Thanks species8472.
The game sequence begins; the stomping manned walker shooting the big guns...screen goes black as it should,the desktop appears for a second in 800x600,as it should. Then DESKTOP.
Argh! I have not tried any other res's yet. I was jacking with dual monitors last night at default res. The P201 Trinitron is set at 1024x768. The LCD is set at 1900xsomething...

I will break down the dual setup tonight; the original LCD standalone res was 1680x1050(max). I will try several other res's.

Many thanks!