I thought GoG was all about fixing up old games to run on current OS installs.

As a test, I pulled out my old NOX box (which I found Warcraft 2/Starcraft stuff inside, wtf?) and went through a nostalgia trip installing it. Turns out the original unpatched Nox runs just fine on Vista x64.

So.. why should I buy the GoG version?

Granted running from a CD sucks (especially since these seem to take ages to read for some reason. SafeDisc's fault?!), but a no-CD crack fixes that.

Aside from that, there seems to be no differences between the game versions. In fact, some people even report more issues with the GoG version.

A shame, because I thought there might be an increased resolution or widescreen mode available, but it's still the same old 640x480/800x600/1024x768. The latter of which is the only bearable one on a 24" 1920x1200 monitor. (It's reasons like this I tend to not play old games anymore, they are just too small and upscaling ruins the image quality/introduces what feels like an accelerated mouse speed)

Also: Does multiplayer work between the original and GoG versions?

If you have a no CD crack working for you and life is all fine, I have no idea why you should buy it. I bought it because it's an amazing game, I love Gog and it's $3. Seriously, it's $3.

No idea about multiplayer between versions, sorry. But, the qame runs perfectly well for me- no issues at all. Plus, isn't the music CD audio? Do you even get it without a CD?

Either way, your time even asking this question is likely worth more than $3. Enjoy the game again or drop down a few coins and grab a more convenient version.

Buy it for $3.00 on GOG and sell NOX Box on Ebay for a tidy profit. ;-) And that's just one reason.

To support GOG? ;)

I don't think there's any reason to buy it if you have it running and can do that w/o a CD...

I bought it because the original cd doesn't run on Vista 32bit. Weird it does run on vista 64bit, which in general had problems playing older games a lot more often, which is why I got 32bit when building my pc. Widescreen option for those old resolutions would be nice though.