Did you ever try Somnium AI? Made by the same guy and has similar elements, while being a completely different game. I'm in the same boat as you with almost no games scratching my ZE itch, but AI def did it.
Unfortunately no the AI actually mainly functions through cheating. Though if I want to get my ass whooped I'll just boot up HoMM 5.5 cuz that AI is very good.
I enjoyed these games plus the golf one a lot with family so it's nice to see it still exists, gonna pick this up for shits and hope it's not a god awful game.
So I finally downloaded the salamander build and would like to say that couch co-op worked flawlessly on FCEUmm. Just wanna say thanks for all the effort you've put towards this project!
i used to go out to the recycling center every couple weeks and look at the crts and other electronics people would drop off. Usually screens were broken or severely scratched from being tossed around. Did find a good one here and there, but never anything like a 1080i widescreen crt.
I have a few of those boat anchors in my basement I tried giving away but no one wanted them, So anyone close to Columbus, Ohio area that wants them, (26", 2x 19") please come get, for free.
Is it piracy if it was released for free? Not in my opinion, but I also think it's not piracy if buying it isn't owning it, and it's not piracy if you can't buy it from the original creators anymore.