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| 61 :04x01 - Gran Turismo (Feb/03/2005) | | Named after the legendary European endurance races, Gran Turismo, has dominated the racing game genre. With real-world type racing, it has become one of the big names in the racing genre. Icons looks at the creation and future of the game that changed racing games forever. | | Guest Stars: Geoff Keighley as Himself | |
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| 62 :04x02 - Splinter Cell (Mar/03/2005) | | Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell has quickly become one of the most-adored and applauded stealth action franchises on the market today. Icons looks back at the previous two releases of the series and looks at the creation of the next adventure of Sam Fisher, Chaos Theory. | |
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| 64 :04x04 - Tim Schafer (Apr/28/2005) | | Icons spends a week, a frantic week, with video game designer Tim Schafer. Unfortunately, this week is the final week before the deadline of his new game Psychonauts is to be finalized. Icons looks at Schafer's past achievements, his three year hiatus, and the behind the scenes footage of finalizing a game before dead line. | |
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| 65 :04x05 - Star Wars (May/12/2005) | | It's a franchise that has become ingrained in the minds of people throughout the world and is considered the one of the best series of Science Fiction movies ever. Yet despite the popularity of the films, they have had a hard time translating into the world of video games. Icons looks at the history of the Star Wars video game franchise to see it's few successes and many failures. | |
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| 66 :04x06 - Ralph Baer (Jun/09/2005) | | He's been considered the father of video games, although he hasn't always been given the credit he deserves. Icons follows Ralph Baer through his childhood fleeing from Nazi Germany to his work on creating the tools that would go on to become a multi-million dollar industry. | |
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| 67 :04x07 - PlayStation (Sep/08/2005) | | The world of video games is more harsh than gamers know. Fueled by a betryal from former partner Nintendo, Sony went on their own to create a video game system that would challenge the big two video game companies of the time. Icons looks at the controverisal history and successful rise of the Playstation. | |
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| 68 :04x08 - George A. Romero (Oct/31/2005) | | He's considered the father of the modern horror film genre. With his creation of Night of the Living Dead, George A. Romero firmly placed his name in horror history as the one who pushed the limits a little too far for some. Now after a long hiatus, he returns to the world that made him famous in Land of the Dead. Today, Icons looks at the history of George A. Romero and his creation of the zombie genre. | | Guest Stars: Simon Pegg as Himself, Chris Gore as Himself, Quentin Tarantino as Himself, George A. Romero as Himself | |
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| 69 :04x09 - NES (Dec/01/2005) | | It's the "other" game system that brought happiness to millions of children, and it was the one that made plumbers popular. Icons looks at the video game console that brought interest back to home gaming: The Nintendo Entertainment System. | |
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| 70 :04x10 - Xbox 360 (Dec/04/2005) | | It's the next generation of gaming, and Microsoft is getting a huge head start. With the release of the new console, Icons takes a look back at Microsoft's first venture into the video game console market and at the making of the Xbox 360. | |
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| Ultimate Spider-Man (Sep/22/2005) | | In comics, it is not uncommon for the system to "reset" itself having all that you know about a character to change into something different. Marvel has done it once again with it's "alternative universe" Ultimate titles. And the first comic to get it's own game is your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man. Game Makers leads you through the creation and development of Marvel's first Ultimate-related game. | |
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