Ok seems the fix the start new game crash its a windows issue it will not start if the root dir its too long so if you get the game under c: or on desktop should work fine check the github
https://github.com/mills5/quakeat-decrypted/issues/2
Now the only issue remaining its to find a way to save the keybindings as every time we exit the game gors to the default arcade machine we have to setup all over again