Given that this SS is ancient in software terms.. and that every new version of Apple OS kills many older programs.. it's a wonder that SS works at all.
To my surprise, it functions pretty well especially as a screensaver in which I figured wasn’t going to function due to the warnings that it can’t be used as a screensaver anymore after I think it was Catalina. Works great on my M1 Mac Mini outside of the few hiccups I’ve mentioned. I wonder if this is possible due to the architecture of the M1 processor, kinda how that processor has also allowed for iPhone apps to run on the Mac.