I booted the game up a couple more times today and on the first loading screen I got that "Program is not responding" thing where you can either close the program or wait for it. And I tried both and it froze a few times, but then one time after I waited, it actually went to the next screen with the three lives and the room, and then every time after that it actually loaded alright!
But unfortunately, it was still too choppy on my computer to really appreciate but I can say the atmospheric music and visuals were awesome and you did a great job of creating the dankness of the underground!