South Park (1999) PC Game Installation help please

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To be clear, the game I am referring to is not South Park Rally and not South Park: The Stick of Truth. This game is a first person shooter, NOT kart racing, NOT an RPG, NOT a trivia/quiz game. I am not very smart when it comes to computers so please dumb down all responses so I can understand.

I just bought a (legit) copy of this game few days ago. I opened it and popped it into my laptop's CD (DVD/CD-R) tray. The autorun feature worked fine opening a window with an "install" option. Naturally, I clicked on said option but nothing happened. I right clicked and started "troubleshooting compatibility" thinking that it's a pretty ancient game. I tested all versions of Windows available in the compatibility options (from 95 all the way to Vista). To my disappointment, none of them worked. The game worked when I tried it on my friend's desktop which runs a Vista but I don't know the exact specs.

The game demands these for minimum system requirements:
- Pentium II 266 CPU
- P200 CPU w/ 3D accelerator
- 32 MB RAM
- 95 MB free disk space
- Windows 95/98
- Direct X compatible sound card
(- The application seems to be a 32-bit application when I checked its process via the task manager.)

I may have a crappy budget laptop from 4/5 years ago but I'm pretty sure I satisfy those requirements:
- i3 M370 CPU
- 4GB RAM
- 400+ GB free HDD space
- 64-bit Windows 7 Home (Premium) Service Pack 1
- I'm pretty sure my "sound card" works with Direct X because other stuff I had that used Direct X had sound so...

I've been able to manage to run (legit) games from Japan and they're from 10-12 years ago! But I don't know what to do with this 15 year old game. I really want this game to run so I could play it without resorting to illegal means like downloading the game itself. What can I do to remedy this situation? I'll try to supply any information that I can provide regarding this issue.

EDIT: Mods, please move this to a more appropriate section. Perhaps, Windows 7 or Windows 98 or 95.
 
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I kinda solved my own problem. [strike]I'd love to give credit to the person who gave me this idea but I just closed the window to the forum where I found the answer. I'll post the link or at least my source if/when I find it again. [/strike]

EDIT: here's the link to my source that ended up working http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-gaming/problems-installing-old-32-bit-game-on-64-bit/f9c0b36a-3baf-4eb9-9bb9-04e8a47f8a27?page=2

Anyway, here's how my issue was solved.

I mentioned in my original post that I managed to install the game on my friend's computer running Vista. As I have described, I could not install my old game (from Windows 95/98 era) on my 64-Bit Windows 7. Apparently, some old games had 16-bit installers...
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@mlga91: The XP mode does not work for my crappy version of Windows 7. If I'm left with no other choice, I'll put in the dough and get the appropriate version of Windows 7. I'll be playing other games from back then anyway.

@James Mason: I know the game is crap. Apparently, even the creators of South Park admitted so. Despite its crappiness, I remember enjoying this game and I have a "score" to settle with this as I've never beaten it.
 
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I kinda solved my own problem. [strike]I'd love to give credit to the person who gave me this idea but I just closed the window to the forum where I found the answer. I'll post the link or at least my source if/when I find it again. [/strike]

EDIT: here's the link to my source that ended up working http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-gaming/problems-installing-old-32-bit-game-on-64-bit/f9c0b36a-3baf-4eb9-9bb9-04e8a47f8a27?page=2

Anyway, here's how my issue was solved.

I mentioned in my original post that I managed to install the game on my friend's computer running Vista. As I have described, I could not install my old game (from Windows 95/98 era) on my 64-Bit Windows 7. Apparently, some old games had 16-bit installers and they're not usually compatible with 64-bit OS. (I don't know what that meant obviously.) The solution I found was to copy the installed files from my friend's computer and into my computer. I essentially skipped the installation step. Voila! I can now play the game! I'd expect this would work for most games that have the same issues as I did.

Of course, it would still be smart to test compatibility modes for various versions of Windows, running as administrator, or the combination of both. I used troubleshoot compatibility and I was just told that the software is not compatible. Anyway, here's what I did exactly for other dummies like me:

1. Install the game in a computer (comp1) that allows it to install
2. Copy installed files from comp1 save it in a USB for transfer.
3. Make not of the installed file's location like Programs x86 (not sure if this matters but I did it anyway)
4. Use the USB to transfer the files into your computer and possibly the same location (Programs x86 in my case)
5. Run the game. If it doesn't exactly work, try compatibility mode, administrator, placing/changing restrictions in visuals, or combinations of the three.

Now, if a pro can make sense of what I did and write up something to make things better, clean, and reduce unnecessary stuff. I'd love to get rid of the CD check but I can live with lugging the CD around wherever I go.
 
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