Classic Video Games Question

Hi all,
I'm a bit of a video game lover and recently have come across some oldies on the web I used to love. Mostly PC games like Indiana Jones adventure types....
I'm now 100% Mac, and found a copy on Amazon of one of these games on CD for sale. Question is, will very old mac based games run on my Intel Based iMac?
If not, does any one know/has heard of any programs or tools to run video games classics?
thanks

Hi djkhont,
As someone who was recently trying to revive my old PC games, try the following utilities:
DosBOX - An MS-DOS emulator, available free for download for many platforms (including Mac OS X Universal)
ScummVM - Another free application to run a good chunk of the classic LucasArts games (Monkey Island, Sam & Max, Loom, etc). You mentioned Indiana Jones... don't know which Indiana Jones you found at Amazon, but check the list of supported games, I believe "Last Crusade" is in there.
As far as playing MacOS 9 (Classic) games on an Intel Mac, I'm afraid it's not possible, as the other posters had mentioned. The Intel Macs do not support the Classic environment.
(another reason why I will never part with my old iBook...)
Hope this helps,
Steve
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