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 Ref. 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 Ref. 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 Ref. 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 Ref. 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 # TitleIcons Episode Guide . G4. Retrieved December 4, 2008. Production Code Content U.S. air date Ref. 1 "ICONS: J. J. Abrams" 6001 J. J. Abrams June 3, 2006 2 "ICONS: Suicide Girls" 6002 SuicideGirls June 10, 2006July 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.

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