LGR - Monster Bash - DOS PC Game Review

You're 10 year old Johnny Dash and your new puppy has been dognapped by the lord of the underworld! Grab your slingshot and shoot up his monster minions in Monster Bash, from 1993 by Apogee Software.

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[SilencedNo]

I grew up with monster bash... I distinctly remember playing the game with sound only being produced by the PC speaker when my dad came home and told me that at work they just got new computers with so called sound cards. This magical hardware not only added music to all the games I knew and loved, no, it also was supposed to make the skulls in monster bash yodel when you shot them. I knew I had to have one.

[gregphillips]

This was the earliest memory I have of any video game. Combined with Hocus Pocus, Jill of the Jungle and of course Duke Nukem. Thanks for sharing!

[druski]

Monster Bash is in my top favorite games of all time! Definitely makes my personal top 5

[beyondinfinate]

LGR, your reviews give me nostalgic joy!

[RogueAndroid]

This game was so awesome back then. Very challenging and fun game.

[Jorendo]

Never got to play this one as kid. We did own other Apogee games. Hard to imagine these day's that these games where beautiful to watch at as child. Like with Commander Keen and such. When you look at it now its a pixel mess at time. But back then it seemed so clear.

It probably is also the nostalgia talking, but games back then also felt more special. I just dreamed away when playing those games. Something i miss these days. Maybe also because graphics don't leave much to the imagination anymore today. Thanks for looking back at all those great old games.

[KratostheThird]

I am so happy this guy is reviewing old DOS games from my childhood.

Monster Bash was quite difficult at times but far from impossible. Apogee always had fantastic music in their games.

[kelly-robertkinney]

I remember playing this game on a 386...then my keyboard broke; the left arrow key was busted, but not Numpad 4. Finding the spread keys on the numpad uncomfortable, I had two choices; go to the trouble of learning how to move with three arrow keys and the four sitting a little over thataways, or not play Monster Bash.

Please. I even remember trying to write fanfic for this game. Of *course* I adapted.

[PinoyMukbangPro]

I didn't forget this game. It remember this well because it is one of those rare 60fps flat formers/shooters for the PC during those days.

[brpadington]

My friend brought over all three of the Monster Bash games. He was blown away when he heard the music because his PC didn't have a sound card.

[PhaytalError]

Awesome review as always Clint! Dude, you're seriously my favorite DOS games and hardware reviewer.

I can remember buying the shareware release of this at Wal*Mart for a couple of dollars when I was a pre-teen... the box said it came with both 5 1/4" disk and 3.5" disk versions... I was so excited to play, got home opened the box AND... yeah, they lied, it only came on 5 1/4" and at the time, the custom PC my family had got me only had 3.5".

Great game, always loved it. :)

[GentleHeretic]

Wait... if the girl down the street is "Jungle Jill"...than the Jill of the Jungle series was just some girl bouncing around her backyard? Kind of a Commander Keen thing...

[rowantritton]

Great that we can relive it through GoG :)

[TheZombieCurryKid]

First time I faked being sick from school was to play this game.

[chidagamer]

I used to be really good at this game when I was a kid.  I just started playing it again on DosBox, and holy crap, it's a lot harder than I remembered.

It also turns out that most of the sound effects did not work on the version we had years ago.  I'm hearing sound effects now where I did not know there were sound effects--MIND BLOWN.

Also, the saw mill sucks.  Screw that level.

[prism_sigil]

The jontron review of this game is constantly flickering in my head now.

[MIKESALLSURE]

This games sounds and music was constantly playing in my bedroom on a Gateway 3000 tower way back, just as background noise. Love this game! Still play it to this day!

[Berndwilhelm-WH]

This was the first PC game I ever played. My 3rd grade teacher would let us play her games if we did good in class. Took me many years to figure out what it was actually. Think that was 27 year ago....

[Behen]

I could not forget Monster Bash. I played it for hours trying to solve it. Sure I liked my dolls and tea sets but I loved all the apogee games.

[Chicomite]

oh man do you know how hard it is to find a game u remember playing but have no idea of the name or platform? almost fuckin impossible. But you sir, Clint have squashed a longtime headache for me by reviewing this game. thank u. all i remembered was the slingshot and backwards hat. now to find out what that damn game where u play as a little purple clad magician shooting magic in a megaman style game is called.