fatal error

[alberto.ac2]

game keeps crashing.Can someone tells me if is only my problem?

[SQuick123]

im getting the same problem on launch, i cant find a way to fix it yet either

[jollyperst]

the same problem. When I open it tells me that there was an error and to send a report

[MuffinLady]

I, as well, am having this problem. I'm not so sure what to think of it. I just bought it. If this game was having issues they should have temporarily removed it from the store.

[Babä Yagä]

Same.. still doesn't seem unresolved.

[UrielCorinthian]

Can confirm here too. I believe it started after the last Steam client update. This never had any issues before. Similar problems with other Pop Cap games - Peggle Nights, Bookworm Deluxe also affected...

[The Queen of Blades]

Ditto. My dad and I can't play any PopCap game. I contacted PopCap and they said they have no control over any Steam issues.

"PopCap has not recently updated Peggle or Peggle Nights through Steam, and we apologize that you've experienced this issue. This is an issue that has occasionally been reported during Steam outages and maintenance. Most players who have experienced this issue have been able to resolve it by completely exiting the Steam client, then reopening it and logging back in. After you've logged back into Steam, try uninstalling and reinstalling the game.

If you are still unable to access the game we can only recommend that you contact Steam for support. PopCap does not have access to Steam's systems, and we are unable to provide further troubleshooting advice for download and installation issues through their service. Steam Support can be contacted about this issue through the following link: https://support.steampowered.com/"

I tried all that and still get the error. I don't know. Gota try and contact Steam support I guess.

[Ayriel]

I went to steam support and they gave me some stuff to do and it still didn't fix it. They need to either give us our money back or fix it now.

[Geppetto]

same here.. the game just crashes and does not load

[Geppetto]

found a temporary fix:

- type "regedit" into the Windows run bar or the search bar that appears when you click on Start in Windows
- go to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Steam\Peggle (may be slightly different depending on the game)
- double click to open the ScreenMode file and change ScreenMode to 0

apparently there is a problem with the game starting in fullscreen mode.. the game will be in a smaller windowed mode, but will run.. hopefully they fix it soon.. I would imagine this applies to all the popcap games not working, but I only have peggle.. hope it helped.

[noah011]

it works on win7, thanks good save....

[MuffinLady]

they gave me my money back

[Ayriel]

@Geppetto thanks. You're right about it being small but it's playable at least.

[OminousGamer]

Originally posted by Geppetto:

hopefully they fix it soon.. I would imagine this applies to all the popcap games not working, but I only have peggle.. hope it helped.

A Valve employee posted on Reddit yesterday (finally) that they were able to duplicate the issue and were looking into a fix. You can make your own Valve time joke regarding when that fix will come.

[stinkypete]

Just in case like myself somebody comes across this problem in 2019 I have a detailed fix here
https://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Peggle which worked for me.

[lishi1608]

Originally posted by stinkypete:

Just in case like myself somebody comes across this problem in 2019 I have a detailed fix here
https://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Peggle which worked for me.

This link doesn't mention the FATAL ERROR issue.