The History of Awesome - IGN Presents

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2002: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Spider-Man, and Firefly

History of Awesome is an epic 38-part trip down memory lane - each episode we're covering a new year's most important, influential, or just-plain-awesome movies, games, TV shows, comics, and more. Up next is 2002. The new consoles hit their stride with games like Metroid Prime an ... Show more

. 42min 0sec

2001: Grand Theft Auto 3, The Lord of the Rings, and Harry Potter

History of Awesome is an epic 38-part trip down memory lane - each episode we're covering a new year's most important, influential, or just-plain-awesome movies, games, TV shows, comics, and more. Up next is 2001. T The Nintendo GameCube and Microsoft Xbox both launched, spicing ... Show more

. 43min 28sec

2000: PlayStation 2, X-Men, and The Sims

History of Awesome is an epic 38-part trip down memory lane - each episode we're covering a new year's most important, influential, or just-plain-awesome movies, games, TV shows, comics, and more. Up next is 2000. The new millennium kicked off with the PlayStation 2, and sequels ... Show more

. 38min 26sec

1999: The Phantom Menace, The Matrix , and the Dreamcast

History of Awesome is an epic 38-part trip down memory lane - each episode we're covering a new year's most important, influential, or just-plain-awesome movies, games, TV shows, comics, and more. Up next is 1999. We were all distracted by Y2K thanks to massive movie-going events ... Show more

. 49min 58sec

1998: The Greatest Video Game Year Ever?

History of Awesome is an epic 38-part trip down memory lane - each episode we're covering a new year's most important, influential, or just-plain-awesome movies, games, TV shows, comics, and more. Up next is 1998 - a year famous for being one of the greatest in video game history ... Show more

. 1h 3min