I had the Tie guide that went with the dos-cd version of that one and you could kill someone with the size of that thing as it was like a small town phone book. The level of detail in there on each mission, all the images, routes, the backstory and stories around and between the stages, ship specs and so on was intricate to say the least.

Sysop that's my thing entirely. When companies give up supporting a game and let operating systems blow them into oblivion I'm all for abandonware. But the moment someone gets that bright idea to bring it back in a modern package for whatever era and you can get it still, at retail, and it works, that's entirely off the table and I have no respect for anyone calling abandonware as a reason to steal the stuff. All the worse when the games themselves will set you back like $1-10 in most the cases. I was fine rocking Sim City 2000 as warez because they won't upgrade the installer or re-release it again on PC, but then GOG got it and I bought it for like five bucks and I was happy to ahve it again even if I still have(had?) the original disc. Yet you have a game like Sim City Classic and the original Windows version of Civilization that won't pop up (even Colonization is on GoG too) I have no problem with that being patched for a modern OS and warez'd but if they later did show up I'd erase and buy too. I like the fact those 2 star wars flight combat sims now exist on GoG. If the next windows or whatever again decides to hate my Xwing and Tie Collectors Edition discs with the new CDs I burned to install on a modern PC once again fail, they're a cheap option.