "Dreamcast" | 302 | Dreamcast | March 11, 2004 |
| 3 | "ESRB" | 303 | ESRB | March 25, 2004 |
| 4 | "Peter Molyneux" | 304 | Peter Molyneux | April 8, 2004 |
| 5 | "Tetris" | 305 | Tetris | April 22, 2004 |
| 6 | "Electronic Arts" | 306 | Electronic Arts | May 6, 2004 |
| 7 | "Game Boy" | 307 | Game Boy | June 10, 2004 |
| 8 | "Donkey Kong" | 308 | Donkey Kong | June 24, 2004 |
| 9 | "Nobuo Uematsu" | 309 | Nobuo Uematsu | July 8, 2004 |
| 10 | "The DOOM Franchise" | 310 | Doom | July 22, 2004 |
| 11 | "Dead or Alive" | 311 | Dead or Alive | August 5, 2004 |
| 12 | "SNK" | 312 | SNK | August 19, 2004 |
| 13 | "Mortal Kombat" | 313 | Mortal Kombat | September 2, 2004 |
| 14 | "Prince of Persia" | 314 | Prince of Persia | September 30, 2004 |
| 15 | "Mark Cuban" | 315 | Mark Cuban | October 14, 2004 |
| 16 | "Metal Gear Solid" | 316 | Metal Gear series | October 28, 2004 |
| 17 | "Half-Life" | 317 | Half-Life | November 16, 2004 |
| 18 | "Bungie" | 318 | Bungie | December 9, 2004 |
| 19 | "Apple II" | 319 | Apple II | January 6, 2005 |
| 20 | "Fighting Games" | 320 | fighting games | January 20, 2005 |

### Season 4

| # | Title | Production Code | Content | U.S. air date |
| 1 | "Gran Turismo" | 5001 | Gran Turismo | February 3, 2005 |
| 2 | "Splinter Cell" | 5002 | Splinter Cell | March 3, 2005 |
| 3 | "Frank Miller" | 5003 | Frank Miller | March 31, 2005 |
| 4 | "Tim Schafer" | 5004 | Tim Schafer | April 28, 2005 |
| 5 | "Star Wars Games" | 5005 | Star Wars video games | May 12, 2005 |
| 6 | "Ralph Baer" | 5006 | Ralph Baer | June 9, 2005 |
| 7 | "PlayStation" | 5007 | PlayStation | September 8, 2005 |
| 8 | "George A. Romero" | 5008 | George A. Romero | October 31, 2005 |
| 9 | "Xbox 360" | 5009 | Xbox 360 | December 4, 2005 |
| 10 | "NES" | 5010 | Nintendo Entertainment System | December 1, 2005 |
| 11 | "King Kong" | 5011 | King Kong | December 12, 2005 |

### Season 5

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

## 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.