Trying to install older mac game on new imac\

As a preface, I am new to the mac world. Just bought my first mac a month ago.
I recently bought a game that is supposed to be specifically for running on a mac, but it's an older game. My system meets all of the minimum requirements printed on the game box, but when I loaded the cd into the computer and tried to start the application, I got a message saying the game wasn't supported by my system. How can I get the game to work? Is it different with macs that you can't run older versions of programs on newer operating systems? On a pc you can run older programs on xp and vista. Any help is appreciated.
imac   Mac OS X (10.4.9)  

You might be able to run the game with SheepShaver, if it really is a game that needs Classic. See if you can find a non-Intel Mac to try the game, to see if it does work with Classic. SheepShaver is not trivial to inyall, so you don't want to bother if the game doesn't work with Classic. See:
<http://www.macmegasite.com/drupal/node/2810>

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