Hal Device Initialization Failure

Discussion in 'Software' started by WhiteQueen, Mar 30, 2019.

  1. WhiteQueen

    WhiteQueen Private E-2

    So I want to play this game Mystery Case Files 8 Escape from Ravenhearst (it is an older game from 2011) and I've installed it but when I click on it to play I get this error message:

    HAL Device Initialization Failure
    Your current graphics device does not support the minimum requirements of this game.

    System Requirements for the game:
    OS: Windows XP/Vista/Win7
    CPU: 1.8GHz
    RAM: 1GB (1024MB )
    Display Memory (graphics device): 128MB
    DirectX: 9.0
    Hard Drive: 1.43 GB

    My specs are:
    OS: Win 10 pro 64bit
    CPU: AMD a10-6790K Graphics 4GHz
    Ram: 8GB
    Under display adapter I have Radeon HD 8670D
    Total Available graphics Mem 4224MB, Dedicated Vid Mem 768MB

    specs from previous game (mystery case files 7 from 2010)
    System Requirements:
    OS: Windows XP/Vista
    CPU: 2 GHz
    RAM: 1024 MB
    DirectX: 9.0
    Hard Drive: 778 MB
    and that worked. Managed to play it through without any problems.

    Am I wrong thinking this game should work for me?
    It's not the end of the world if I can't play this game, I just want to know why or whats missing for the game to work. If there is a quick fix, nothing huge. If theres any specs that I forgot or left out just ask.
    Also not sure if this is software or hardware. I put it in software since the error happens when wanting to play a game.
     
  2. AtlBo

    AtlBo Major Geek Extraordinaire


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