I discovered what the problem is. I have a WXGA Ultrabright 15.4-inch active matrix (TFT) LCD color display on my laptop. The driver for this display hardware that is automatically selected is Generic PnP monitor and I believe I have to have the specific driver for it to work. If it was a PC and not a notebook the generic plug and play would work just fine.
The problem was not the game but the monitor driver.
