Crash after startup; Multiple connected gamepads caused problem

[GL_DONT_CARE]

The Cave has worked fine, until recently when I plugged in 6 additional game controllers (was playing some 4 player games). Apparently, on startup it crashes with unrelated and inconsistent 0xc00005 or something errors; After reinstalling, fiddling with graphics card drivers, deleting files; apparently just unplugging the gamepads fixes the issue; I'm not sure what kind of bug this is, but if your game crashes as the SEGA logo appears, try disconnecting/reconnecting your gamepads. (2013-02-04)

[on a Windows 7 Pro box, i7 2700k 16GB ram, MSI GTX560, no other noticable problems asides the FPS thingy.]