[Bug 29627] New: Metacell demo refuses to run

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29627

Bug #: 29627
           Summary: Metacell demo refuses to run
           Product: Wine
           Version: 1.3.37
          Platform: x86
               URL: http://productsforrobots.com/games/metacell/
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Keywords: download
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
        AssignedTo: [e-mail]
        ReportedBy: [e-mail]
    Classification: Unclassified

Created attachment 38382
  --> http://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=38382
winedbg --gdb backtrace

Installation of the demo went without issues, but launching the game always
fails. 
There is no crash dialog/backtrace. The game quits silently immediately after
starting, leaving only this line in the terminal:
err:seh:setup_exception_record stack overflow 1008 bytes in thread 0009 eip
7bc3f3ea esp 00230f40 stack 0x230000-0x231000-0x330000

Here I'm attaching a winedbg --gdb backtrace in case it gives some clues.

It seems the game never worked in Wine (tried with 1.2.3, 1.1.35 etc.)
With certain versions (<1.3.27) the game complains that it 'Cannot locate
Controls.cfg' and crashes afterwards. That file exists in the game directory
and it contains configuration options in xml style.