Apparently this game doesn't work on windows 10/11

[Damsels and Dragons]

Decided to give this game a try, but ran into some problems (namely had to download few dll-files). After those I came up with an error code that had to do with some compatibility issues (something about mixed 32-bit and 64-bit files), which had couple solutions that sadly didn't work.

Then I decided to check forums for people who had similar problems and found post titled "not launching" where I found this dreaded comment:

"hey guys i have an update,

i contact konami's customer services , and they told me that if you try to run the game on windows 10 or 11 the game won't work, the game have to be running only on windows 7 or 8.

for exemple i was trying to play it on windows 11, but it's not working.

since the game didn't have an update for windows 10/11 , it's not gonna work unfortunately .

its sucks , really, this game is so old now they don't even bother updating it ..."

So yeah...

[opus132]

It works for me on Windows 10. Not saying the game may not have problems on modern systems but it works on my end at least.

What kind of "problems" are you talking about that required you to download those dll-files? Perhaps those are the culprit.

I'd start over with a clean install and try again. I didn't use any compatibility settings btw, i just launched the game and it booted straight up. Can't say about Windows 11 as i don't use it.

[KleinGulo]

Never ever download dll files manually... except you are absolutely sure what you are doing.
There are two reasons for this. It's a piece of cake to put malware inside dll files and if you put dll files in the wrong folder (even legit ones) you maybe damage your Windows installation. All dll files you need are supposed to be bundled with installation routines, except you download some game mods.

This game definetly works on Windows 10/11 but there are some stumbling blocks.

1 The game requires DirectX9 which is not installed by default on Win10/11
2 Intel dropped DX9 support on their Iris Xe GPUs. Usually this is not a big problem because there is a built in wrapper dll which should route the DX9 calls to DX12(costs performance) but the games DX9 implementation is kind of ♥♥♥♥♥♥ and so that makes problems for a lot of people
3 Some people need to disconnect game pads, joysticks etc to successfully start the game (again ♥♥♥♥♥♥ implementation)

[razorstargazer]

Just run in compatibility settings for 7/8 :/ game worked on windows 10 for me upon install, you must've changed your compatibility settings.

[opus132]

Not sure if it applies to this but going to the Turn Windows Features On or Off and installing DirectPlay under Legacy Components helped with a lot of older games.

[Damsels and Dragons]

Originally posted by opus132:

What kind of "problems" are you talking about that required you to download those dll-files? Perhaps those are the culprit.

As I tried to launch the game from the file, it presented an error message "game couldn't be launched because *insert dll-file* cannot be found."
After watching a guide for what to do (triple-checked each step just to make sure I made it correctly), loading the files and then trying again, it gave a message "The application was unable to start correctly (0xc000007b)."

[opus132]

Originally posted by Damsels and Dragons:

Originally posted by opus132:

What kind of "problems" are you talking about that required you to download those dll-files? Perhaps those are the culprit.

As I tried to launch the game from the file, it presented an error message "game couldn't be launched because *insert dll-file* cannot be found."
After watching a guide for what to do (triple-checked each step just to make sure I made it correctly), loading the files and then trying again, it gave a message "The application was unable to start correctly (0xc000007b)."

Try turning on DirectPlay like i said.

You also need to install older versions of DirectX. This one should do it:

https://www.techpowerup.com/download/directx-redistributable-runtime/

There's also all-in-one installers that just install ALL versions of DirectX as well as all the runtimes just in case a game needs some specific one. I don't have a link at the moment but they are out there on google.

[EDIT] I never tried those myself but i think they ought to do it:

https://github.com/topics/all-in-one?l=batchfile

[Damsels and Dragons]

I'll keep that in mind - though I need to reinstall the game later (figured I'll try a game friend gifted me couple days ago and being a large game, it takes a lot of time to download).

[erkuza]

I was having the same issue, booted the game, white screen, then it crash/closed. I did all the fixes people recommeneded on the internet and it still didn't work. Then one day it decided to start working and I've had no problems so far.

[Yeetmastr4]

I got it working on the first launch, and I have windows 10 on a computer that's over 7 years old, so I don't know where you went wrong.

[Sticky White Stuff]

Works on W11 for me.