Help, can't play, just a black screen!

my java console thingy looks like this: Java Plug-in 1.7.0_05 Using JRE version 1.7.0_05-b06 Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM User home directory = C:\Users\MATT ---------------------------------------------------- c: clear console window f: finalize objects on finalization queue g: garbage collect h: display this help message l: dump classloader list m: print memory usage o: trigger logging p: reload proxy configuration q: hide console r: reload policy configuration s: dump system and deployment properties t: dump thread list v: dump thread stack x: clear classloader cache 0-5: set trace level to <n> ---------------------------------------------------- Exception in thread "Thread-5" java.lang.NullPointerException at com.sun.deploy.uitoolkit.impl.awt.AWTDefaultPreloader.handleEvent(Unknown Source) at sun.plugin.AppletViewer.showAppletStatus(Unknown Source) at sun.applet.AppletPanel.runLoader(Unknown Source) at sun.applet.AppletPanel.run(Unknown Source) at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) Exception in thread "Thread-9" java.lang.NullPointerException at com.sun.deploy.uitoolkit.impl.awt.AWTDefaultPreloader.handleEvent(Unknown Source) at sun.plugin.AppletViewer.showAppletStatus(Unknown Source) at sun.applet.AppletPanel.runLoader(Unknown Source) at sun.applet.AppletPanel.run(Unknown Source) at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

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