Sorry for this being a bit vague but it's been a long time since I had to do this. When I had similar issues in the past it always required some registry editing. What I suspect is happening is that the profile for 800x600 has a stored refresh rate that your monitor does not support- for example maybe its trying to switch to 800x600 59hz while your monitor only supports 60hz. You need to modify the registry so that everytime it tries to switch to 800x600 that is uses 60hz (example). There should be a ton of profiles, I think there is one for every resolution and color depth- so you might have to change 800x600 @ 8bit / 16bit / 32bit.

There might be a utility which could simply this for you, I recall PowerStrip having some Custom Resolution functionality.

Not that it would help but I'm curious how your monitor is setup in WIn98se, Generic SVGA?

If I remember correctly, after the splash screen the intro video starts. It's low res video and perhaps will change the output resolution accordingly, so that would mean you will only get "out of range" when videos are playing. Pressing Escape or Enter (going to the menu) doesn't help?

Pressing enter skips the cutscene and I am able to see the main menu. When I click to start a game though it goes back out of range. At that point it's no longer a cutscene because I can randomly click and hear sounds from the game.

I will look into registry editing and post back what happens. Thank you guys for the ideas. Oh and I am using an svga connection.

I know this isn't period-correct or what you want to hear, but I recommend KeeperFX:

http://keeper.lubiki.pl/html/dk_keeperfx.php

https://www.gog.com/forum/dungeon_keeper_seri … tructions/page1

Difficulty: Windows and Software-Rendering only. No 3D acceleration. No DOS support.