"Nintendmas"

Our Holiday Special, "The Feast of the Forsaken", covers three 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! Send us Fan MailThe 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’s game needs no introduction, but will get one anyway - “Metroid”.  Released as one of two entries in Nintendo’s Adventure Series on the NES (with the other being Kid Icarus), Metroid was initially released on the Famicom Disk System in 1986, then in North America in August of 1987 and later in Europe in January of 1988.   Originally known in development as Space Hunter, Metroid - being a play on words of metro and android, was developed by both Nintendo’s R&D1 team and Intelligent Systems Inc.   The pair was responsible for creating such games as Gyromite, Stack Up, Duck Hunt, Hogan’s Alley and Wild Gunman. Send us Fan MailThe 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 Wizards & Warriors, a 1987 action platformer developed by Rare and published by Acclaim.  Wizards & Warriors was Rare’s second NES release after the black box game Slalom.  Rare went on to develop more games in the series such as Ironsword and Kuros: Visions of Power.Send us Fan MailThe 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 Rygar, a 1987 arcade port of the 1986 side-scrolling platformer under the same name developed by Tecmo. Tecmo was also responsible for other NES titles including Ninja Gaiden, Mighty Bombjack, Solomon’s Key and Tecmo Bowl.  Tonight our visiting Deacon is Jeff Gabor.  Send us Fan MailThe 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. 

We will return in January to review Rygar, but in the meantime, please enjoy this short story about "Nintendmas".  Thank you. Send us Fan MailThe 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. 

Our Holiday Special, "The Feast of the Forsaken", covers four 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! Send us Fan MailThe 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 Monster Party, a quirky, side-scrolling platformer  that was developed by Human Entertainment, published by Bandai and released in North America in June of 1989.Human Entertainment released some exciting games on the NES such as  Baseball Stars, Kabuki Quantum Fighter and Pro Wrestling, and not-so exciting games such as The Adventures of Gilligan's Island and Dance Aerobics.  They also created the phenomenon known as Stadium Events. Our returning Deacon, whose probably licking his chops right now, is Jeff Gabor.Send us Fan MailThe 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 alongside me is Father Avram. Our creed is to inspire our parishioners with reflections on the Nintendo Entertainment System. Tonight we are reflecting on Destination Earthstar, a first person space fighting simulation as well as a side scrolling arcade shoot em up. It was developed by Imagineering and published by Acclaim in North America in 1990. Our returning Deacon this evening is Christopher Hopper.Send us Fan MailThe 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 Milon's Secret Castle, a puzzle-platformer developed and published by Hudson Soft in North America in September of 1988.   Hudson Soft was probably best known in North America for their Bomberman and Adventure Island series. Our Deacon this evening, is Jeff Gabor.Send us Fan MailThe 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. 

The story of how Archbishop Dracul and Father Avram brought an unlikely game from the pit of hell.Send us Fan MailThe 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.