Monster Bash

Tools

The following tools are able to work with this game.

Name	Platform	Group/archives	Levels	Graphics	Music	Sounds	Text	Saves	.exe patch
Camoto	Linux console/GUI	Edit	Partial	Edit	Edit	Replace	Replace	No	No
Wombat	Window GUI	Extract	View	View	Extract	Extract	Extract	No	No

File formats

This section lists the file formats used in the game.

File name	Description
bash[123].dat	Archive storing most game data in DAT Format (Monster Bash)

bash[123].dat

Inside the archive file, the following formats are used. Note that some of the extensions are fake, as described in DAT Format (Monster Bash) (the .dat file stores multiple files with the same name, so these extensions are used to make it easier to refer to files.)

File name	Description
bash[12].bin	Exit screen in B800 Text
mb[123]_d[123].bin	! Unknown
*.imf	Background music in IMF Format
*.spr	Creature animations in Monster Bash Sprite Format
*.mif *.mbg *.mfg *.msp *.sgl	Game levels in Monster Bash Level Format
*.pal	Palette in EGA Palette format
*.snd	PC Speaker sound effects in Inverse Frequency Sound format
*.tbg *.tfg *.tbn *.pbg *.pfg *.pbn	Level tiles in Monster Bash Tileset Format
*.txt	Plain text files (hint text, etc.)
digi\*.voc	Digitised sound effects in VOC Format

bash[123].exe

Some game data is stored in the .exe file:

Offset			Description
bash1.exe	bash2.exe	bash3.exe
0x19C12	?	?	Font as series of 1-bpp images (8x8 mask then 8x8 char)
0x243F2	?	?	Window borders? Two 1bpp images (16x254 mask then 16x254 image)

Links

• Monster Bash page on Gerald Lindsly's wiki (game engine programmer)