The game is stable and fast on my laptop. Many of the reviews complaining that this game doesn't work Windows 7 64-bit predate when I installed the game on my Windows 7 64-bit laptop, so it's apparently some other issue (definitely not Windows 7). My laptop has Radeon HD 4650 graphics. Nobody should expect Intel integrated graphics to work.. It's problematic with many (if not most) games, whether you buy a game on GOG, Steam, or Retail.
This game (Raiden 1 in the collection) pretty much looks and sounds like an exact port of the arcade version. It blows the console versions out of the water. The SNES version is a joke (the graphics look cartoony, imo). The Genesis version is pretty good. But... Here's what Raiden Legacy (Raiden 1) has that the Genesis version (Raiden Trad) does not... Enemy planes catch fire before they go down, there are shadows, more detailed sprites, there are more enemies on the screen at once, and the pace is faster. Best of all, the music/sound really rocks w/ loads of bass (vastly superior to the console versions). The only negative... occasionally, you might notice a slight drop in framerate in fullscreen mode, probably due to the programming for this game being so ambitious and making it true to arcade. I set Aspect ratio = original mode (the screen is narrower) and the framerate smoothed out. My PC is a 2GHz dual core and 4GB ram.
This a decent space exploration game with lots of depth, despite the aged graphics and clunky UI. Like many older games, the game doesn't let mistakes just slide. In particular, don't run out of fuel, since there are heavy fines (in-game currency penalty). Use the classic method of being choosy when you save your game. i.e. you should save the game just before making any long excursions and don't save after messing up and receiving a penalty for running out of fuel. Also, it seems to be a stuggle grinding for resources that are sparsely scattered across planets (you sell resources for in-game currency). This seems to be one of those games where you have to invest dozens of hours to accomplish much. I've confirmed that a botched save can prevent the game from working, since saves mess with the exe file. This applies to StartFlight 1 anyway. There's a decent game here, but I'm giving it 2 stars because the save issue and crash to desktop on load has happened a couple of times already. The crash/error persists until you uninstall and reinstall the game. I agree with other reviewers that many other games were influenced by StarFlight. Someone mentioned MassEffect; nice game. Another one is Star Control 2. It's easy to play, has a great story, and nice (albeit quirky) sounds & voiceovers. The ending is cool too. I'd recommend StarControl 2 or MassEffect over this. Happy gaming.
I've bought dozens of games from gog. However, $10 on here seems steep when the 20th Anniversary Edition of this game is on Steam for the same price. The new version has HD and has remastered sound & FX, and takes up a whopping 3GB on your hdd.
I bought the boxed version (retail) when this game was released. The designers/developers went above & beyond to make this game realistic, from the aircraft to historical accuracy. It had superb polish and graphics at the time of it's release. That said, the game's controls have a steep learning curve and you spend alot of time on various 2d screens (compartments within the bomber) trying to prep your bomber before you can take off and begin a mission. Having played other flight sims before this, B-17 didn't meet my expections. I simply didn't have the patience to learn the controls and wanted a game where I could just take off & immediately start blowing $h!* up.. ;) But if you're patient and don't mind investing hours in learning the controls, it could be worth while. The only Flight-sim that I've played that was more challenging is X-Plane, which is a true flight sim and used to train pilots (or so I've read).
