Spore is working fine, after
raishaan put in a DVD drive, turns out I only had a CD/RW. So I now have two drives and the program runs great.
However, I am posting this at 3am because I was playing it and having fun btw, and looked up and the clock said 2:55. Wha? This game is a black hole of time. Gotta be. I think I'll go to bed now...