The miNEStry: An NES Podcast

The miNEStry: An NES Podcast

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.

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April 15, 2024 114 mins

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 ga...

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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. ...

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February 12, 2024 93 mins

  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.  
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January 12, 2024 76 mins

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 parishioner...

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December 12, 2023 71 mins

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.

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November 12, 2023 108 mins

  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.

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October 12, 2023 83 mins

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 Entertain...

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