Hello all. I am hoping for some help in getting this running on my HP Pavilion x2. Specs: Core i5 with Intel HD4200 graphics. I searched for a solution and ended up updating my graphics drivers and sound drivers. I have experimented with all of the compatibility modes. Still, when I start the game it progresses until right after the "bliss" logo, then I get a message that says "eador.exe has stopped working."

Details:

Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: Eador.exe
Application Version: 0.0.0.0
Application Timestamp: 5061a749
Fault Module Name: alleg43.dll
Fault Module Version: 4.3.1.0
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 00027064
OS Version: 6.3.9600.2.0.0.768.101

Thank you to anyone who can suggest a course of action!

That error tells us that the app stopped responding and that’s all it gives us.

You will need to tell us some more details…
1. What operating system i.e. windows 8.1, 8 or 7(64 or 32 bit).
2. Is the game installed on the c drive?
3. What antivirus system is also installed i.e. avg, avast or nortain (uninstall nortains right now!)
4. What screen resolution 1224 * 768.
5. Contact support with a dxdiag file.

No, that error report tells us a lot more than just that, though knowing the OS the OP is running would indeed have helped (though I suspect it is Win 8.1, judging from the version number in the error report).

alleg43.dll is part of the allegro library, the exception code tells us that this is a "simple" acces-denied-error. Off the top of my head, there are a few possible causes I can think of:

-Allegro is an old and somewhat outdated library for C++ and can thus cause problems on a newer OS. Though I know for a fact that Genesis works on Win 8.1, the same might paradoxically not necessarily be true for older versions of WIndows. Compatibility modes might help in this case (though you have already tried these, as you said) or looking for an updated version of the allegro dll file.

-alleg43.dll might have been dereferenced by the garbage collector and can thus not be found by the application during run-time. Check for WIndows updates - if your system is up to date, then this is likely not the cause of your error.

-alleg43.dll might simply not be present on your system. Did you install with admin rights? Did you check your Anitvirus/-malware vault (it might have been blocked during installation)? If all else fails, try getting the allegro library online (it's free) and move the alleg43.dll into your Eador Genesis folder (same path as the exe, NOT into system32).

-outdated drivers. Check if your graphics AND sound drivers are up to date. These are a common cause for access violation errors.