Can't play some games with 7.0.4 - can't play videos without it!

My son has been having troubles playing Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 on his powerbook for awhile now - it would crash on opening. We experimented last night, and discovered on the game site that they recommended not using Quicktime 7.0.4 for this issue. We downgraded to 7.0.1, and the problem is fixed. Now, however, he can't play the videos he has downloaded from the iTunes site without 7.0.4! Any suggestions or workarounds?

I'm currently playing RTC3 with QT 7.0.4. To prevent a crash when you start a new level wait a short while--about 30 seconds--before doing anything. I fought this same problem for a while, and was on the verge of returning the game after power cycling four times to recover from the crashes.
Since I've started waiting a bit, I haven't had a single lockup when entering a level. The key to the game is patience, it seems, though that's hard to manage sometimes.
-Mark G.
iMac G5 iSight (haven't tried RCT3 on the PB yet, it's slow enough on the G5.)

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