The Dink Network

Well I have tried this several times now and after I give the guy the artifact from the underground dungeon.....go through the open fence and within 2 minutes no matter what direction I go the computer freezes solid, not just the screen, I have to reboot the computer which then scans and blah blah blah..... obviously can't play any further with this happening. Any patches for this, I can't seem to find anything. The only thing I can find is perhaps there are too many things on the screen at once, which there really is. Any help here would be appreciated, the game is awesome thus far.