AT LAST! SotE is on GOG!!! Thank you!!!

All of this sounds nice :) I'll buy it, but may be at a better discount, I must still decide :P
It seems to be a good game, may be not the best, but a fun and enjoyable one !
Thanks for sharing your thoughts about the game !
No problem, it can take some time for me too ;) (like here)
That is a good reason to love a game and of being enthusiast ;)
This one seems nice and enjoyable, full of good memories for a lot of people, so it deserves an attentive look :)

The updated version GOG uploaded today works fine for me. They included an nvidia inspector profile that gets installed with the game to limit the FPS, and on playing the first level the probe droids seem to have the correct speed and I made it through part 1 without any speed issues. I compared the probe droid bobbing speed with this video of the N64 version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivfJXSpAfpo

Yeah, I want to know how well the Xbox 360 controller works. I've read in previous posts that there were some issues with buttons not working.

I'd imagine it is probably due to Xbox 360 being XInput and the game being DirectInput, so the axes and keys don't map over in a complete match. That said, others have posted about using Xpadder or Joy2Key in order to map controller buttons to keyboard buttons used by the game. Another idea might be to use XInput Plus in order to create a profile for the game that maps all of the 360 controls to keys, so those analog triggers can be used as digital buttons.

However, I just played through the first three levels (all of part 1 of the game) with keyboard and mouse and it was mostly fine, the only issue being the mouse forwards and backwards movement also moving the player (in third person sections of the game) forwards and backwards, but I was able to keep my mouse movement little enough in that direction for it not to really be an issue. I'm sure there's a way it can be eliminated using something like a GlovePIE script, but it would have to be a script that turns it on and off with a button press as you need that mouse direction in flight and gunner sections of the game.

EDIT: Oh, and bear in mind that different parts of the game (third person, flight, gunner) use different controls and the game only seems to provide some presets, it doesn't appear to allow customized controls.

So I guess a controller isn't really needed for the game? Even for the parts where you fly a ship?

Also, does the game support windowed mode on Win7 by any chance?

Oops, sorry, apparently there is a user customized set that you can select for the controls in each game mode, so you could then map your own keys.

Mouse control was fine for the airspeeders in the Battle of Hoth. The second level was a third person shooter. The third levels was a gunner section where your droid flies your spaceship through an asteroid field whilst you just point and click to shoot down TIE fighters and TIE bombers (and some highlighted asteroids for a bonus challenge). So for me, so far, I've not needed to connect up my Xbox 360 controller.

I'm on Win10, but the game launcher has no options for a windowed mode. It only uses Direct3D, so I guess if you want it windowed then you'd have to use a DirectDraw wrapper like D3DWindower, but then the game may not run as it might already be using a custom ddraw.dll. I did read that some people have had to use the dgVoodoo ddraw to get it running, but mine worked straight from the GOG installation.

Does dgVoodoo's ddraw allow for windowed mode?

Episode 1 Racer YES PLEASE THAT TOO.

how does the gog version work, is it complete?

It was originally ported in 1997, a year after the N64 version. I still have the PC DISC ;).

Also for those that never played this game at all, beware that this game can be VERY difficult in later stages - it was even more so difficult with the N64 controller. The game also has an alternate (Expanded Universe Canon) ending if you do well and survive on the last level.

But once you master the game's sometimes frustrating controls and quirks, just beating it feels very satisfying. Its that kind of game.

And lastly for those that may find that too intimidating, I highly recommend to at least reading the Shadows of The Empire novel. I still consider it Canon even if Disney doesn't and apparently George Lucas wanted to make a freakin' movie out of it, which would have been awesome.

I recommend the following:
- Shadows of The Empire by Steve Perry (novel)
- Shadows of The Empire Graphic Novel, by John Wagner, and Steve Perry, and Dark Horse comics
- Shadows of The Empire: Evolution Sequel Graphic Novel, by Ron Randall, Tom Simmon, Steve Perry, and Dark Horse comics

Just look at these amazing covers in awe:
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cYs3pS_IRg4/maxresdefault.jpg
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51CxZXFqBxL.jpg

My all time favorites are: SoTE, Rogue Series, and Thrawn Series

Solid release, though I was hoping someone could make the starfield work past 800x600. Ah well. Also has anyone trying adding music to the main menu? Want the N64 menu loop in higher quality ogg.

Uuh, I have suspected there still might be some SW games which haven´t made it yet to GOG (Yoda Stories? I know it is bad :)).
Glad to see this one made it here.
Wishlisted till the salary arrives.

So is fighting that Robot boss in the train/junkyard level easier?

As is the hoverbike part?