Game Makers

infobox television
show_name = Game Makers
runtime = 21-22 minutes
(30 minutes w/commercials)
country = USA
network = G4TV
first_aired = 5/1/2002
last_aired = 12/12/2005
num_episodes = 71 |

"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 it's air in the early mornings.

Currently, Game Makers airs exclusivley on the G4 Rewind block which airs programs from the network's past. Scheduling for the show is spontaneous

Episodes from Game Makers, previously Icons Episodes

eason one

# Oddworld Inhabitants
# Nolan Bushnell
# "Pac-Man"
# Lara Croft
# Activision
# Shigeru Miyamoto
# "EverQuest"
# BioWare
# Will Wright
# Women in Gaming
# Insomniac Games
# Sid Meier
# Scary Games
# Richard Garriott
# Bruce Shelley
# "John Madden NFL Football"
# Stealth Games
# "The Lord of the Rings" (Vivendi Universal)

eason two

# Atari
# Music Makers
# "Unreal"
# Yu Suzuki
# Intellivision
# "The Legend of Zelda"
# Xbox
# Arcade
# The History of E3
# LucasArts
# Red Storm
# Warren Spector
# PC Gaming
# The Crash
# Games in the Military
# Naughty Dog
# "Mario"
# "Onimusha" Halloween '03
# "Megaman"
# Yuji Naka
# "Final Fantasy"
# "Dungeons & Dragons"

eason Three

# Music Games
# Sega Dreamcast
# ESRB
# Peter Molyneux
# "Tetris"
# Electronic Arts
# Game Boy
# "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

eason Four

# "Gran Turismo"
# "Splinter Cell"
# Frank Miller
# Tim Schafer
# "Star Wars" Games
# Ralph Baer
# PlayStation
# George A. Romero
# Xbox 360
# NES
# "King Kong"

Trivia

At least five of these episodes were put onto versions of the games they were about.
* The Mega Man episode was featured on the 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).
* The John Madden NFL Football episode was featured as part of the Madden 2005: Collector's Edition on Playstation 2.
* The Doom episode was featured on the Doom 3 Collectors Edition for Xbox.
* The Splinter Cell episode was featured on the collectors disc for the Playstation 2.
* The Sid Meier episode was put in the game of the year edition of Civilization IV.

External links

* [http://www.g4tv.com/gamemakers/index.html Offical Webpage]