I downloaded DOSBox before I saw this message but I'll try the other one. I checked around and my game isn't listed as a DOS game. But, I found someone on youtube who uses a CD for an older game and uses the codes to make it work and I tried it step by step for a little but but after a while it got too confusing.
This is frustrating, because I want to play it but I figured I'd just let my brother do it for me next time I see him which probably won't be for a while.
From what I've been told the codes trick your new laptop into thinking it's an older computer so your game will work. I didn't realize it would be so complicated to play it. I probably wouldn't have bothered. The game was made by Sierra Online but it's an actual game not an online game.