hi. how do you get this game started? this is my first time loading and all i get is a blank, grey screen. robert.

Ah yes, there was a glitch starting the game for some folks. As I recall, pressing the space bar circumvented it. It had to do with the opening cut scenes; they wouldn't play on some video cards.

thank you InlandAZ. the space bar gets the game started but the ESC key is supposed to access the main menu such as quitting and saving etc. do you have any answers? robert.

Have you tried playing a little further into the game? Maybe it won't let you access the menu again until you've played a little ways into it.

Try Jenny's suggestion, I don't recall having any issues saving, but you may have play a bit before you can access the menu.