Try the -nod sound launch option first. If that fails, drop the DGVoodoo2 D3D8.dll into your folder. You will be shooting your way through the Asgard Building in no time.
There is nothing quite like the first playthrough of Max Payne . The grim noir narration, the graphic novel cutscenes, and the revolutionary bullet-time mechanics have cemented it as a PC classic. However, if you’ve purchased the game on Steam recently, you might have been greeted not by a gritty New York winter, but by a frustrating error message: "Corrupt JPEG Data." max payne steam corrupt jpeg data
Here is everything you need to know about why this happens and the three ways to fix it. First, a sigh of relief: Your graphics card isn't dying. The "Corrupt JPEG Data" error has nothing to do with your hardware failing. It is a software anachronism. Try the -nod sound launch option first