diff --git a/games/conway.cpp b/games/conway.cpp
index 2fdc61f7..d47d9254 100644
--- a/games/conway.cpp
+++ b/games/conway.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <errno.h>
+#include <error.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
 using namespace Maxsi;
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ bool FlushVGA()
 int Init()
 {
 	vgafd = open("/dev/vga", O_RDWR);
-	if ( vgafd < 0 ) { printf("Unable to open vga device: %s", strerror(errno)); return 1; }
+	if ( vgafd < 0 ) { error(0, errno, "unable to open vga device /dev/vga"); return 1; }
 
 	Clear();
 
diff --git a/games/pong.cpp b/games/pong.cpp
index 0df5e101..bd3ff331 100644
--- a/games/pong.cpp
+++ b/games/pong.cpp
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <errno.h>
+#include <error.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
 using namespace Maxsi;
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ bool FlushVGA()
 int Init()
 {
 	vgafd = open("/dev/vga", O_RDWR);
-	if ( vgafd < 0 ) { printf("Unable to open vga device: %s", strerror(errno)); return 1; }
+	if ( vgafd < 0 ) { error(0, errno, "unable to open vga device /dev/vga"); return 1; }
 
 	Reset();
 
diff --git a/games/snake.cpp b/games/snake.cpp
index de5eab0b..5e638998 100644
--- a/games/snake.cpp
+++ b/games/snake.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <errno.h>
+#include <error.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
 using namespace Maxsi;
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ bool FlushVGA()
 int Init()
 {
 	vgafd = open("/dev/vga", O_RDWR);
-	if ( vgafd < 0 ) { printf("Unable to open vga device: %s", strerror(errno)); return 1; }
+	if ( vgafd < 0 ) { error(0, errno, "unable to open vga device /dev/vga"); return 1; }
 
 	Reset();