This program will modify all of your save game files for
Monster Bash 1 by Apogee so that you will have 10 lives (as the default)
but can also be used to give you from 1 to 200 lives.
   
   If you don't like to start over a million times and just want to have
some fun with this excellent game, cheat!
   
   I recommend that you save copies of all your game save files
(they are named SAVE?.MB1 where "?" is a number from 0 to 9)
before running this program in case you want to play as a mortal
again!
   
   Place the BASHCHT.EXE file in the same directory as the save
files and enter BASHCHT to modify the files. This will give all saves
10 lives. If you want another number of lives, run the program by typing
BASHCHT followed by a space and a number from 1 to 200. (BASHCHT 150 would
give you 150 lives in each saved game).
   Please note that after 12 lives the "pets unsaved" will be obscured
when you view your status and the "time elapsed" will also be obscured at
higher numbers of lives. This could make the game difficult to play.

   This program works by editing byte 0 (lives) of the save files and then
calculating the correct "checksum" for each file (bytes 10-13). If you are
handy with a hex editor, you might want to alter the level (byte 2), score
(bytes 6-9), or difficulty (byte 4 where 00=hard 01=medium 02=easy) before
running BASHCHT. The BASHCHT program will calculate the correct "checksum"
for the files.

   There is one more feature which I hope you will never have to use. The
last bytes of the save file are always either 0000 or FFFF. I believe I am
calculating this value correctly, but I haven't tried every possible save
file. I have added a feature to "toggle" these last two bytes in case the
game rejects a save file modified with BASHCHT. If a save file is rejected,
run the cheat by typing: 
       BASHCHT T ?
(where "?" is a number from 0-9 which is the number of the save to be
toggled). The file should work after this is done.

   This program is brought to you as FREEWARE by Michael P. Hoffmann
and is copyright (c) 1993 by Michael P. Hoffmann, all rights reserved.
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