Running 10.3.9 but need OS 9 to run some games?

I have a older refurbished iBook G3 that I just purchased. It had a fresh install of 10.3.9 that walked me through set it up when I first turned it on. My kids have a few games that apparently need OS 9 to run. But OS 9 apparently hasn't been installed on this machine because I get a dialog "Classic cannot find a Mac OS 9 system folder on the startup disk to use".
I hate to ask the obvious but do I need to purchase a retail version of OS 9 in order to use these games. ( I've got about 10 games that I hate to go to waste). And will this installation of OS 9 create any problems for OS X? Will I choose to start up in either 9 or 10, or will 9 just run in the background to allow the games to work?
Thanks for your help.
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Hi, KWC -
...do I need to purchase a retail version of OS 9 in order to use these games.
If the games run only in OS 9 (if they are not OSX native), yes.
...will this installation of OS 9 create any problems for OS X?
It should not. OSX has been designed to cohabit the same volume as OS 9; on those Macs which shipped with both OS's pre-installed, both were on the same drive.
...will I choose to start up in either 9 or 10, or will 9 just run in the background to allow the games to work?
Yes - either way.
Since your iBook G3 is OS 9 bootable, then you can choose to boot to OS 9 or to boot to OSX; or you can use OS 9 as Classic while the machine is booted to OSX.
Note that some games, notably those that require direct access to the machine's hardware, may not run well, or at all, in Classic. For those you would need to boot the machine to OS 9.
The question then becomes which version of OS 9 to acquire. All Macs have a minimum OS to which they can boot, typically the version that originally shipped with them from Apple. If you could provide the exact model iBook G3 that you have, we can identify what OS 9 versions are suitable for it; the processor speed alone can sometimes identify the model. This Apple KBase article may help -
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=88039
Also, in order for OS 9 to be usable as Classic under OSX, it must be at least version OS 9.1; versions OS 9.2.1 and 9.2.2 provide better compatibility as Classic.
One other item of possible concern - if the hard drive was last formatted using OSX's Disk Utility, and the option to install OS 9 drivers was not selected, then OS 9 can not be installed on it from an OS 9 Install CD, nor can it be used as a boot drive for OS 9.

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