The miNEStry: An NES Podcast

The story of how Archbishop Dracul and Father Avram brought an unlikely game from the pit of hell.Send us a textThe miNEStry founders, Archbishop Dracul and Father Avram, seek to inspire their 8-bit parishioners through methodical and ceremonial scrutiny of the library of games on the Nintendo Entertainment System.

Tonight we are reflecting on David Crane's A Boy and HIs Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia., a 1989 puzzle-platformer developed by Imagineering and published by Absolute Entertainment in North America and published by Nintendo in Europe in 1991.  Jaleco published the game in Japan also in 1991.   Imagineering was also known for the releases of Ghostbusters 2 (no not the good one), the Simpsons games and Barbie. Tonight our visiting Deacon is Patrick Hickey Jr.Send us a textThe miNEStry founders, Archbishop Dracul and Father Avram, seek to inspire their 8-bit parishioners through methodical and ceremonial scrutiny of the library of games on the Nintendo Entertainment System.

  Tonight we are reflecting on Solar Jetman: Hunt for the Golden Warpship, a 1990 physics-based, multi-directional space adventure co-developed by Zippo Games and Rare and published by Tradewest.    Zippo was best known for Ironsword, the sequel to the Rare's 1987 Wizards & Warriors. Rare had a solid relationship with publisher Tradewest releasing games together such as John Elway's Quarterback, Taboo the Sixth Sense and Battletoads.   Tonight our visiting Deacon is Jeff Gabor.  Send us a textThe miNEStry founders, Archbishop Dracul and Father Avram, seek to inspire their 8-bit parishioners through methodical and ceremonial scrutiny of the library of games on the Nintendo Entertainment System.

To celebrate Nintendmas, Archbishop Dracul and Father Avram reminisce about Sunsoft's Blaster Master (Nov 1988) and Capcom's Chip n Dale Rescue Rangers (June 1990) for the NES.  Send us a textThe miNEStry founders, Archbishop Dracul and Father Avram, seek to inspire their 8-bit parishioners through methodical and ceremonial scrutiny of the library of games on the Nintendo Entertainment System.

Tonight we are reflecting on Dragon Spirit: The New Legend, a 1989 arcade port of the 1987 vertical shooter Dragon Spirit by Namco. Namco was responsible for other arcade classics like Pacman, Galaga and Dig Dug to name a few. The NES port was developed by Now Production and published by Namco in Japan but published by Bandai in North America. Now Production also created NES titles including Yo! Noid and entries 2 & 3 of the Adventure Island series. Tonight our visiting Deacon is Jeff Gabor.  Send us a textThe miNEStry founders, Archbishop Dracul and Father Avram, seek to inspire their 8-bit parishioners through methodical and ceremonial scrutiny of the library of games on the Nintendo Entertainment System.

Send us a textOur Holiday Special, "The Feast of the Forsaken", covers six titles that are not worthy of a proper service.  Join us as we chastise these abominations and excommunicate them entirely from existence in these sacred halls through sacrificial obliteration; neither to reside in heaven or hell but utterly cast out into the void! The miNEStry founders, Archbishop Dracul and Father Avram, seek to inspire their 8-bit parishioners through methodical and ceremonial scrutiny of the library of games on the Nintendo Entertainment System.

Contact us via text  Tonight we are reflecting on Karnov, an arcade port developed and published by Data East for the NES in North America in January of 1988. Data East was responsible for porting popular arcade games to the NES like Burgertime, Karate Champ and Rampage.  Data East seemed to be hell-bent on making circus strongman Jinborov Karnovski, aka “Karnov”, a sort of company mascot by inserting him into other Data East games such as Bad Dudes, where he is the level one boss.  Tonight our visiting Deacon is Cornellius Jefferson III.  The miNEStry founders, Archbishop Dracul and Father Avram, seek to inspire their 8-bit parishioners through methodical and ceremonial scrutiny of the library of games on the Nintendo Entertainment System.

Send us a Text Message.  Good evening and welcome to The MiNEStry. I am Archbishop Dracul and alongside me is Father Avram. Our creed is to inspire our parishioners with reflections on the Nintendo Entertainment System.    Tonight we are reflecting on the ambitious game, Golgo 13: Top Secret Episode, a 1988 story-based, action game that was co-developed by Vik Tokai and Sunseibu Entertainment. The game is based off of a popular manga series written and illustrated by Takao Saito that started back in 1968.  Vik Tokai is known for other NES releases such as Clash At Demonhead and The Krion Conquest. They also produced a sequel to Top Secret Episode, The Mafat Conspiracy, two years later.  Tonight our guest is once again, Christopher Hopper.The miNEStry founders, Archbishop Dracul and Father Avram, seek to inspire their 8-bit parishioners through methodical and ceremonial scrutiny of the library of games on the Nintendo Entertainment System.

