NBA Live 08 won't open

I just bought myself a new windows pc that has windows 8.1 installed already on the system. I also went ahead and purchased a brand new NBA Live 08 for the pc and installed it. However, when I try to open it, it goes to the black screen like if it's about to run but then closes saying "NBA Live 08 has stopped working"!!! I don't know why it's doing that. I thought NBA LIVE 08 worked on windows 8.1! Is there a graphics issue that is occuring that I need to download? I feel like it's directx but I don't know.

Use the Troubleshoot Compatibility first.