Thanks for the update!!
bonorbitz: I have a laptop that has Intel Graphics 3000 and was hoping to play the game there because it's hooked up to the big screen in the living room. Thankfully that isn't my main gaming PC, but I was hoping that I could play the classic version on it, at least.
I don't understand why the program won't even launch because of 3.1 or what Open GL does exactly in the first place...
staticblast: OpenGL is the same kind of thing as DirectX.
Think of it this way: If your graphics card can only support up to DirectX9, and you try to play a game that requires DirectX10, it's not going to work. Same principle here. You're trying to play a game using hardware that doesn't support the code the game was written with.
This isn't exact. While different DX versions may have very different APIs, OpenGL versions build over previous ones adding new extensions. Building the graphical engine around one set of extensions or another is what makes the requirement for the OGL version. Making some features optional could lower the version requirement. I'm not saying this is always easy to do, but for this kind of game I guess it could be possible.
Not complaining about the game, I'm very pleased with it as it is. Anyway, being able to play it in the TV thru my Media Center that has an Intel card would be extremely cool. :)