So after extracting an original a30 map file it says somethings wrong with certain bitmaps. heres the debug:
11.26.10 15:41:33 a hobo pc 01.01.00.0609 ----------------------------------------------
11.26.10 15:41:33 reference function: _write_to_error_file
11.26.10 15:41:33 reference address: 401b13
11.26.10 15:41:33 Couldn't read map file './a_hobobeta.map'
11.26.10 15:41:33 CreateDevice succeeded with refresh rate = 0
11.26.10 15:41:33 Sound card doesn't meet minimum hardware requirements. Disabling hardware option.
11.26.10 15:41:34 Increasing sound decompression buffer size to 1048576 bytes
11.26.10 15:41:36 file_read('tags\scenery\waterfalls\spray_emitter_medium\bitmaps\waterfall_mist.bitmap') error 0x00000026 'Reached the end of the file. '
11.26.10 15:41:36 couldn't read #5376 bytes from offset #172 in local tag 'tags\scenery\waterfalls\spray_emitter_medium\bitmaps\waterfall_mist.bitmap'
11.26.10 15:41:36 file_read('tags\scenery\waterfalls\spray_emitter_medium\bitmaps\waterfall_mist.bitmap') error 0x00000026 'Reached the end of the file. '
11.26.10 15:41:36 couldn't read #64 bytes from offset #5548 in local tag 'tags\scenery\waterfalls\spray_emitter_medium\bitmaps\waterfall_mist.bitmap'
11.26.10 15:41:36 couldn't read elements for bitmap_group_sequence_block block
11.26.10 15:41:36 file_read('tags\scenery\waterfalls\spray_emitter_medium\bitmaps\waterfall_mist.bitmap') error 0x00000026 'Reached the end of the file. '
11.26.10 15:41:36 couldn't read #48 bytes from offset #5548 in local tag 'tags\scenery\waterfalls\spray_emitter_medium\bitmaps\waterfall_mist.bitmap'
11.26.10 15:41:36 couldn't read elements for bitmap_data_block block
11.26.10 15:41:36 failed to load bitmap tag 'scenery\waterfalls\spray_emitter_medium\bitmaps\waterfall_mist'
11.26.10 15:41:36 failed to load particle tag 'scenery\waterfalls\spray_emitter_medium\waterspray'
11.26.10 15:41:36 failed to load effect tag 'scenery\waterfalls\spray_emitter_medium\jetspray_medium'
11.26.10 15:41:36 failed to load scenery tag 'scenery\waterfalls\spray_emitter_medium\spray_emitter_medium'
11.26.10 15:41:55 failed to load scenario tag 'levels\a30\a30'
11.26.10 15:41:55 need to get the following tags:
11.26.10 15:41:55
11.26.10 15:41:55 game_load() failed.

That normaly is an Admin problem.