Just playing this game for the first time today, and I know I'm breaking my own rule, but it would be great to see this title on GOG.

It's essentially a lot like Jagged Alliance 2, but in the Warhammer 40k universe, between missions you assemble your squads of Space Marines with weapons etc, and then go to the campaign briefing. It's turn-based and isometric, the maps are actually grids of squares (though it doesn't show this until you move/attack), the soundtrack is awesome (Latin sounding chanting type thing), and the enemies are Chaos and not boring Orks.

The game as far as I can see runs perfectly "fine" on Windows 7, it does however need to be run at least in compatibility mode for XP to start (works better in compatibility mode for 98), and like many older games the colors are a bit whacky unless you kill explorer and then run the game from task manager. So if I can get it running in 10 minutes it wouldn't be hard for GOG.

Also, as a general recommendation (not just me begging), if you like squad-based turn-based games (X-COM, JA series, Silent Storm) you will have a lot of fun with this one.

Edit: In addition, this is the closest WH40K video game I've seen to the actual tabletop rules, with each Space Marine getting one shot a turn, etc.

The license would either have expired or reverted back to Games Workshop, and their response would almost certainly be 'no' with a capital BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA !!!

Your last bit made me think of this (despite the small difference). I know will always think of Games Workshop as being owned by Misha.

I would like to see that game on GOG too, but hell - it's not sold anywhere, so I wouldn't feel bad to pirate it anyway.

Good news for you then, over at The Bear's Pit we have a coder who is currently impementing WH:40K rules into JA2 1.13. Check the link for what he has done so far. Last addition he made (though not included in the post I linked) was adding powered armor.

GW basically doesn't care about any of their old videogames, and at this point a bunch of them are essentially abandonware. Which is a shame, because some of them are pretty awesome, even if you aren't a 40K fan. Anything older than Dawn of War is hard to find, even on eBay.

I have it in a dual jewel case with Final Liberation. The problem is that neither games work, not even in a VM.

Gonna need to get me a Win98 pizza box.

Can't get it to work even on Windows XP? That would suck bad..

I remember playing it and liking it a lot. Never did finish it because it tended to freeze my whole computer from time to time and that got me so irritated that I quit playing it instead of looking for a patch.

*ROOOOOAR!*
(The sound of an invincible possessed Chaos cultist. Boy did I waste bullets on them. :) ) If you ever get Final Liberation to work please tell me. I can't even get it to install. :(

Far as I know Final Liberation doesn't install just because it's a 16-bit installer, so it won't install on a 64-bit machine (but will on a 32).

Any way to get around that? I've played Final Liberation ridiculously much and would love to play it again.

Install it on another computer which is 32, copy files over. Or use a Virtual mode and install it. If you have Pro or Ultimate edition of Windows 7, the official Virtual XP might work.

Hmmm. I can try installing it on my XP laptop and then copy the files to my stationary standard Windows 7 computer. Do you know if the installation installs something necessary in the registry or somewhere else I have to move/install?

Edit: And is it the same for Chaos Gate? Then I maybe can get around finishing it. :)

Nope, Chaos Gate installs normally on Win7, however there's an (official) patch, so get that, it patches fine on Win7 too.

Edit: As for FL and registry, I honestly wouldn't know as I've never been able to install that game, I believe I have the same CD you do but I only have one computer, and only premium Win7.

Isn't it easier to set up VirtualPC with XP (or 98 in case of problems) installed? Chaos Gate and Final Liberation do not use any hardware accelerated gfx so I don't see any reason of trying to run it on real hardware.