New mac mini user needs help with games!!!!

We have a mac mini with osx 10.4.5 we have some older games that are compatible with Mac and say for 7.5 or higher but when we try to play them it says not supported on this system. Can any one help us out?
Thanks!!!!

Is it an Intel Mini, or a G4 ??
Mac OS X is completely different from OS 9 and the previous versions of the Mac OS. While OS 9 can run OS 7 apps, OS X will not. However, you can install a copy of OS 9 on your drive, and although you cannot boot directly in OS 9, you can run OS 9 apps from within OS X through an application called Classic. That is, assuming your have a PowerPC Mini, as new Macintels don't support Classic anymore.

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