i have simliar problem
with command and conquer
(negative armadillo There never was much hope..just a fool's hope., Fri 8 Oct 2004, 13:11, archived)

Argh!
I once played Red Alert 2 for more than 48hrs, only stopping to heat pizza and watch Evil Dead 2. I looked like an extra from the film by the time the ordeal was over.
( Nimble Colin camera-wrangling, globe-trotting whisky enthusiast, Fri 8 Oct 2004, 13:22, archived)