Half-Minute Hero: Super Mega Neo Climax Ultimate Boy
Issues and Fixes
Lack of Sound/Sound Crash
Upon launching the game, a prompt appears that reads "Error 0x80040154". The game continues to load. However, after the intro screen for MarvelousAQL, the sound crashes. Upon verifying the integrity of the game's cache, one file fails to validate and Steam downloads a 528 byte file that does not fix the problem.
Fix
On Windows 7 64-bit, the installation of the following file fixed the problem: DirectX Web Setup Other possible solutions include VC++ Redist Installer and running DXSETUP.exe from the folder \Steam\steamapps\common\Half Minute Hero\DirectX .