Ok, thanks once I'm really sure my drivers are the problem, I'll look into that.
I recently got a nice message from my launcher after my thousandth failed attempt to start the game (like a congratulations, you won sort of thing).
"These versions are very out of date and may be unstable. Any bugs, crashes, missing features or other nasties you may find will never be fixed in these versions. It is strongly recommended you play these in separate directories to avoid corruption. We are not reponsible for the damage to your nostalgia or your save files! Are you sure you want to continue? Cancel. No. Yes."
I clicked yes. Of course, nothing happened.