Yeah I know, I just thought that for people who using Windows XP, Windows 8 will be a too high jump at start.

Thank you GOG for releasing Z. I just wish the drop of XP will not become a widespread phenomena. I understand the argument for the march of time, however not all computers are capable of running Windows Vista and above. My windows-based PC was manufactured in 2004, and thanks to GOG, has gained a second life as an ultimate nostalgia machine and explorer of missed gems.

I don't necessarily expect GOG to support XP in their new releases (even old classics which were originally for XP, Win9x or DOS, albeit in those cases it shouldn't be too hard for them to support XP too), but I do expect that GOG does not drop XP support from those games where GOG already supported XP before. Some games I've bought from GOG work much better on a legacy XP system, Gorky 17 and Interstate'76 for starters, so I am depending on being able to run those games on my legacy XP systems.

However. in the case of this Z remake, some people seem to forget it is not up to GOG, but the game developer. Despite being based on an old DOS/Win9x game, this is still a new game release. If the developer didn't implement XP support, there's little chance of GOG adding XP support retroactively either.

Maybe GOG could theoretically add XP support retroactively, but:

- They would have to agree about that with the developer, which for some reason didn't want to support XP anymore. The developer might decline simply because that could also mean more support calls towards them from legacy XP users, which bought the game from GOG.

- Some future update from the developer for this new release might break GOG's XP compatibility additions, and then GOG might be forced to remove the XP support retroactively, which is a no-no (because some people might have bought it for XP; should GOG refund?).

Just do the same thing you did with broken sword: Just include the original version in addition to the remake as a free bonus extra

This may or may not be true:

Windows Graphics and DirectX 12

The short version of it is that they(MS) are very aware of the huge install base of Win7 and they're trying to figure things out.

I don't think the Windows 95 version of Z works out of the box on Windows XP (or any windows past 95), I believe there's a fan-made Windows XP launcher for Z though which makes it run.

There was also a DOS version of Z but as I understand it was very much inferior to the Windows version.

So, having support to MS-DOS (well, ok, emulated) is cool an all and we accept it.
(yeah, man, gimme more emulation!)

But if we want support to a SO that just 'died' months ago is bad and we should move.
(you piece of prehistoric dirty human!)

What...?

This Z re-release holds nothing of value and should be avoided by die-hard fans of the old game. Read my guide instead if you want to setup the old game with dosbox and still have the cd of the original release:
http://www.gog.com/forum/z/z_original_game_dosbox_instructions/page1

Comparing apples with pears. Most diehard XP users still use it as their main system. Dosbox is an emulated 'OS' and doesn't pose any security threat.



Wrong, it was superior in every way and had way less bugs.


It's time to upgrade, mate. I'm a retro-gamer too and I'm able to play every single little game of old on my new Windows 8.1 machine.

I hope that GoG will still try to support WinXP for old titles, as I'd like to use that O.S in a VM just for some of them.

Anyway, after I'll buy this Z version, I'll feel allowed to also get the original game elsewhere.. :P

I can't believe there is so much ranting after the much awaited release. It seems that some people will always find a reason to complain rather than enjoying the game and the fact that a good old game got a modern day reincarnation.

I'd rather have the good old game made run in Dosbox than an inferior mobile port that based on peoples accounts controls very bad and is too easy. :/

Yea agreed, i was also a strong XP supporter until Microsoft stopped supporting it.
Actually used the XP for 12 years.
I went for windows 7 and i found out win 7 is actually better and much more stable than XP.
Tried windows 8 as well but i didnt like all that fluff and crap microsoft have put inside it and i had some minor issues with it as well, so whenever microsoft stops supporting Win 7 il probably move over to Linux full time.

Already dual booting now so transistion shoud be fairly easy when the time comes.

It's a shoddy port of a mobile game. It shouldn't come as a surprise that people won't be happy about it.

So it's about a security issue? Like, let's say, backdoors, trojans, virus, and all that?

Well, let me tell you. I never used antivirus, antispywares and anything like that. I mean, I used them in the past, obviously... but for YEARS (many of them) my PC remained clean and pure without those. (how I can know that? Well, because I have this PC since 10 years ago and I know/feel when something goes good or wrong) Maybe the firewall helped, maybe the built-in firewall in the router did something too, maybe having updated the SO did his part too, but... it's all about common sense. Generally you can't get infected unless you go to some strange webpages, open up remote files you don't know for sure and all that. Even then, many of our internet explorers like Chrome, Firefox, etc have a decent security to not get infected that easy.

All in all, only a stupid would get infected and have that many security breaches.

Unless I got you wrong and I'm talking about something else xD

For real. Never got any problems related to security and I'm 95% sure if I keep using XP never will get.

And no, maybe I sound a diehard 'fan' of XP, but I'm still not getting why so much hate for the SO.

Logically speaking, new games will require new SO, and if not, new hardware. So those arguments are valid.

But 'Security Threads'? Issues? What. Enlight me, please.