Good evening and welcome to The MiNEStry. I am Archbishop Dracul and along side me is Father Avram. Our creed is to inspire our parishioners with reflections on the Nintendo Entertainment System.  Tonight we are reflecting on Kid Icarus, a 1986 Japanese release for the Famicom Disk System that was developed and published by Nintendo and was later released for the NES in North America in July of 1987. Nintendo's R&D 1 team was previously known for developing titles for the NES like Metroid, Mario Bros and Donkey Kong.  Tonight our guest is Som.The miNEStry founders, Archbishop Dracul and Father Avram, seek to inspire their 8-bit parishioners through methodical and ceremonial scrutiny of the library of games on the Nintendo Entertainment System.

 Tonight we are reflecting on Kung-Fu, a 1985 arcade port of Irem's arcade hit Kung Fu Master and a launch title for the NES. Irem was the only third-party company to take part in the release of the NES with Kung Fu and 10-Yard Fight. Nintendo's R&D 4 team ported Kung Fu and then went on to create Super Mario Bros. Tonight our guest is, once again, Jeff Gabor.The miNEStry founders, Archbishop Dracul and Father Avram, seek to inspire their 8-bit parishioners through methodical and ceremonial scrutiny of the library of games on the Nintendo Entertainment System.

Tonight we are reflecting on Renegade which is a 1986 arcade game developed by Technos Japan and published by Taito.  Taito later released a port developed by Technos Japan in-house for the NES in North America in January of 1988. Like Capcom, Taito was also responsible for porting popular arcade games to the NES like Elevator Action, Legend of Kage and Arkanoid. They also published some of the most highly sought-after games on the NES like Flinstones: Surprise at Dinosaur Peak, Panic Restaurant and Little Samson.  Tonight our guest is Deacon Granamyr.  The miNEStry founders, Archbishop Dracul and Father Avram, seek to inspire their 8-bit parishioners through methodical and ceremonial scrutiny of the library of games on the Nintendo Entertainment System.

Tonight we are reflecting on Legendary Wings which was a 1986 arcade game developed and published by Capcom which was later released for the NES in North America in July of 1988. Capcom was responsible for porting popular arcade games to the NES like Commando, Gun. Smoke and Ghosts and Goblins.  They also created games based off of Disney licensed franchises like Chip n Dale's Rescue Rangers, Ducktales and Darkwing Duck.  Capcom was also responsible for the creation of the phenomenon known as “Rockman” aka Megaman in North America.  Tonight our visiting Deacon is once again Jeff Gabor.The miNEStry founders, Archbishop Dracul and Father Avram, seek to inspire their 8-bit parishioners through methodical and ceremonial scrutiny of the library of games on the Nintendo Entertainment System.

  Tonight we are reflecting on Kabuki Quantum Fighter which was developed by Human Entertainment Inc,  published by HAL of America and released in North America on December 21st of 1990. Human Entertainment was also known for developing games like Monster Party and Fire Pro Wrestling with HAL of America being known for their delightful Lolo games on the NES.Tonight our visiting Deacon is author Christopher Hopper.  Christopher Hopper is the bestselling author and voice actor of more than thirty novels, short stories, and audiobooks.  His books have reached #1 on Amazon and Audible for science fiction, space opera, exploration, alien invasion, post-apocalyptic, space adventure, and military sci-fi. They've been nominated for or received numerous accolades, including the Audies, Silver Moonbeam, Lamplighter, Clive Staples, Pluto, DragonCon, and SOVAS awards.The miNEStry founders, Archbishop Dracul and Father Avram, seek to inspire their 8-bit parishioners through methodical and ceremonial scrutiny of the library of games on the Nintendo Entertainment System.

In this episode, we are reflecting on The Immortal which was developed by Sandcastle,  published by Electronic Arts and released in North America in November of 1990.Our visiting Deacon is professor, author of The Minds Behind the Games book series, owner of Legacy Comics and voice actor, Mr. Patrick Hickey Jr.The miNEStry founders, Archbishop Dracul and Father Avram, seek to inspire their 8-bit parishioners through methodical and ceremonial scrutiny of the library of games on the Nintendo Entertainment System.

In this episode, we are reflecting on Astyanax, which was developed and published by Jaleco and released in North America in March of 1990.Our visiting Deacon goes by the name of Tenken.The miNEStry founders, Archbishop Dracul and Father Avram, seek to inspire their 8-bit parishioners through methodical and ceremonial scrutiny of the library of games on the Nintendo Entertainment System.

  In this episode, we are reflecting on Journey to Silius, which was developed and published by Sunsoft and released in North America in September of 1990.Our visiting Deacon goes by the name of Tenken.The miNEStry founders, Archbishop Dracul and Father Avram, seek to inspire their 8-bit parishioners through methodical and ceremonial scrutiny of the library of games on the Nintendo Entertainment System.

In our first service, we reflect on Deadly Towers which was co-developed by Lenar and Tamtex for Irem. It was released in North America in September of 1987 by Broderbund Software.  Our visiting Deacon is Jeff Gabor.  The miNEStry founders, Archbishop Dracul and Father Avram, seek to inspire their 8-bit parishioners through methodical and ceremonial scrutiny of the library of games on the Nintendo Entertainment System.