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Original language(s)
  
English

No. of episodes
  
88

Original network
  
G4

Final episode date
  
4 March 2007

Language
  
English

8.5/10
IMDb

Country of origin
  
United States

No. of seasons
  
5

Running time
  
30 minutes

First episode date
  
1 May 2002

Genre
  
Television documentary

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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.

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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. 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.

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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

    Icons (TV series) Wikipedia