http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22730
--- Comment #11 from Ole Rasmussen olerass@gmail.com 2010-05-30 16:42:39 --- (In reply to comment #10)
Hmmm... You are using the same monitor like me :-) 26" + TV ??
Nope:) I've got a 24" Samsung SyncMaster T240.
Back to the issue. I think this could be mark as invalid. I took this game to WinXP and saw really slow menu like you. Maybe slight difference, initially it's fast, but when i clik on some menu item, screen "rotates" and begins to _realy_ slow and this remain till clicking on quit. Than final question Quit Yes/No is fast again.
I don't have this issue on any Windows version. The game runs normal (fast) on both XP and WIndows 7. The problem I have on Windows is that the screen is completely black most of the time - it draws the menu but not the background. In-game it draws the UI sometimes but never the overview itself. I'm almost certain this is a bug in ATIs Windows drivers and I already wrote them about it but got no reply yet. On my old machine I had an Nvidia 8800GT card and the game raw flawlessly, I played all the way through without any issues except a few crashes here and there.
I would say game bug or not designed for WinXP (it is for Win98).
Patch 1.7 was meant to make the game compatible with Windows XP. Even so Wine should be able to run Win98 apps just as good as it does Windows XP and newer.