In 64-bit editions of Windows, 32-bit programs see the \windows\syswow64\ folder as if it were the \windows\system32\ folder--which only 64-bit programs see as such. If you read instructions on how to run a 32-bit program on 32-bit Windows, in order to try it on 64-bit Windows, just replace "\system32\" with "\syswow64\". Likewise, regarding the registry, replace "HKLM\Software\" or "HKCU\Software\" with "...\Software\WOW6432Node\".
The \windows\system\ folder has no significance, since Windows 9x I think. "System32" does not mean 32-bit (any longer)--actually on 64-bit Windows it means the opposite--and what people find more confusing is that the 32-bit files are in \windows\syswow64\. The "system32" was conserved as the main native system folder for compatibility (read the article linked below if you're curious), but even so the naming is not very fortunate: maybe they should have called the other folder "system32really" instead of "syswow64". By the way
"WOW64" means "Windows [32-bit] on Windows 64-bit".
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/m.../ff955767.aspx
This game has to be 32-bit, even if it's for Windows 3.1, otherwise it would never run on x64, no matter how many files you copied. According to
MobyGames it was released for Windows 3.1 and Windows 95 (which for some reason is called simply "Windows" in MobyGames). There was a
32-bit extension for Windows 3.1.