Populous™: The Beginning

i just purchased and downloaded this game on my windows 8 laptop but it wont play, whats wrong? do i need a different program to run it?

this is the best pc game ever so pleeeeeeeeeeeeease make it for windows 8

After a move, my very old, loved and used Pop3 disk was destroyed. :( While I had the files installed on an older disk, from my Win XP days, I couldn't get Win 8 to make it work when copied over to a new hard drive I got when I recently upgraded my gamer box. (Yeah, there's a few of us old grandma's out here who can build our own boxes and love to game, age doesn't matter when you game). When I saw the section here for Bullfrog games, I prayed I'd find this game and I did. Thank you GOG. Now I'm off to see if you have the other game that's CD was also broken in the move (never again will I have non gamers help me move!!!), which is FreeLancer. These two games are my most played over the years and the thought of not having them isn't pretty, to say the least.

Always loved Populous, it was one of the first games I played, so I was super excited to experience it again. Unfortunately it's basically unplayable... While it loads, there are constant and numerous issues. Shouldn't release a game unless it's stable, otherwise it's pointless.

PLEASE make this Windows 8 and 8.1 compatible! I miss this game beyond words. And another thing that would be superb, is native widescreen support. I wouldn't mind paying R500 for this if it happens...