I haven't played this since early 2000 - I reviewed a gold copy for an old gaming site.

I don't remember enough about it, but am I supposed to be able to run through bushes? I walk right into em. There's ripper nests in em and all.

I'm also getting the dang black map error, and the DLLs don't help. Dangit. Dangit, dangit, dangit, I really wanted my wife to see this game!

Yes, you can clip right through bushes. Don't know about the black map problem, I don't get that myself, but that's probably an OS thing (using XP myself).

I'm on XP as well. I submitted a ticket days ago, no answer yet.

Check these forums, I'm sure I've read about the black map problem on here somewhere.

EDIT: Thought I'd read about it. Here, try the suggestions in here.
http://www.gog.com/en/forum/giants_citizen_kabuto/the_map_dont_work