[3] The player controls Johnny Dash, whose pet dog Tex was captured by the game's main villain, Count Chuck.Aided by the friendly Bed Monster and Frank Lloyd Rat, Johnny enters the Underworld armed with a slingshot and an infinite supply of rocks to slay Count Chuck and his minions and rescue his beloved Tex, as well as many more captured pets.The player can collect powerups for the slingshot that allow Johnny to shoot a limited quantity of more powerful projectiles, including larger rocks, missiles, and fireballs.Enemies are based on horror-monsters, and include disembodied crawling hands, flying witches, zombies, demons, walking skeletons and werewolves.[5] To cater for users with slower modems and better commercialize the game, Apogee created a cut down version titled "Monster Bash Lite".