tritone: I just installed the game and tried to run it. The game opens with the OPTIONS window popped up, and the rest of the window behind it is fogged-over. I cannot exit this dialog! I can press the "X" button with the mouse, but nothing happens. I've tried the ESC key, Enter key, spacebar, but nothing dismisses this window.

I can select RESET ARCADE RUN or RESET CAMPAIGN and it warns me that I already have a "saved game" that this will remove, but I say OK. The screen clears, a little rotating gear displays a cute little message, and then... The OPTIONS window pops back up again! HELP!!!

UPDATE: just installed this on a totally different computer, and have EXACTLY the same problem! The computer above was Windows XP SP3, the other computer is Windows 7. When I press the "X" at the bottom of the OPTIONS panel, I can hear a sound effect like a metallic "clank", and I can see that "through" the hazy grey background that there are now new options on the "desktop", such as Arcade and Campaign. I can click those... BUT THE OPTIONS WINDOW IS STILL OBSCURING most of the game window! I thought for sure this would go away if I installed on a different computer. Is no one else seeing this? Is there a "secret" to dismissing popup dialogs?