“You’ve played the games, now it’s time to see the people, hear the stories, and meet the Icons.” – G4 Demo Reel<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Out of all the shows from the launch of G4, the TechTV shows brought over in the merger, or the post-merger and last five to seven years of the channel; Icons was arguably the greatest show G4 had ever produced. The show was a docu-series focusing on iconic games or personalities hence the name “Icons”. Like all the shows I talk about in this “Remembering G4” series, Icons was a G4 launch series. I first saw the show during the mid-2000s and later on in that decade and being utterly mesmerized by it. It really felt like you were watching a 20+ minute long honest documentary on Pac-Man<\/em>, Richard Garriot, or in my case: the tragic story of the SEGA Dreamcast. I have memories of staying home from school in 2007 and watching whatever rerun G4 was showing that day. It eventually got to the point where I received a Dreamcast for Christmas a year or two later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n