Old News Items
10th October 2009
Steve Rolands now has his own art site for animated phone backgrounds and wallpaper, some interesting stuff.
Digital Graffiti - http://www.steverowlandsdg.com/
18th March 2009
Sorted out some broken links and database updates.
11th January 2009
Move the Zzap! World 64 database to a mysql 5.0 database, not much else done.
15th November 2008
While looking at YouTube I came across this video called 'Super Mayhem's Magic Dust', it was only added on the 22nd October 2008.
Now this looks good, great SoundFX, wonderful parallax scrolling with beautiful colourful graphics.
I never quite got on with the small mobile phone game as the displays are just too small but this looks like it will be on a bigger system, no information on which system yet but I think it could be Nintendo WiiWare, Xbox 360 Arcade or maybe the DS but I'll add new information when I get it.
Here's a link to Steve Rolands YouTube page
http://www.youtube.com/user/SteveRowlandsDG
Also here's a link to Steve Rolands art page.
http://steverowlands.deviantart.com/
14th November 2008
Here's a great looking homebrew game for the PSP.
Mayhem in Monsterland PSP.
www.jamiefuller.co.uk - Author of the game.
http://30dbs.nfshost.com/mayhem/ - Main section of his site.
18th October 2008
Mayhem in Monsterland has been released on Wii Virtual Console on 17th October 2008, 500 Wii Points.
Finally a game worth playing.
27th October 2007
Changed the site layout to look like other sections of GameStone.
29th June 2007
Changed the way the Zzap! 64 Magazine images on the site are viewed using the excellent Highslide script.
Condensed a few sections as the layout I made last year was a good idea at the time but look a bit crap now.
3rd April 2007
First update in nearly a year!!
Just a small bit of information on the Creatures 2 Demo that came on Commodore Format Issue ??, I will be looking into this to find the exact issue and date the magazine came out, thanks go to Andrew for the information.
16th April 2006
The 'The Fantasy Art of Oliver Frey' book is out
17th January 2006
Changed a few colours and sorted out the title displays for each section so they are easier to read.
26th November 2005
Site updated to a database, no real new content added (apart from 
Mayhem 
animations) just moved the sections around for better navigation and to speed up page loading.
I've added a countdown to 'The Fantasy Art of Oliver Frey' books release.
Take at look at this must have book with the art work of the great Oliver Frey, this comes out next year 7th April 2006.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1902886062/026-4385525-5181208
Published by Thalamus Books
18th November 2005
All adverts removed from the site, deleted some old broken links from the Links section, changed the style of the site to my newest version of my style sheet (CSS).
Changed the top logo and the side navigation around a bit.
30th September 2005
I've added an animation of how to enter the Retrograde 'I HATE BROS' cheat.
26th August 2005
Has it really been 8 months since the last update!!, any way here are a few new mp3 tunes.
Chris's Delta Mix-e-load (three versions) in mp3 format and the long lost 'Rob's Latest Work' from the Radio Ace [Magazine] audio cassette. See the Datahits section for more details.
23rd January 2005
Added Creatures Thalamus The Hits rom (single side version) and Retrograde Tape, I only have side 1 so the game is not playable.
Cyberdyne Warrior is on the new Commodore 64 DTV (Direct to TV).
Buy it and also read the Review
22th January 2005
Stages 3.1 & 3.2 as a single image with and without sprites added to the Creatures Stage sections, also added Torture Screen 2 (Chaz) and 3 (Chuck) with and without sprites.
That's all the Stages ripped now, I got the idea from another site where they had the complete layout of Pitfall II as a single image and it looked very good.
15th January 2005
Stages 2.1 & 2.2 as a single image with and without sprites added to the Creatures Stage sections, also added Torture Screen 1 (Chip) with and without sprites.
Just two Torture Screens and Two Stages to go.
8th January 2005
Changed the colour palette on most of the Apex images because I had the wrong palette set in VICE, all the images are much more colourful now.
Added all the sprites I had missed to the Stage 1.1 Sprites image and sorted out some water problems.
