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Icons

NOTE: This page is set to be updated. Status
-Icons is in offseason, reruns air throughout the week.

About Icons

Icons Current Logo Icons is one of G4's original launch series and takes a documentary style look at gaming legends and the people behind them. Icons has detailed the histories of Pac-Man, Yuji Naka, EA, Apple, Peter Molyneux, Dreamcast and more. Adding to the documentary are contributors from around the gaming industry who have worked with or merely admired the Icons.

Current Hosts

Little is known about Icon's narrator, Jack Steele. G4's site lists that he lives in the underwater city of Atlantis. Icons also has regular contributions from Geoff Keighley and Epic Games' Cliffy B, as well as others related specifically to each episode's content.


History

Icons has been with G4 since the begining and has probably changed the least. It has consistantly released new episodes over the years and features more than fifty episodes to date. Below is the list of subjects Icons has covered.
Oddworld
Nolan Bushnell
Pac-Man
Tomb Raider
Activison
Shigeru Miyamoto
EverQuest
BioWare
Will Wright
Women in Gaming
Insomniac Games
Sid Meier
Scary Games
Richard Garriott
Bruce Shelley
Madden Football
Splinter Cell
Lord of the Rings
Atari
Music Makers
Unreal
Yu Suzuki
Intellivision
Zelda
Xbox
Arcades
E3
LucasArts
Red Storm
Warren Spector
PC Gaming
The Gaming Crash
Games in the Military
Naughty Dog
Mario
Onimusha
Mega Man
Yuji Naka
Final Fantasy
Dungeons and Dragons
Music Games
Dreamcast
ESRB
Peter Molyneux
Game Boy
Tetris
EA
Donkey Kong
Nobuo Uematsu
Doom
Dead or Alive
SNK
Mortal Kombat
Prince of Persia
Mark Cuban
Metal Gear
Half-Life
Bungie
Apple II
Fighting Games
Gran Turismo

Tidbits
-Icons has never been revamped or retooled visually or in content
-A shortened version of the DOA episode is included on "Dead or Alive Ultimate"