Switching from pc to mac: itunes library help

I recently witched from a clunky old pc to a beautiful new aluminum imac. I imported my itunes library a week ago, and i has been seamless. But today i realize im missing the games in my library. I tried dragging the files to the library, importing it, etc... but it doesnt work. What do I do? I dont want to buy them again.

I used an external HD. I simply copied the entire itunes folder and dragged it into the mac's music folder. Everything, including playlists, ratings, etc. are there. the games files are there too, just not in the itunes library. I drag/import/ into itunes, it doesn't work.

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