I got this game to play and work just fine with my joystick, no black screens. I was never a big fan of the game because it wasn't really a sim game like TIE Fighter. But for six bucks, I'll give it another go. Sadly, the camera seems to detach from the ship and I see myself fly off into the distance. I see other people have this problem. Other than that when I play it its just like I remember.
I'm thrilled with all of these LucasArts games making onto GOG. I've purchased more games in the past three months than in the past ten years. However, I will NOT buy Rebellion. This game is awful. Its slow, boring and will ruin you on classic John Williams cues. Everything else on here is gold, give it your money. But don't expect hours of fun with Rebellion. Just hours. It takes forever to do anything and once you happen to do something, it just isn't worth it. This was the first slide downhill for LucasArts- I didn't know that games COULD be bad until I played this game as everything I'd done up until then totally rocked. This does not.