Weird Worlds 1.30 patch is here (bottom):
http://www.infinitespacegames.com/weirdworlds/
"you will need to tell the self-extractor the folder where the game (weird.exe) is located."
1.22 is no longer needed, you can directly patch with 1.30.
On Windows 8, you must tick compatibility shortcut options:
. Win XP
. remove scale
. administrator