The client is inside a self-extracting ZIP. Extract it, then run the installer, THEN run the game and let it fully patch up (click the ?UC?? button to patch/run the game), and then test that the client launches before buying. Please?

Download the client:

Freebirth has kindly provided a direct-download mirror of the client here.

Another mirror here from 3.

This is a torrent for the client, hosted on thepiratebay.org: Here!. The seeder is Warren Black/Warning Robo, so give him a shout in the IRC channel if the file needs a seed. (Unzip the file and click 'autorun' to install the game.)