Monster Bash

The Good
I love platform games. It has nice graphics and sound.

The Bad
There are so many bad guys. I can't get past the second level.

The Bottom Line
A good game if you like platformers, if not look for something else.

The Good
Well, when I was about five, I found it positively spine-tingling. Each separate area has a particular "atmosphere" or feel about it. The music is great too. Another testament to the ingenuity of the people at Apogee.

The Bad
The aliens were Waaaay too scary! They reminded me of my deepest, darkest fears.

The Bottom Line
Johnny Bash and Monster Dash is amazing. No other words can describe it. Except for a physical description, oops. It's a side-scrolling platformer where you play cutesy Johnny Bash (who seemed like a rather mature fella to me at the time) and beat up monsters (really?!?) to save dogs and cats. Play it, you won't be disappointed.

The Good
For me this is the best platform game of the DOS era, but as an EGA shareware title released in 1993 (the same year as Doom) it didn't exactly set the world on fire. I picked up a demo disk at a computer fair in the early 90s and eventually purchased the complete game by mail order. It has a wonderful Hammer Horror and Universal Monsters style theme to it, with a little bit of Splatter House gore.

The Bad
Dos Box has horrible screen tearing.

This game deserved VGA graphics considering the quality of the gameplay.

The Bottom Line
A lost gem from a forgotten era. Apogee games were played by PC owners in the late 80s to early 90s, before PC gaming went mainstream upon the release of Doom. It's challenging. One of the last games I remember having a 'PC Speaker' sound option.