Well, there's a patch to get it to run in DblNTSC/DblPAL. So the flickery screen can be fixed. At least your retinas wont be burnt to a crisp while waiting for your budget screen to show up... But, other than that, yeah... I had a pretty similar experience to yours.
The scrolling is horrible. And you can order pizza while waiting for your water grid to show up and fill in.
I must admit, I was pretty disappointed, as well. Someone mentioned it's actually faster to get the Mac version and play it in ShapeShifter.
