New MBP issues with certain games

I have a new post Feb 08 MBP. I have bought the Diablo and Starcraft Battle Chests, Fallout, Fallout 2, and Knights and Merchants. I have issues with all of them and these issues cannot be duplicated by owners of pre Feb 08 MBPs.
The Diablo and Starcraft issue has been recognized by Blizzard and they are working with Apple:
http://www.battle.net/forums/thread.aspx?FN=support&T=535843&P=1
Reports to MacPlay about Knights and Merchants, Fallout and Fallout 2 have gone unanswered.
Can any other new MBP owners confirm the Fallout or K&M issue?
With Fallout I and II I have obvious graphical issues with the palette. K&M loads but I only get sounds, no window at all.
If you have issues with Diablo II and Starcraft please post on the battle.net site above. Thanks!
Message was edited by: Ogmios

Hello all,
This seems to be a problem! I wonder if it will be similar with the new iMacs that are coming out with this new processor!
So yeah, when I load up Fallout 2 on my new Macbook Pro I get the weird graphics palette and on only one half of the screen. Seems a little phishy to me! I don't even know if there is a patch that could help! It SHOULD be solved my Rosetta or something . . . but if the new Pentyn architecture is faulty, it would have to be a recall, not a patch!
Makes me a little nervous to tell you the truth!

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