Fallout 1 Can't get to Main Menu Win 7 Steam and GoG Version

Kayjin23

First time out of the vault
So I can't even make it to the main menu for Fallout 1 right now on Windows 7 64 bit. I tried both the Steam and Gog versions and get the same problem. I can see and skip the first video just fine, but if I push any buttons at all on the part starting with "Brian Fargo" it freezes and the background turns neon green. Hitting escape exits back to desktop. I tried with and without all the latest official and unofficial patches I saw here.

The only recommendation I was able to find on this forum was to get the hi-res mod. I set it up following the instructions and when the game booted up it was a black screen, I could hear the video intro playing but could see nothing. Hitting escape again exited to desktop. I tried messing with the resolution and colors in the config file with no luck.

I found a ddlhack online that seemed to work, however I couldn't turn on hi-res textures or adjust the color scheme without the game glitching out severely. When I turned off the hi-res patch the game started fine but ran extremely slowly, so slowly it wouldn't be worth trying to play.

Any help would be appreciated, I'm really at a loss.
 
I was able to get the games running fine in Win7 using the Palette Stealer Suspender utility mentioned in a few threads.
 
I tried to use the program under its default settings. Didn't change anything. Is there anything specific I should try with it?
 
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