The Sims 2 on iMac G5

Hi there. This might not be posted in the right place but I really couldn't find anywhere else to put it. I tried the Aspyr website to no avail.
I'm having difficulties starting The Sims 2 on my Mac. I install it and it will start, but after the EA Games logo, it doesn't show the Maxis logo (it shows a small red cross in the top left of the screen). Then it shows the aspyr logo and plays the opening video. Then it dumps me onto the desktop with a "this application quit unexpectedly" notice.
I've tried using the patch; updating my drivers; fixing permissions. I don't know what else to try.
Also, on a side note, Nanosaur also won't work. Maybe it's linked, I don't know.
Please help. It's rather annoying.
17" iMac G5 PowerPC 2GHz Mac OS X (10.4.5) 1 Gb Memory, ATI Radeon 9600, 250 GB

I have the feeling that if it worked it would work alright. I have a really rubbish PC and it plays ok on there with the settings turned down. (My friend owns it on PC, I'm not trying to install the PC version on my Mac).
It may be the graphics card I suppose, it's just that with Nanosaur not working either I thought it could be something to do with 3D rendering. I don't know much about all this though.
Also there's that thing with not showing the Maxis logo and showing a red cross. The maxis logo can't render, maybe?
Thanks for your advice but I've tried installing it, deleting it, deleting the bits it leaves in the Library, etc. countless times. I've tried it in the root (only under a Sims 2 directory), I've tried installing it in a games folder. I've tried it everywhere!

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