diff --git a/sc2/ChangeLog b/sc2/ChangeLog
index 2253f9857..2e7208b50 100644
--- a/sc2/ChangeLog
+++ b/sc2/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 Changes towards version 0.3:
+- Can use F10 to quit during splash screen as well as main menu -Michael
 - Fixed starship location when being teleported from Procyon to
   the Earth Starbase after the Precursor bomb is installed. - Svdb
 - Crew death on planet is now counted properly in all cases (bug #70) -Mika
diff --git a/sc2/src/sc2code/fmv.c b/sc2/src/sc2code/fmv.c
index 9276f3c33..6158b0bca 100644
--- a/sc2/src/sc2code/fmv.c
+++ b/sc2/src/sc2code/fmv.c
@@ -89,19 +89,45 @@ Introduction (void)
 
 	FlushInput ();
 
+	LoadMasterShipList ();
+	InitGameKernel ();
 	xform_buf[0] = FadeAllToColor;
 	TimeOut = XFormColorMap ((COLORMAPPTR)xform_buf, ONE_SECOND / 2);
-	LoadMasterShipList ();
-	SleepThreadUntil (TimeOut);
+	while ((GetTimeCounter () <= TimeOut) &&
+	       !(GLOBAL (CurrentActivity) & CHECK_ABORT))
+	{
+		UpdateInputState ();
+		TaskSwitch ();
+	}
+	if (GLOBAL (CurrentActivity) & CHECK_ABORT)
+	{
+		return;
+	}
 	
-	GLOBAL (CurrentActivity) |= CHECK_ABORT;
+	/* There was a forcible setting of CHECK_ABORT here.  I cannot
+	 * find any purpose for this that DoRestart doesn't handle
+	 * better (forcing all other threads but this one to quit out,
+	 * I believe), and have thus removed it.  It was interfering
+	 * with the proper operation of the quit operation.
+	 * --Michael */
+
 	TimeOut += ONE_SECOND * 3;
 	while (!(InputState = AnyButtonPress (FALSE)) &&
-				(TaskSwitch (), GetTimeCounter ()) <= TimeOut)
-		{
-				//
-		}
+	       (GetTimeCounter () <= TimeOut) &&
+	       !(GLOBAL (CurrentActivity) & CHECK_ABORT))
+	{
+		TaskSwitch ();
+	}
+	if (GLOBAL (CurrentActivity) & CHECK_ABORT)
+	{
+		return;
+	}
 	GLOBAL (CurrentActivity) &= ~CHECK_ABORT;
+
+	/* You can't try to quit during a fade to black, because if
+	 * you try, the confirmation window will fade to black too.
+	 * Fixing this will require a rewrite of our whole rendering
+	 * engine. -- Michael */
 	xform_buf[0] = FadeAllToBlack;
 	SleepThreadUntil (XFormColorMap ((COLORMAPPTR)xform_buf, ONE_SECOND / 2));
 
@@ -112,8 +138,6 @@ Introduction (void)
 		DoFMV (play_intro ? "intro" : "drumall", NULL, TRUE);
 		play_intro = !play_intro;
 	}
-	
-	InitGameKernel ();
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/sc2/src/sc2code/restart.c b/sc2/src/sc2code/restart.c
index f9f388c2f..7db251525 100644
--- a/sc2/src/sc2code/restart.c
+++ b/sc2/src/sc2code/restart.c
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ DWORD InTime;
 static BOOLEAN
 DoRestart (PMENU_STATE pMS)
 {
-	/* Cancel any presses of the Pause or Exit keys. */
+	/* Cancel any presses of the Pause key. */
 	GamePaused = FALSE;
 
 	if (!pMS->Initialized)
@@ -94,8 +94,13 @@ DoRestart (PMENU_STATE pMS)
 
 		{
 			BYTE clut_buf[] = {FadeAllToColor};
-				
-			SleepThreadUntil (XFormColorMap ((COLORMAPPTR)clut_buf, ONE_SECOND / 2));
+			DWORD TimeOut = XFormColorMap ((COLORMAPPTR)clut_buf, ONE_SECOND / 2);
+			while ((GetTimeCounter () <= TimeOut) &&
+			       !(GLOBAL (CurrentActivity) & CHECK_ABORT))
+			{
+				UpdateInputState ();
+				TaskSwitch ();
+			}
 		}
 	}
 #ifdef TESTING
@@ -175,7 +180,13 @@ TimedOut:
 	LastActivity = GLOBAL (CurrentActivity);
 	GLOBAL (CurrentActivity) = 0;
 	if (LastActivity == (ACTIVITY)~0)
+	{
 		Introduction ();
+		if (GLOBAL (CurrentActivity) & CHECK_ABORT)
+		{
+			TFB_Abort ();
+		}
+	}
 
 	memset ((PMENU_STATE)&MenuState, 0, sizeof (MenuState));
 	MenuState.InputFunc = DoRestart;