If the error message: "Unhandeled Exception: System.TypeInitializationException ...System.Console ..."
appears when invoking the start script, just test:

$ echo $TERM # Output e.g. "xterm-256color" -> unknown for old games

To solve this one may edit the start script and add the line:
~
export TERM=xterm
~
at the beginning - now the game should start without any problem.
Seems to be a general problem of `Microsoft.Xna.Framework' (see e.g. "Fist Puncher").
Maybe GOG should make their start script more robust ...