Stage 1.2 as a single image with and without sprites added to the Creatures Stage section.
6th January 2005
Moved the Links page about, added a few new links and sorted out some dead links.
After wading through dozens of crap to find the original (not cracked or trained) games by Apex, I have found Creatures 2 Torture Trouble tape and Creatures disk, I have also found Retrograde tape but only the side 1 file so the game does not work, I will add this if I can find the side 2 file.
Creatures 2 Torture Trouble tape and Creatures disk have been added to the downloads page.
5th January 2005
Cyberdyne Warrior tape version added to the download section.
2nd January 2005
Added Creatures stage information and images including all of Stage 1.1 as a single image with and without sprites.
31st December 2004
Yet another Zzap! 64 cover scan retouched (again!!) - Issue 22 - February 1987, Only seven issue to go now!!!
Fuzzy Factory and The Clyde Guide art have been added to the Creatures 2 Torture Trouble diary pages.
28th December 2004
The Birth of Mayhem in Monsterland added.
I have merged the SID tunes into just one 88k ZIP file as the files are small anyway and its easier to download the complete collection in one go rather than select twelve small files.
Added some Mayhem in Monsterland ZX Spectrum art work.
27th December 2004
Added all the scanned images for the Creature II Torture Trouble diary's.
Creatures KIXX budget release box scan added.
New Artwork section opened to show all the works by Steve Rowlands.
Commodore Amiga MOD tunes (not bad, shame about the game) and lots of mp3 music also added to the Apex Downloads section.
Commodore Amiga Creatures Torture Demo and Full game added.
24th December 2004
Added screen shots and information for all the Apex demos, also added 'Music Bits - Music Select System 2' to the download section. Changed this page slightly to make it easier to read
23rd December 2004
Creatures 2 Torture Trouble - Zzap! 64 cover mount demo, Mayhem in Monsterland - Commodore Force cover mount demo, Creatures Emap Show Demo and Retrograde disk version have been added to the Apex Download section.
22nd December 2004
Creatures 2 Torture Trouble - The Clyde Guide Part Seven, Eight and Nine complete, only the image to be added now.
Added a list of the reviews for the various Apex game and many magazines (Zzap! 64, Commodore Force and Commodore Format). I'm missing the information and scans on 'Creatures - Commodore Format' review (was this magazine even going then?).
Added Creatures Zzap!64 cover mount Torture Demo and the complete game of Creatures on cassette.
19th December 2004
Creatures 2 Torture Trouble - The Fuzzy Factory Part Five and (the renamed Clyde Guide) Six complete, only three more parts to go.
Added an Apex download page and moved all the file downloads from the various sections to that section.
14th December 2004
Creatures 2 Torture Trouble - The Fuzzy Factory Part Two, Three and Four complete, I will add the images when I have written up the other five parts.
13th December 2004
Creatures 2 Torture Trouble - The Fuzzy Factory Part One has been added to the Creature II section, the other eight parts have been OCR'ed but need editing (OCR is not perfect but is better than typing the whole lot from scratch)
12th December 2004
Started typing up Creatures 2 Torture Trouble - The Fuzzy Factory Diary's, not much done yet until I get a better OCR package (as reading and typing is no fun at all). Moved the Creatures page about a bit.
11th December 2004
Another update!!! this time two Zzap! 64 cover scan retouched (finally) - Issue 4 (Beach Head II) and Issue 16 (Green Beret), I may get around to doing the final eight so I can complete the collection.
Added a few more animated gif's to Creatures and Creature 2 sections, screen shots to Retrograde and Mayhem in Monsterland
5th December 2004
Finally got around the typing up the seventh and final part of Creatures - Creature Feature - The diary of a game
23rd November 2004
Changed the site layout to a new technique I have learnt, no real new content added but the information is laid out much better.
9th June 2004
Started an update section (this bit you are reading), updated the links section, added a Contact page, sorted out bad links etc...
8th June 2004
Moved the Apex Computer Productions section about quite a bit so now the pages are cleaner and better laid out.
