Arcade Typing Tutor

I downloaded Arcade Typing Tutor 1.5 from the Apple Downloads web site onto two iMac machines and it will not run on either. Both are running OS 10.4.11. One is a PowerPC and the other an Intel machine. I double-click the application, it shows up briefly on the dock and then disappears.
Anyone know what's up?

Hi comod1, and a warm welcome to the forums!
I don't have it to test unfortunately... on Dial-up here.
Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, when that completes...
Reboot.
PS. Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive.

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