Posted May 30, 2015
The Amiga version is the definitive version of the game to have--includes a functional saved-game manager and a mouse interface, much better graphics and better sound, too. It's sort of silly to sell the DOS version of the game--which needs a Windows emulator (Dosbox) to run, but not to sell the Amiga version of the game with its Windows emulator (WinUAE.) WinUAE is terrific, btw, and runs with all versions of Windows (x64, too) including Windows 10 (no problems at all!)
GOG is generally always up on things like this so it's surprising to see them so far behind the curve on this issue. The Amiga boasted a lot of really great games so I'm not sure what GOG's internal issue might be as regards using the wonderful WinUAE...! It's an extremely well-done program that is always under refinement and has some of the best support of a program like this that I have ever seen.
You can't really have a "Good-Old-Games" site without offering some Amiga titles in there, can you? I'd love to be a fly on the wall to find out why GOG doesn't want to distribute WinUAE-compatible games. They are no strangers to jumping through hoops to obtain distribution rights for older titles, so this should be a hop, skip, and a jump for them, I would think.
GOG is generally always up on things like this so it's surprising to see them so far behind the curve on this issue. The Amiga boasted a lot of really great games so I'm not sure what GOG's internal issue might be as regards using the wonderful WinUAE...! It's an extremely well-done program that is always under refinement and has some of the best support of a program like this that I have ever seen.
You can't really have a "Good-Old-Games" site without offering some Amiga titles in there, can you? I'd love to be a fly on the wall to find out why GOG doesn't want to distribute WinUAE-compatible games. They are no strangers to jumping through hoops to obtain distribution rights for older titles, so this should be a hop, skip, and a jump for them, I would think.
Post edited May 31, 2015 by waltc