Monster Bash (DOS)

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Description

The evil Count Chuck has kidnapped all the world's animals in order to turn them into soldiers in his dark army. Johnny Dash's dog, Tex, has been captured along with the other animals, and it's up to him to enter the Night World and save him!

You use a slingshot to combat the ghastly enemies, which include skeletons, zombies, and severed hands. You can collect power-ups to increase your slingshot's power (only for a limited number of shots, however), candy for bonus points, hearts for health, and Johnny-shaped voodoo dolls for extra lives.

On each level, you must find all the animals in cages and shoot the lock on their cages, freeing them. Only then will the exit to the next level open. At the end of each of the three episodes, a boss awaits.

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Alternate Titles

• "Monster Bash! Starring Johnny Dash" -- In-game title
• "Graveyard" -- Working title

User Reviews

Monster Bash is like a summary of old school Apogee titles	WJAndrews (35)
28 levels of monster-bashin' action	Katakis | カタキス (39490)	unrated
Hidden Gem	Christopher Elmy (3)
This Nightmare is like a Dream	emmamomocat (33)	unrated
Cool game. Damn right.	Tomer Gabel (4645)
I like it.	Attila (588)

Critic Reviews

ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	Jun, 1993	9 out of 12	75
Retro Spirit Games	Nov 02, 2013		65
PC Joker	Oct, 1993	52 out of 100	52
PC Player (Germany)	Jun, 1993	Unscored	Unscored

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Trivia

In the game's story, there is a part where Johnny Dash is wondering who stole his pet dog. "Was it that Jill girl from across the street? If it was, I'll kick her butt again!" This is a reference to Epic's popular side-scroller Jill of the Jungle. Apogee and Epic had something of a rivalry at the time.

Related Web Sites

• Monster Bash (3D Realm's site for "Monster Bash".)