Game Makers
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| Game Makers | |
|---|---|
| Country of origin |  United States |
| No. of episodes | 71 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 21-22 minutes (30 minutes w/commercials) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | G4TV |
| Original run | May 1, 2002 – December 12, 2005 |
Game Makers is a TV show on G4. The original series followed the process of game development, as a company attempts to finish a big new game in time for shipment. The "original" Game Makers did not air often, and when it did it was referred to as a "G4 Special Presentation" rather than a separate entity. The original Game Makers was cancelled and taken off air in early 2006. After the revamp of Icons in June 2006, the classic game based episodes of Icons began to air under the name Game Makers. The original series no longer airs, but a few re-runs aired in May 2006. Game Makers (episodes of the original Game Makers and original Icons) last aired December 1, 2006, on G4. Considering one new episode of the show on Madden 07 (essentially an original Game Makers episode) was aired in November. G4 reran Game Makers in December 2007 on Wednesdays, despite its air in the early mornings.
Contents |
[edit] Episodes from Game Makers (previously Icons episodes)
[edit] Season one
| # | Title[1] | Production Code[1] | Content |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Oddworld" | 101 | Oddworld Inhabitants |
| 2 | "Nolan Bushnell" | 102 | Nolan Bushnell |
| 3 | "Pac-Man" | 103 | Pac-Man |
| 4 | "Lara Croft" | 104 | Lara Croft |
| 5 | "Activision" | 105 | Activision |
| 6 | "Miyamoto" | 106 | Shigeru Miyamoto |
| 7 | "EverQuest" | 107 | EverQuest |
| 8 | "Bioware" | 108 | BioWare |
| 9 | "Will Wright" | 109 | Will Wright |
| 10 | "Women in Gaming" | 110 | women video game company CEOs |
| 11 | "Insomniac Games" | 111 | Insomniac Games |
| 12 | "Sid Meier" | 112 | Sid Meier |
| 13 | "Scary Games" | 113 | Horror games |
| 14 | "Richard Garriott" | 114 | Richard Garriott |
| 15 | "Bruce Shelley" | 115 | Bruce Shelley |
| 16 | "John Madden NFL Football" | 116 | Madden NFL |
| 17 | "Splinter Cell" | 117 | Stealth games |
| 18 | "Lord of the Rings" | 118 | The Lord of the Rings (Vivendi Universal) |
[edit] Season two
| # | Title[1] | Production Code[1] | Content |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Atari" | 201 | Atari |
| 2 | "Game Music" | 202 | video game musicians |
| 3 | "Unreal" | 203 | Unreal |
| 4 | "Yu Suzuki" | 204 | Yu Suzuki |
| 5 | "Intellivision" | 205 | Intellivision |
| 6 | "The Legend of Zelda" | 206 | The Legend of Zelda series |
| 7 | "Xbox" | 207 | Xbox |
| 8 | "Arcade" | 208 | Video arcades |
| 9 | "The History of E3" | 209 | History of E3 |
| 10 | "LucasArts" | 210 | LucasArts |
| 11 | "Red Storm" | 211 | Red Storm Entertainment |
| 12 | "Warren Spector" | 212 | Warren Spector |
| 13 | "PC Gaming" | 213 | Personal computer gaming |
| 14 | "The Crash" | 214 | Video game crash of 1983 |
| 15 | "Games in the Military" | 215 | Military simulation |
| 16 | "Naughty Dog" | 216 | Naughty Dog |
| 17 | "Mario" | 217 | Mario |
| 18 | "218" | 218 | Onimusha Halloween '03 |
| 19 | "Mega Man" | 219 | The Mega Man series |
| 20 | "Yuji Naka" | 220 | Yuji Naka |
| 21 | "Final Fantasy" | 221 | Final Fantasy |
| 22 | "Dungeons and Dragons" | 222 | Dungeons & Dragons |
| 23[citation needed] | - | - | Castlevania |
[edit] Season three
| # | Title[1] | Production Code[1] | Content |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Music Games" | 301 | Music games |
| 2 | "Dreamcast" | 302 | Dreamcast |
| 3 | "ESRB" | 303 | ESRB |
| 4 | "Peter Molyneux" | 304 | Peter Molyneux |
| 5 | "Tetris" | 305 | Tetris |
| 6 | "Electronic Arts" | 306 | Electronic Arts |
| 7 | "Game Boy" | 307 | Game Boy |
| 8 | "Donkey Kong" | 308 | Donkey Kong |
| 9 | "Nobuo Uematsu" | 309 | Nobuo Uematsu |
| 10 | "The DOOM Franchise" | 310 | Doom |
| 11 | "Dead or Alive" | 311 | Dead or Alive |
| 12 | "SNK" | 312 | SNK Playmore |
| 13 | "Mortal Kombat" | 313 | Mortal Kombat |
| 14 | "Prince of Persia" | 314 | Prince of Persia |
| 15 | "Mark Cuban" | 315 | Mark Cuban |
| 16 | "Metal Gear Solid" | 316 | The Metal Gear series |
| 17 | "Half-Life" | 317 | Half-Life |
| 18 | "Bungie" | 318 | Bungie |
| 19 | "Apple II" | 319 | Apple II |
| 20 | "Fighting Games" | 320 | fighting games |
| 21[citation needed] | - | - | Yuji Ctala |
[edit] Season four
| # | Title[1] | Production Code[1] | Content |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Gran Turismo" | 5001 | Gran Turismo |
| 2 | "Splinter Cell" | 5002 | Splinter Cell |
| 3 | "Frank Miller" | 5003 | Frank Miller |
| 4 | "5004" | 5004 | Tim Schafer |
| 5 | "Star Wars Games" | 5005 | Star Wars video games |
| 6 | "Ralph Baer" | 5006 | Ralph Baer |
| 7 | "PlayStation" | 5007 | PlayStation |
| 8 | "George A. Romero" | 5008 | George A. Romero |
| 9 | "Xbox 360" | 5009 | Xbox 360 |
| 10 | "NES" | 5010 | Nintendo Entertainment System |
| 11 | "King Kong" | 5011 | King Kong |
[edit] Trivia
At least seven of these episodes were put onto versions of the games they were about.
- 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 116, "John Madden NFL Football," was featured as part of the Madden 2005: Collector's Edition for PlayStation 2.
- Episode 310, "The DOOM Franchise," was featured on the Doom 3 Collectors Edition for Xbox.
- Episode 117, "Splinter Cell," was featured on the Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory collectors disc for the PlayStation 2.
- Episode 112, "Sid Meier,"was put in the game of the year edition of Civilization IV.
- Episode 223, "Castlevania," was featured in Castlevania: Curse of Darkness for PS2 and Xbox.
- Episode 314, "Prince of Persia," was featured as an unlockable video on "Prince of Persia: Warrior Within".
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Official Gamemakers page at G4TV.com
- Official Icons page at G4TV.com
