History of Awesome

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  • Premiered: May 2015
  • Episodes: 30
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Season 1
1x1
1977
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May 06, 2015
Star Wars, the Atari VCS, and Advanced Dungeons & Dragons and more all debuted in 1977, changing the pop culture landscape forever.
1x2
1978
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May 13, 2015
History of Awesome continues with1978. Watch Sam, Jim, Marty, and Brian discuss what makes 1978 a year to remember.
1x3 Season finale
1979
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May 20, 2015
Take a look back at everything that made 1979 awesome - the Atari 2600's Adventure, Alien, huge changes for Iron Man, and more.
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1980
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May 27, 2015
Take a look back at everything that made 1980 awesome - Pac-Man, The Shining, the Rubix Cube, and more.
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1981
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Jun 03, 2015
Take a look back at everything that made 1981 awesome - Indiana Jones, Donkey Kong, MTV, and more.
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1983
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Jun 24, 2015
Take a look back at everything that made 1983 awesome - Return of the Jedi, He-Man, Dragon's Lair, and more.
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1982
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Jun 25, 2015
Take a look back at everything that made 1982 awesome - Ms. Pac-Man, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn, Blade Runner, and more.
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1984
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Jul 01, 2015
Take a look back at everything that made 1984 awesome: The Terminator, Ghostbusters, King's Quest, Gremlins, Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom, and more.
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1985
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Jul 15, 2015
Join IGN as we take a look back at everything that made 1985 awesome. The Goonies, Back to the Future, and... the launch of the NES!
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1986
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Jul 22, 2015
Join IGN as we take a look back at everything that made 1986 awesome. Super Mario Bros., Top Gun, Aliens, and plenty more.
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1987
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Jul 29, 2015
Is 1987 the greatest year for video games of all time? Metroid, Zelda, Kid Icarus, Punch-Out, Mega Man, and more.
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1988
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Aug 05, 2015
1988 brought us fantastic games like Zelda II, classic movies like Die Hard, and key graphic novels like The Killing Joke. What's not to love?
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1989
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Aug 12, 2015
1989 ushered Batman onto the big screen, Seinfeld and The Simpsons onto television, and two key video game systems - the Sega Genesis and the Nintendo Game Boy.
1x14
1990
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Aug 19, 2015
In 1990 the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles hit the big screen, Final Fantasy and Super Mario Bros. 3 made thier U.S. debut, and this little thing called the World Wide Web was created.
1x15
1991
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Aug 27, 2015
Inside the year that brought us the Super Nintendo, Sonic the Hedgehog, Terminator 2, and plenty more awesomeness.
1x16
1992
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Sep 02, 2015
Inside the year that brought us Mortal Kombat, Super Mario Kart, and perhaps the greatest Zelda game ever made.
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2001
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Sep 04, 2015
Relive the launch of the Halo: Combat Evolved, Super Smash Bros. Melee, Grand Theft Auto 3, Nintendo's Gamecube, Game Boy Advance, and so much more in IGN's History of Awesome.
1x17
1993
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Sep 09, 2015
Inside the year that brought us The X-Files, Myst, and the first person shooter that changed everything.
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2002
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Sep 11, 2015
Metroid made an epic comeback, Spider-Man changed superhero movies forever, and Firefly entered our hearts. All this and more in IGN's look back at 2002.
1x18
1994
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Sep 23, 2015
Inside the year that brought us Super Metroid, Final Fantasy VI, Pulp Fiction, and so much more.
1x19
1995
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Sep 23, 2015
A closer look at the year PlayStation was unleashed on the world, one of the greatest RPGs ever made its debut, and Toy Story hit theaters.
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1996
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Sep 30, 2015
Take a closer look at the year the Nintendo 64 charmed us all, Lara Croft made her debut, and action movies like Independence Day, The Rock, and Mission: Impossible kept us glued to our seats.
1x21
1997
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Oct 07, 2015
Take a closer look at the year Final Fantasy VII introduced a new generation to RPGs, GoldenEye took over basements and bedrooms, and we all went down to South Park.
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1998
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Oct 14, 2015
Is 1998 the greatest year for video games of all time? Ocarina of Time, Half-Life, StarCraft, Pokemon, Metal Gear Solid and so much more. It's just silly!
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1999
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Oct 21, 2015
The century ended with Star Wars' return, The Sopranos changing TV forever, and Sega's doomed Dreamcast making its debut.
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2000
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Oct 28, 2015
Relive the launch of the PlayStation 2, Majora's Mask, Perfect Dark, Diablo II and so much more in IGN's History of Awesome.
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2003
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Nov 18, 2015
Legend of Zelda made its GameCube debut, Bioware unleashed Star Wars: Knights of the Old Repubic, and Call of Duty changed first person shooters forever. All this and more in IGN's look back at 2003.
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2004
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Nov 25, 2015
Inside the year the Nintendo DS changes handheld gaming, World of Warcraft changed PC gaming, and Halo 2 & Half-Life 2 blew us all away.
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2005
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Dec 02, 2015
An inside look at the year Resident Evil 4 changed horror, the Xbox 360 began its takeover, and Guitar Hero brought back music games.
1x30 Show finale
2006
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Apr 20, 2016
Take a look back at everything that made 2006 awesome. The PS3 and Wii changed gaming forever, James Bond made his triumphant return, and so much more.

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