http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25549
--- Comment #11 from Glenn Chugg Libertas.Mania@hotmail.com 2011-05-18 13:09:13 CDT --- Lastest 1.3.20 has added a large delay to starting ssWPI under WINE, but it does become usable after a short wait.
http://www.lastos.org/index.php?threads/sswpi-v8-11-05-13-rc4.284/#post-4278
LastOS.org is the home of the ssWPI tool I use to make packs of apps/games that work with Windows and WINE, the bug makes it white as shown here:
http://forum.winehq.org/viewtopic.php?p=61237#61237
I've noticed many of the Freeware games I included also suffer from lack of the graphics being drawn, mostly the GUI Game menu systems that are in 2d.