dtgreene: As I do not have a Windows machine (I only run Linux), and this game is only available for Windows, I can only play this game (which I really want) if it can be made to run under WINE. Has anyone managed to do so?
I beat my head against this for far too long, trying to get the movies to work. Today, on a whim, I tried the most obvious fix for movie breakage: moving the MOVIE directory to the side (note that you can still view the movies, if you know what movies you want to watch, as they are normal wmv files). With this, I am able to play the game! Sound and graphics appear to be OK. I rushed through to the first battle, and everything seemed to be working. This was with 3.13-staging. I also did quick tests using 3.0.2-vanilla and 3.13-vanilla. 3.0.2 crashed after displaying graphically corrupted logos. 3.13-vanilla crashed after non-corrupted logos.
edit: works with 2.21-staging as well (no corruption, no crash). I could also try on 2.15-staging, I guess, but I don't feel like it.
I didn't test this for very long, as I have other things I'm doing at the moment, but at least there is hope.
edit 2: I've gone ahead and tried to play a little longer, exiting the dungeon, getting to the hub, and re-entering the dungeon. It crashed once, but retrying the action later on that caused the crash (entering a pit tile) didn't crash, so I guess you can expect a little flakiness (combined with save points, this is a pain, but hopefully not too common).
edit 3: I also got my gamepad to work, but it's a pain, so I won't say how unless someone insists. The game works fine with kb & mouse, and has key rebinding.