Yes, it was deployed that way, I thought this could increase compatibility for multiple systems (in most of the cases you can run 32x on 64x but not the opposite)
Is your system running 64-bit or 32-bit version of windows? Also which Windows are you using?
You can also try to download and install "x86 Visual C++ Redistributable" just in case, then restart your PC and retry the game.
Worst case scenario we also have a web version of here on newgrounds
