Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, the horror hostess played by Cassandra Peterson, stars in this hack of Bandai’s Monster Party for the NES / Famicom.

With a flaming sword to deflect attacks (like a baseball bat), and the ability to transform into a bat-winged (and bat-throwing) monster, Elvira “the Queen of Halloween” is ready for action! So batter up and fight through eight stages in a parody world filled with familiar movie monsters.

The player character has been replaced with Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, who also appears in the intro and outro cutscenes with new text. Boss text has also been altered.

This is based on the restoration and translation of Parody World Monster Party, released by Stardust Crusaders. http://www.romhacking.net/translations/3115/

Concept and Elvira graphics were created by Sil3nt_J.

Various graphics, text and Romhacking by Garrett Gilchrist (tygerbug).

This is a patch for Monster_Party_(J)_(Prototype).zip (256 KB)

She’s ghoulish. She’s glamorous. She’s Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. And she needs your help! So batter up and battle through eight challenging stages in a parody world filled with familiar movie monsters. With a flaming sword to deflect attacks, and the ability to transform into a bat-winged (and bat-throwing) monster, she’ll drive you batty. The horror hostess with the mostest is ready for action! We hope you are too! It’s an adventure that’s so funny it’s scary. Only from Bandai on your Nintendo Entertainment System.

• Database match: Parody World - Monster Party (Japan) (Proto)
• Database: No-Intro: Nintendo Entertainment System (v. 20180803-121122)
• File SHA-1: ADAFE6E0EABA88B69F4991B7B78F7AA47D643151
• File CRC32: BBCA6DA3
• ROM SHA-1: F1AC6A76223A63545FAE93E6F33520BAC8EE5691
• ROM CRC32: 21E28F50