diff -ur xrick-021212/src/sysjoy.c xrick-021212.patched/src/sysjoy.c
--- xrick-021212/src/sysjoy.c	2010-10-23 00:33:33.000000000 +0400
+++ xrick-021212.patched/src/sysjoy.c	2010-10-23 00:42:25.000000000 +0400
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
 {
   if (j)
     SDL_JoystickClose(j);
+  j = NULL;
 }
 
 #endif /* ENABLE_JOYSTICK */
diff -ur xrick-021212/src/xrick.c xrick-021212.patched/src/xrick.c
--- xrick-021212/src/xrick.c	2010-10-23 00:33:33.000000000 +0400
+++ xrick-021212.patched/src/xrick.c	2010-10-23 00:40:47.000000000 +0400
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 		data_setpath("/usr/games/lib/xrick/data.zip");
 	game_run();
 	data_closepath();
-	sys_shutdown();
+    /* sys_shutdown is called via atexit */
 	return 0;
 }