is there anyway to play a Mac game without the disc, specifically The Sims 2.

I own the game and have the dvd-rom but i dont want to have to carry it with me if i want to play it on my mbp. is there anyway of perhaps mounting the image in a way that the game will recognize it (note i do not own toast). Or is there any other method of doing this.

I am running Leopard 10.5.2 on a MBP intel
The Sims 2 (No Expansion Packs)

Thanks for the help.

I'm not totally sure if it works, but most PC-games work without cd if you rip the cd and mount it as a virtual disk

I made a little fix for the sims 2 for mac a while ago.

I AM ASSUMING YOU BOUGHT THE GAME, OR ELSE I WILL NOT BE WILLING TO HELP. Please understand. Thanks. heh.

http://umich.nawcom.com/Sims_2_no-cd_fix.dmg

Inside this are 3 things, the Sims 2 1.0 for Mac v.E Update, The CD-Fixer to let you run the Sims 2 without the CD, and a small utility script I wrote. Install the update first, then run the Fixer. If the fixer immediately crashes, then it has to do with shared links with some libraries. Thats what the utility is for. just double click on that, and follow the instructions. Then rerun the Fixer - it works now? it should. Let me know if this helps you out there, I know its helped other people with the same issue.
(Note to mods: since this is a patch for a legally owned game that he needs help with, am i violating any rules? Ive checked rules and posted it on another mac forum site just fine, and i went through the rules here to verify. Let me know if i am violating rules and i will take the link down. I don't want to be banned, so I hope you can understand my seriousness in this. I am not promoting use of pirated material, nor linking pirated material.)

hi everyone!