Will Leopard run games designed for OS 7?

Hi:
This is my 1st Mac but, many of you have had Macs for many years.
A friend sent me a game (“The Beast Within”) © 1995.  I believe Mac OS 7 was the OS back then. Among the system requirements listed on the game are: “System 7”,obviously OS X exceeds all the other requirements. Says: “Compatible with Power Macintosh.”
So, will it work?
Any downside to attempting to install & try it? If it doesn't work or is broken can I still just drag the app to the trash?  I know I can do that with current Mac programs but not sure about 13 year old programs
Thanks!

The short answer is no, you cannot run a Mac OS 7 application in Mac OS 10.5.
The longer answer is:
Starting with Mac OS 10.0 (aka "Cheetah") Apple offered support for pre-OS X applications using what is known as "Classic", a layer that provided a runtime environment for the older applications.
Classic support was dropped with the Mac OS 10.5, aka "Leopard", which is the current Mac OS as of October 2007. So, you won't be able to run "The Beast Within" on the current Mac OS X.
However, Mac OS 10.4 (aka "Tiger") and earlier have Classic support and might be able to run the Mac OS 7 program, depending on what the program's needs are. There's no way to tell until you try it out.
Your current specs read OS X v. 10.5.3. There is little chance of something bad happening if you try to install/run the program in question, but if memory serves, programs from that era (especially games) relied on installer applications. If "The Beast Within" (I remember that film!) requires such an installer, chances are high you won't even be able to run the installer in the first place.
Hope this helps.
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