They updated it quickly to 1.63D. Still, it's puzzling they did not bother to check that beforehand. My theory is today's Microprose is a very small team. They keep adding games to their portfolio and it may be hard to keep an eye on everything for them. Just a guess on my side.
I wonder why, from all versions, they have selected 97 to release after all? Why not repackage CE version, stick the latest patch from TonyE and market it as the latest, updated version, better than Matrix one etc. ?