http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8942
Summary: Astral Masters no longer gets past start screen Product: Wine Version: 0.9.40. Platform: PC OS/Version: Linux Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: wine-multimedia AssignedTo: wine-bugs@winehq.org ReportedBy: christian.convey@gmail.com
A pretty good write-up is found here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wine/+bug/92877
(I'm posting it here because people seem to think it's a Wine issue, not a Ubuntu issue.)
That writeup talks about two problems: (1) the sound loops when it shouldn't, and (2) you can't get past the program's start-up screen. The sound-looping problem no longer seems to occur, but I still can't get past the program's startup screen.
(For clarification: When you first run the program, you're shown a dialog to select screen resolution. That's not the startup screen I'm talking about. I'm talking about the next screen, in which you're given buttons like "new game", "exit", etc.)