Could be it was written in QB64 (64bit) which may not play well on a 32 bit machine.
I used DOSBOX to run a 32bit version of QB, but the game wouldn't load ("Out of memory") I suspect due to its size and memory requirements it would burp on a 32bit system. Surprising for a program written in QB64 (it should be no problem for a 32bit machine to run) but so far I've had no luck in getting it to run under 32bit.
Do you not have a 64bit machine?
If not, it may be time :)