Why won't Grand Theft Auto Vice City run?

This is an old classic I wanted to fire up on my computer, but to my dismay a message popped up saying: this app can't run on your PC. And thats it, it doesn't matter if I run it in compatibility mode or not. I get the same message every time. I have a Lenovo G505s Laptop running windows 8.1 FYI

Try this thread:
http://gtaforums.com/topic/529649-gta-3-and-vice-city-on-windows-8/

Someone mentioned getting it to work successfully