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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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 re…
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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, …
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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…
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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 f…
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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 t…
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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 Dra…
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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 g…
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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 th…
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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 …
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