Well darn . I was hoping it was more of an abandonware software issue, rather than a complicated issue holding up an old game duo. I have these old games, but there is just something about having them set up on GOG, with hint books, etc.
Oh well. The GOG library has most of these SSI games from that era, for that game engine anyway. Of course, SSI had a lot of good games, I just figured since the BR titles were spinoffs of the Gold box series, they would be an easy catch.
Twigleaf: Surely the license is out there, if its an SSI Gold Box series game.
drmike: No, it's not. :)
https://www.google.com/search?q=buck+rogers+license The Buck Rogers license is in copyright limbo as some of their printed works have comes out of copyright. One of the folks who claim to own the license is the same woman who drove TSR into the ground a few decades ago before selling to Hesbro. edit: Lorraine Williams.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorraine_Williams One of the many articles on the subject:
https://boingboing.net/2015/10/16/buck-rogers-and-the-copyright.html Also a number of previous threads on the subject:
https://www.gog.com/forum/general?search=buck%20rogers edit: Wishlist requests as well:
https://www.gog.com/wishlist/games#search=buck%20rogers 
