That may be it. The new game ("Stanley Tiger Tales" from Playhouse Disney) had DirectX 8.0a included. My other game ("Roller Coaster Tycoon: Loopy Landscapes") has 5.0. I saw that when comparing the boxes.
BUT, the message I received was "Error raised access: Location unknown" and the RollerCoaster Tycoon website has a patch to fix that. But I have to uninstall, etc. to get there. I'm not going to fool with it tonite. But I'll try that and get back to you guys. Thanks.
I think the other one just locked up on me. It's an older version of a Disney game and was running okay. Most likely cause there was a 3-year-old controlling the mouse.
G'nite guys. See you tomorrow.